Keyboard Shortcut

This tip is for those that prefer the keyboard to the mouse. The next time you wish to put your Mac to sleep, instead of selecting Apple → Sleep with your mouse, simply hold down Command+Option and press the Eject button. After a slight pause, your Mac will drift off into slumberland.

I still see a lot of people drag their mouse to highlight a long URL address in their browser. Stop the madness! There are two better ways to do this for both mouse types and keyboard types. Here’s how.

Many of the keyboard shortcuts for Safari can be seen next to their respective menu commands, but if you’d like to view a printable list, do this.

If you’ve ever yawned while scrolling your mouse down a lengthy menu, then here’s a tip that should wake you up. You can press the first letter of any menu item to instantly highlight that selection.