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 ...

The Option key on a Mac is a modifier key that is used to change the functions of menus and keyboard shortcuts. Use Option key to do things like force quit unresponsive apps, fine-tune the volume and ...

There are times when the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune lead OS X users into using Windows keyboards. Should you find yourself in such a situation, one of the first things you need to deal ...

— -- You just bought a shiny new Mac. If you're like most former Windows users, your first thought is, "Now what?" Fortunately, a Mac is very easy to use, maybe even too easy. Windows folks tend ...

If you are used to Messages in iOS, you may have a problem using Messages on your Mac. Creating a new paragraph in a message on an iPhone or iPad is easy: Press the return key and you've got a new ...

I'm a latecomer to the Safari party. I have used Opera and OmniWeb, but eventually, the siren song of Safari was too much to ignore. For the most part, I like it quite a bit, but there is one thing ...