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Shail Bhatt
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MacBook💻 shortcuts you should know 🤩

I recently started using MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar. Here are some shortcuts help me everyday bases.

Action key combination
Open Spotlight search Command+ Space
Show or hide the Dock Command + Option +D
Open application switcher Command + Tab (keeping Command pressed, use Tab to navigate to the app you hope to use.)
Take screenshot Command + Shift + 4 and Command + Shift +5
Open previously closed window in Chrome Command + Shift + T
Hide the windows of the front app Command + H
Lock the screen Command + Control + Q
Terminal screen clean up Command + k
Open multiple tab in the terminal Command + T
Terminal reverse-i search Control + R
Regular Delete key Fn + delete or Control + D
Delete the entire word behind the cursor by pressing Fn + Option + delete
Delete the entire word front the cursor by pressing Option + delete
Delete the entire line of text behind the cursor Fn + Command + delete
Delete the entire line of text front the cursor Command + delete

These are the useful shortcuts for starting with mac. Most of the shortcut are same as other OS. Share other frequently used general shortcut in comment. See you. Happy Learning !

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