With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Every time you're on your Mac, you're using ...

Windows hotkeys—when you press two or more keys at once to tell your computer to do something specific—are your, well, key to saving time when you’re at your computer. Once you have them memorized, ...

Keyboard shortcuts are a brilliant time-saver. It’s much easier to tap two or three keys at once than to go hunting through nested menus. But shortcuts depend on knowledge and muscle memory – you need ...

A shortcut is a link to an item (such as a file, folder, or app) on your PC. You can create and assign a keyboard shortcut to open your favorite Website, to open a shortcut on your desktop, taskbar, ...

Question: I’ve been a Mac user for a long time, but have to use Windows for my new job, which makes it confusing when I try to use shortcuts. Answer: Operating on both the Windows and Mac platforms on ...

In the beginning, there was the keyboard. If you wanted to issue a command to your computer, you typed it. Then came the Apple Macintosh, which popularized the mouse as standard equipment. No longer ...

Using these simple keyboard tricks will make your life so much better. Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Mac Mastering a few crucial Mac keyboard shortcuts will make using your Apple computer easier and ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Use free software to swap keys around, reassign shortcuts, and even control your mouse cursor with your keyboard.

image: If you're looking for a way to use a computer more efficiently, researchers at the University of Waterloo's David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science may have a solution for you. Master's ...

Microsoft's use of open standards such as USB means that its peripherals will work with products from almost all computer manufacturers, including Apple. However, Apple's own keyboards and Mac OS X ...