Mac OS X has many hidden or commonly unknown keyboard shortcuts. They really shouldn’t be unknown to the majority of people that use Mac, since they are so incredibly useful and time saving. If you have been following AppDucate on the listed social networks then you’ve probably already seen me post a few of these.

I’m creating a separate article about them as well, as I know that some of you just check in to the site every now and then or just subscribe by email and I didn’t want to leave you guys/gals out. Below are some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts for Mac. I’m always looking for new and interesting keyboard shortcuts, if you have one that you constantly use but don’t see listed here be sure to let us know about it in the comments below.

Add Selected Files to a New Folder Select Files then Command + Control + N This keyboard shortcut is one of my favorites that I constantly use. It automatically creates a new folder and moves any highlighted files into that new folder. After completing an article like this one that you’re currently reading, I’ll probably have around 20-30 files and screenshots cluttering my desktop. I like to keep any files that I create during the process of writing these articles in a separate folder. All that’s required is to add all these files together into a folder that I can safely store, is to highlight them and press the keyboard shortcut; Command + Control + N. One thing to note about this convenient shortcut is that you’ll only notice the above animation while using this keyboard shortcut on your desktop. If you do this while in a folder, you won’t see an animation, the files will just instantly be moved to the new folder that will be created automatically.

Increase/Decrease Volume & Brightness Quarterly Hold down Option + Shift while changing Volume or Brightness This is another keyboard shortcut that I wouldn’t to live without. If you’re the picky kind of person the needs the volume or brightness to be perfect, you’ll want to memorize this one. I know I can’t be the only person out there that needs to find that sweet spot in the volume to enjoy my music.

Normally you would be stuck between too loud or too quiet. Not anymore, hold down the Shift + Option key while changing the volume on your keyboard to increase or decrease it in tiny quarterly segments as shown above. The exact same can be applied to changing the screen brightness, just hold down the Option + Shift key while changing the brightness on your keyboard. Easily Scroll Horizontally Hold Shift while using the Mouse Scroll Wheel I was watching a video on YouTube, where the user was using a Mac to do some graphic design. He wasn’t using a Magic Mouse or a Trackpad, he was using a regular mouse with a scroll wheel. I watched him scroll vertically with the mouse, but whenever he wanted to scroll horizontally, he would slowly and delicately position the cursor on the scroll bar and click to drag.

Needless to say I just wanted to shout this tip at him through the screen. Hold down the Shift key to scroll horizontally while using a mouse that has a scroll wheel. It’s a lot faster than positioning the pointer over the scroll bar! Get Word Suggestions While typing press the F5 key While typing a word on your Mac, press the F5 key to get quick recommendations to complete the word. It’s a great way to finish a word that you’re unsure of how to spell, along with just being incredibly useful and handy. Unfortunatly this keyboard shortcut does not work everywhere.

For instance, it does not work in Safari. It does work in applications such as Mail, Notes, Pages and some other word processing applications. Quickly Close Open Apps Command + Tab then Q Ever wanted to just quickly close down a bunch of open applications? Look no further than the simple Command + Tab + Q keyboard shortcut. It’s not difficult to have so many applications open that the desktop isn’t even partially visible. You’ve probably already used this keyboard shortcut in the past to switch between apps.

Here’s something you may not have known about though. While you have an application highlighted as shown above, simply press the “Q” key on your keyboard to close it. Your Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts There are a ton of keyboard shortcuts out there, but a lot of them aren’t even worth memorizing.

I’m always looking for new ways to manage and improve my workflow, and keyboard shortcuts play a big roll in it. If you have one that you think we should know about, let us know about it below.

AutoCAD is one of the most used engineering programs across the world, and it's likely that you have come in contact with the program sometime in your career. This week, we polled our to discover which programs everyday engineers were using the most. Other than, which we already have an extensive, AutoCAD was next in line.

For all the AutoCAD users out there, from new to expert, here are the top 50 AutoCAD tricks, commands, and shortcuts from across the web! CHSPACE Allows you to move objects in a drawing from layout to model space by choosing a viewport to push the text or objects into. This works in both directions. BURST BURST allows you to explode a block/object without losing any of its attributes.

