Today, I’d like to introduce you to a new friend. This is a friend who, though most likely unbeknownst to you, has always been there, a friend who has patiently waited a long, long time for you to ...

Think you know your keyboard? Think again. Unlock the secret power of your function keys with these 12 clever laptop hacks and shortcuts.

Save your work often with CTRL+S Copy and paste quickly with CTRL+C%2C CTRL+V Get rid of Mac%27s %27spinning beach ball of death%27 by pressing CMD+OPT+ESC The great thing about computers is that they ...

FioWriter is yet another new iPad text editor, but with one huge difference: it has Command, Option and Control keys right there on the keyboard. What’s more, they work as they should: hold down the ...

Mission Control is one of the big new features in Lion, and like most new features it brings with it some new keyboard shortcuts. One of these is Command+Left Arrow or Command+Right Arrow to move ...

CTRL+PgUp Switches between worksheet tabs, from left-to-right. CTRL+PgDn Switches between worksheet tabs, from right-to-left. CTRL+SHIFT+(Unhides any hidden rows within the selection. CTRL+SHIFT+& ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Windows only: Open-source app iTunes Hotkey controls iTunes with keyboard shortcuts. Coded by fellow Lifehacker reader, The Amazing Ant, iTunes Hotkey assigns key combinations to iTunes functions.

You may be good at Excel, but you’re spending way too much time clicking around.

In Microsoft Word, many shortcuts facilitate operations. For example, press the Ctrl+S keys on the keyboard to save the document instantly. We don’t need to save the document manually after each edit.

Keyboard shortcuts fall into two main categories on a PC. First are the standard, Windows-based keyboard shortcuts, like "Ctrl-C" and "Ctrl-V" for copy and paste; second are manufacturer-specific ...

Apple has been offering excellent Magic Keyboards for iPad and iPad Pro models for some time now, with support for an iPad-friendly cursor and other long-awaited features that make it easier than ever ...