Tips & tricks

Switch tabs from the keyboard: Ctrl+Tab and the numbers

Ctrl+Tab

Ctrl+Tab moves through tabs in order, Ctrl+1 through 8 jumps to a specific position, and Ctrl+9 jumps to the last tab.

Closed a tab by mistake? Ctrl+Shift+T brings it back

Ctrl+Shift+T

Reopens the last closed tab — and pressing it again brings back the ones before it. Works for whole closed windows too.

Ctrl+L: straight to the address bar, no mouse needed

Ctrl+L

Jumping to the address bar is the foundation of fast browsing — start typing an address or a search right away.

Win+period: emoji, symbols, and special characters

Win+.

A panel of emoji, kaomoji, and symbols — including em dashes, arrows, and math symbols. With search.

Win+Shift+S: a screen clip exactly the way you need it

Win+Shift+S

Windows' most useful shortcut for screenshots — pick a region, a window, or the whole screen, and the shot lands right in your clipboard.

AirDrop: a file on the next device in two seconds

Don't email files between Apple devices. AirDrop is faster, doesn't compress anything, and has no size limits.

Copy on your iPhone, paste on your Mac

Universal Clipboard works between Apple devices automatically — text, photos, and links travel over without emailing yourself.

Paste text without the formatting

Cmd+Option+Shift+V

Cmd+Option+Shift+V pastes text clean — no foreign fonts, colors, or sizes. Saves the look of every document.

Emoji and special characters with one key

Ctrl+Cmd+Space

The 🌐 (fn) key or Ctrl+Cmd+Space opens a panel of emoji and special characters — with built-in search.

Space bar: preview a file without opening an app

Space

Select a file in Finder and press Space. PDFs, photos, video, and spreadsheets appear instantly — no waiting for an app to launch.

A screenshot of exactly the part of the screen you want

Cmd+Shift+4

Cmd+Shift+4 turns your cursor into a crosshair. Select an area and the shot lands on the desktop — or straight in the clipboard.