The Control key (often labeled CTRL) may be famous for letting you Control-click on almost any interface element to reveal a contextual menu. But that workaday use is falling by the wayside now that ...

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 ...

On Apple keyboards, a modifier key that was originally the "Apple key." Like the Control and Option keys, Command is pressed along with a letter or digit key to peform a function. The Command key is ...

Abbreviated "Ctrl" or "Ctl." A modifier key that is pressed with a letter or digit key to command the computer. The caret symbol is a common symbol for Control; for example, ^Y means Ctrl-Y. In most ...

macOS Sierra has ushered in a number of new changes for Mac users, including the ability to remap the modifier keys, like the escape, control, command, or option keys to another hardware button.

Remember how, back on Windows, you used to use the Win key and the Control key quite often? Well, on OS X, the Command key is your best friend. There are two Command keys, one each side of the ...

I switched the command and control keys using the system prefs, since I'm using a PC keyboard on my Mac. Now everything works so much nicer. However, Terminal already used control for shortcuts (like ...

Use this keyboard command for finer control of your Mac's brightness Here’s how you can use a quick keyboard command to give you finer control over the screen brightness of your Mac. 1. Press and hold ...

To enable or disable CTRL+C & CTRL+V to easily paste in Command Prompt on your Windows 11/10 PC, you can configure the Ctrl key shortcuts in Command Prompt settings. Here’s how: Note: If you’re ...

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