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 ...

Apple rarely mentions keyboard shortcuts, you're just somehow expected to find them. So here are ten AppleInsider favorites, each one of which is guaranteed to speed up working on your Mac. You should ...

There are two kinds of Mac users. The sad, harried folks who don’t know how to use this easy, essential, life-changing Command key trick. And the happy, efficient, relaxed people who learned it years ...

Maybe you're visiting family with your MacBook and set up a temporary workstation using whatever you can find around the house. Maybe you bought a fancy mechanical keyboard for your Mac not realizing ...

If you’ve used a Mac longer than the span of a typical Hollywood awards show, you probably know that Command-P means print, Command-C means copy, and Command-V means paste. That great—it shows you ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Microsoft's latest PowerToys update gives Windows power users three meaningful workflow upgrades, from a redesigned keyboard remapping tool to an always-visible command launcher you can pin to any ...

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 ...

Sometimes modifier keys on the keyboard may not work properly. If this is the case, you may find that either specific keys will not work, or certain combinations of keys will not work. In most cases ...