Mac tipsMac tips and shortcuts
Small macOS features and shortcuts that make working with text, screenshots and the clipboard faster.
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Mac tipsHow to copy and paste on a Mac (and paste smarter)
Copy and paste on a Mac with ⌘C and ⌘V, the Edit menu or a two-finger click, plus pasting without formatting, iPhone-to-Mac pasting and text that won’t select.
Mac tipsMac keyboard shortcuts worth learning first
The Mac keyboard shortcuts that save the most time, grouped by job: apps and windows, Finder, screenshots and screen text, and system, plus what ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ mean.
Mac tipsMac keyboard symbols explained: ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧ and more
What ⌘, ⌥, ⌃, ⇧ and the other Mac key symbols mean, where those keys are, their Windows equivalents, how to read a shortcut like ⇧⌘2 and how to type them.
Mac tipsScreenshot to clipboard on Mac: paste it, skip the file
Add Control to any Mac screenshot shortcut (⌃⇧⌘4) to copy the image instead of saving a file. Make the clipboard the default, then paste, save or read it.
Mac tipsFind screenshots by the text in them on a Mac
Spotlight, Finder and Photos can find screenshots and photos by the words in them. How to search, narrow results to images, and why some images don’t show up.
Mac tipsSnipping Tool for Mac: the built-in equivalent
The Mac’s Snipping Tool is the Screenshot app: ⇧⌘5 opens it, and ⌃⇧⌘4 snips straight to the clipboard. How each Snipping Tool feature maps to macOS.