Press Command + Shift + D to open your Desktop folder in the Finder.
Open Utilities in Finder
Press Command + Shift + U to open the Utilities folder in Finder.
Open Applications in Finder
To open the Applications folder, press Command + Shift + A in an opened Finder window.
Instantly Put Computer to Sleep
Option + Command + Eject instantly puts your computer to sleep.
Instantly Shut Down Computer
Control + Option + Command + Eject instantly shuts down your computer.
Diane’s Radio Interviews
Here are recordings of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, 23[xyz-ihs snippet=”Non-Breaking-Space”]Apr[xyz-ihs snippet=”Non-Breaking-Space”]2014 on Vancouver radio stations:
Here is the book launch invitation (click to enlarge):
Diane’s CFRO Interview
Here’s a recording of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, on CFRO radio:
Diane’s CITR Interview
Here’s a recording of my wife, Diane, discussing her new book, Bonsai Love, on CITR radio:
Midnight Commander on OS X
Midnight Commander is my preferred command line file management tool, and it runs on OS X.
Here are some key mappings I have found useful:
| + on keypad | Control + P |
| – on keypad | Control + N |
| Insert key | Control + T (thanks to this) |
| Completion/M-tab | Escape, then Tab |
| Slash on keypad | Fn + / |
| * on keypad | Control + A |
| Backspace key | Delete |
| Delete key | Fn + Delete |
| Home key | Fn + Left arrow (thanks to this) |
| End key | Fn + Right arrow (thanks to this) |
| Page up key | Fn + Up arrow (thanks to this) |
| Page down key | Fn + Down arrow (thanks to this) |
Minimize and Restore Apps with Keyboard Shortcuts
Today, with the help of this post, I figured out how to use Command-M (to minimize apps to the dock) and Command-Tab (together with the Option key) to restore an app previously minimized to the dock.