The Option key also works with third-party menu bar icons. For the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth buttons, Option-click reveals more in-depth information about your network and connected devices, respectively. Option-click the volume icon and you'll get a menu that allows you to change the input source or output device. You can use the Option key with other menu bar items to access different or expanded menus. When the icon is grayed out, Do Not Disturb is on when the icon is black, Do Not Disturb is off. Just hold down the Option key when you click the Notification Center icon. You can reduce this click-swipe-click process to a single click by employing the Option key. You need to click the Notification Center icon in the upper-right corner of your Mac and then scroll down a bit to reveal the Do Not Disturb toggle switch at the top. You can also use the Command-Q shortcut in the app switcher to quit the app you have highlighted.ĭo Not Disturb is oddly hidden in Notification Center. Just above the tab key is the ~ (tilde) key you can use it to move left through your open apps while continuing to hold down the Command key. While continuing to hold down the Command key, hit Tab again to move right through your open apps. Hit Command-Tab to open the app switcher. You can use the Dock to switch apps, but your Mac also has an app switcher. To perform this maneuver on a Mac, press Function-Delete. The delete key on a Windows keyboard does the opposite and deletes the character to the right of the cursor.

That is, it deletes the character to the left of the cursor. The delete key on a Mac, however, acts like the backspace key on a Windows keyboard.

On a Mac keyboard, you get only a delete key. Windows keyboards have a backspace key and a delete key.

The missing backspace key on a Mac keyboard is another difference that might trip up Windows converts. To quit the app, use the keyboard shortcut Command-Q. Unlike with Windows, the X button on a Mac closes the window but does not quit the app. If you are coming to Mac after a long tenure with Windows, then you might get tripped up when you click the red X in the upper-left corner of a window only to discover that the app is still running after the window closes.

Here are ten shortcuts for general Mac use that didn't fit in any of the above apps. I've covered shortcuts for Finder, iTunes, Safari and Spotlight.

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