First, I must admit (embarrassingly enough) that I only knew half of David Pogue's time saving tech-niques and had to try all of those that I didn't know immediately after watching the video. This man literally shaved SECONDS off of my future tech tasks with these time savers!
My personal favorite tech time saver is "Alt + Tab" ("command + tab" for Mac users). This gem allows you to switch between two windows or apps. For instance, if you are working on your lesson plans using Microsoft Word and you are using Chrome to reference something for your plans, simply press "command + tab" to switch between the Word and Chrome windows rather than navigating between them by using your mousepad.
Another keyboard shortcut that I like using on the Mac is by pressing "shift + command + 3" to take a screenshot. I don't have a meaningful scenario for when you would use this, but I find myself using it quite a bit and thought I'd share for all of you Mac users. Enjoy!
Hi Adam!
ReplyDeleteThe "command + tab" is a game changer for me. I did not know that this was a keyboard shortcut, and will definitely be using it in the future. Similar to that command, I also like to switch between windows on my mac with the multi-touch track pad. Swiping up on the track pad with 4 fingers will show all of your open windows, and then you can click between them.
I agree with you on the screenshot shortcut too. Did you know that if you use "Command + Shift + 4" you can screenshot just a portion of your screen. Your mouse will change, and you can highlight just the portion of the screen that is important to what you are doing, or trying to capture.