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Keyboard Shortcuts for OS X and email apps

keystrokesRixstep.com has posted a list of keyboard shortcuts, which will — in time — contain “every keyboard secret in OS X”.

It already lists some I never knew and many that I once knew but have forgotten.

Debate will probably continue forever on whether keyboard shortcuts are actually faster or just feel faster.

In the meantime, other useful lists include a list of Mail keyboard shortcuts, a list of Thunderbird shortcuts and another list for TextMate , including a pocket-sized foldable version. (TextMate is a top-notch text editor that won the Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X Developer app last week. I use it to write Hawk Wings.)

Even Entourage has a cheatsheet .

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9 Responses to “Keyboard Shortcuts for OS X and email apps”

  1. Anon says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 10:03 am

    Given that the Rixstep guy is a douchebag, who gets off on badmouthing OS X shareware developers, I’m kinda disappointed you linked to him. Especially given how meager his list of shortcuts is.

  2. Tim says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 10:44 am

    Hmmm…. I’d never heard of him before, so didn’t know whether he was a douche bag or not. Quickly glancing over his blog indicates he has a colourful turn of phrase at the very least and enjoys holding a grudge.

    In any case, I console myself with the thought that any potential or possible douche-bag-ness can’t really impact on a list of shortcuts. It’s not an opinion piece.

  3. Uno says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    Someone should count and see if he has more shortcuts involving the right arrow than shortcuts involving the left arrow. This could very well be a subtle form of right wing propaganda.

  4. Andreas says:
    August 14th, 2006 at 7:30 pm

    “every keyboard secret in OS X” – ahem, provided you’re using the US keyboard layout. Tiny contraint that’s crucial to a probably not exactly tiny fraction of OS X users

  5. Tim says:
    August 14th, 2006 at 8:44 pm

    Good point, Andreas. Because Australia uses US layouts in its keyboards, it never occurred to me.

    How do the system-wide shortcuts differ in the UK?

  6. adam says:
    August 17th, 2006 at 2:54 am

    I just found & installed KeyCue (from macility.com), a small app that shows you all available hotkey shortcuts when you hold the Cmd button. Brilliantly useful idea, and it works great so far…

  7. Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » KeyCue: Keyboard Shortcut Reminder says:
    August 18th, 2006 at 11:25 pm

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  8. Adrian says:
    August 19th, 2006 at 3:30 am

    I recommend the xCuts widget:
    http://www.musingsfrommars.org/downloads/widgets/

  9. Tim says:
    August 20th, 2006 at 10:00 am

    Thanks, Adrian. Looks good. Nice find.

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