OS Shortcuts
- ⌘ + space: Finder
- ⌃ + ⌘ + Q: Lock screen/computer
- ⌃ + ⌘ + V: Paste text without formatting
- ⇧ + ⌘ + 3: Screenshot (saved in desktop)
- ⇧ + ⌘ + 4: Screenshot draw region (saved in desktop)
Fn
+ Up/Down: Text scroll page up/downFn
+ Del: Text forward delete- ^ + ⌘ + Space: Insert emoji
- ⌃ + ⌘ + F: Toggle full-screen
- ⌥ + Left/Right: Go to next/previous word
- ⌘ + Left/Right: Go to start/end of current line
- ⌘ + Tab: Cycle through open apps
- ⌘ + ` (backtick): Cycle through windows of the same app (when 2+ are open/running)
- ⌃ + Tab: Cycle through open tabs (Chrome, VSCode, etc.)
- ⌘ + Del: Delete a file
App Shortcuts
Chrome
- ⌘ + R: Reload tab
- ⌘ + W: Close tab
- ⌘ + T: Open new tab
Google Meet
- ⌘ + D: mute/un-mute microphone
Rectangle
My shortcuts:
- ⌃ + ⌥ + Left: Move to left half
- ⌃ + ⌥ + Right: Move to right half
- ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ + Left: Move to previous display
- ⌃ + ⌥ + ⌘ + Right: Move to next display
- ⌃ + ⌥ + Enter: Maximize
- ⌥ + ⌘ + -: Make window smaller
- ⌥ + ⌘ + =: Make window bigger
Terminal
- ⌃ + Tab: cycle tabs
- ⌘ +
num
: switch to tabnum
- ⌃ + R: reverse search
Vim
- Fix no colors:
echo "syntax on" >> ~/.vimrc
from a terminal
VSCode
- ⌘ + F: Find text in open file
- ⇧ + ⌘ + F: Find text in all project files
- ⌘ + P: Find file
- ⌃ + -: Go back
- ⌃ + G: Go to (often, go to a specific line number)
- ^ + Tab: Cycle through tabs (open files)
Fixes:
Symbols & Special Characters
⇧
: Shift⌘
: Command⌃
: Control⌥
: Option- ⌥ + n, then n: ñ
- ⌥ + n, then ⇧ + n: Ñ
- ~ £ €
- ⇾ ← → ⇽ ✅ ❌
Tools
- caffeinate: Prevent system from sleeping, optionally waiting for a pid to finish.
- DeskPad: Virtual monitor for screen sharing.
- Flushing DNS cache:
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
- Git:
brew install git
- Git zsh extras: The easiest way is to install Oh My Zsh, by default includes a git plugin.
- I prefer tweaking it to display the full path
- I also disable globbing pattern matching because can collide with command lines that include
*
or?
- iTerm2: A better terminal, fast and very customizable
- I recommend to change the preset at
Settings
⇾Profiles
⇾Keys
to theNatural Text Editing
one
- I recommend to change the preset at
- noTunes: Because who would ever want to disable Apple Music, you can't do it easily. This open-source tool allows you not only that, but also to set any other application as the default app for music
- Rectangle: Allows decent moving and resizing of windows. Highly customizable
- Tomito: Pomodoro timer. Free and without ads