NCOPY Copies linework or objects from a nested object into your current drawing. Especially useful for bringing XREF linework into current drawings. OOPS OOPS does exactly what you think it does, it fixes your mistake (as long as it's a delete) no matter how far back it was. Instead of using CTRL-Z, OOPS undoes your last erase command without affecting any work you have done since then. FILEDIA Setting this value to 1 allows dialog boxes to open in AutoCAD, setting it to 0 means everything is done in the command line. APPLOAD Allows you to set which application to load in conjunction with opening AutoCAD.

Work with Images Instead of scaling and rotating images each time, simply insert the image into a blank drawing and set its position, scale, and rotation. After your image is how you want it, save the drawing. This lets you insert that image as a drawing, instead of the image, and all settings are kept the same. Especially useful for images like company logos, etc. R / REDRAW Refreshes the drawing in the viewport.

DIMBASELINE Creates a dimension that starts from a baseline of earlier dimensions that is linear, angular or coordinate. ID Displays point coordinates throughout your worksheet. Autoscale Setting You can adjust your default scale factor by setting the Auxiliary scale factor to Plot Scale or Dimscale. OVERKILL Deletes any duplicate or overlapping items.

Perfect for the AutoCAD perfectionists out there. QDIM Quick dimension creation after object selection. RECOVER Recovers a damaged file. Default NO PLOT Layer Creates a layer called DEFPOINTS. Anything on this layer will show up in model and paper space, but won't plot. Perfect for adding notes. TORIENT Orients text to a specified angle or most readable angle.

Also works on Block Attributes. RULESURF Quickly creates a surface between two predefined curves. Importing Block Definitions After the INSERT command and selecting the file, press the ESC key at your first prompt. Definitions will be kept in your drawing to reference later. SPELL For all those engineers out there that can't spell, use this to spell check all your text. (Uses your computer language settings) XCLIP Trims a block's visible area using a boundary line.

Use the command first, then set or draw the boundary. U A quicker 'undo' than CTRL Z.

Stop REGEN After PAN For drawings not created by you, AutoCAD can sometimes autoregen after you pan around. To keep this from happening, use the VIEWRES command and type YES to fast zooms, then set your zoom percent to 200. MATLIB Imports and exports materials to a library. WIPEOUT Allows you to set boundaries on top of lines and objects that 'wipes out' everything behind it. Like a reverse hatch.

It's a good idea to put all your wipeouts on one layer so you can turn them on and off as you wish. One Key Shortcut Want to know all of the one key AutoCAD shortcuts? Autodesk put together this quick guide that assembles them all into one sheet. You can check it out on the Autodesk website, or below. Image Source: Change Your MText to Lower Case or Upper Case Instead of retyping MText if you forgot to capitalize it, right click and select CHANGE CASE. Or use CTRL + SHIFT + U or CTRL + SHIFT + L, for upper case and lower case respectively. DIMROTATED Aligns dimensions to objects that are staggered where DIMALIGNED falls short. BOX Creates a 3D box and defines height, depth, and width.

COLOR Chooses a layer color for future objects/lines/blocks. DIMALIGNED Creates a dimension aligned with an axis or a line. LIGHT Let's you modify the lighting effects on 3D models.

MLEDIT Edits multiple parallel lines at once. PAGESETUP Allows you to set up your paper in paper space.

Useful for changing your designed plot paper size. This is one of my most used AutoCAD tricks. SKETCH Creates freehand drawing lines. TIME Displays all of the statistics of your current DWG file like creation date, last update, and edit times.

3DSOUT Exports a file compatible with 3D Studio.3ds. PREVIEW Similar to print preview in other programs, allows you to see how your paperspace drawing will plot went sent to a plotter. PFACE Creates a 3D mesh vertex by vertex.

SAVEALL & CLOSEALL The best 2 commands an engineer can hit at the end of his or her workday. IMAGECLIP Let's you 'crop' an image in your DWG. CLASSICXREF If you miss the old style of XREFs, this is for you. SETBYLAYER Sets properties of selected or all objects to BY LAYER. QSELECT Let's you filter your selection to certain objects by object type or other criteria. BO / BOUNDARY If you want to split an object in half, simply draw a line through it and use the BOUNDARY command in each half to create correctly sized polylines and erase the original objects. If you enjoyed these tricks and shortcuts or you want to share your favorite commands we missed, please comment below, or give the post a share to help out other AutoCAD users across the globe.

Top 10 Key Commands In Sketch For Mac

Written by Trevor English.