I saw a program on Windows that helped the user learn keyboard shortcuts in various applications by reminding there is a shortcut every time he used a mouse to particular task.   Is there some similar software available for Mac OS X?
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OS X lets me type special characters directly on the keyboard by holding the Option. For example: — is an em dash, “ and ” are curvy quotes, etc.  Is there a good cheat sheet listing all these keys somewhere? I tend to find myself holding option and running my hands up and down the keyboard looking for a specific character.
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What are all of the ways a keyboard shortcut could be bound in Safari?  I am aware of the following:   The app’s own standard shortcuts System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts >   App Shortcuts >   All Applications Safari  Services  Safari Extensions KeyBindings.dict 3rd party utility applications   Alfred FastScripts Keyboard Maestro    Are there other obvious paths I could be missing? Are there ways of figuring out how a specific keybinding is being handled?  For context, I created a utility shortcut for myself to send the current Safari tab to Chrome by pressing ^c. I did this a few years ago with an Alfred Workflow, with a Hotkey trigger scoped to com.apple.safari and a simple AppleScript to get and reopen the front tab's URL.  Great. However, changing the keybinding of this workflow today I discovered that it also seems to be captured by something else I set up at some point (and bound to basically the same action). With the Alfred workflow disabled, its keybinding changed, or Alfred itself quit and not running, I have verified that the Alfred version does not run, but something else is triggering the page to open in Chrome.  I do not have FastScripts or Keyboard Maestro on this Mac. I do not see any bindings for this key in the System Preferences. I do not have /Library/KeyBindings/ or ~/Library/KeyBindings/ folders on this Mac. I don’t see any bindings in any of the areas of the Keyboard > Shortcuts preference pane. There don’t seem to be any plausibly-related Safari Extensions installed.  Shortcut Detective can detect when Alfred catches a keybinding from Safari, but sees nothing when the still-caught ^c is handled by whatever else is grabbing it.  I can’t for the life of me figure out where else I managed to bind this shortcut, and therefore can’t figure out how to unbind it short of wiping my account.
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Is there an alt-tab replacement for Windows 7 that works in the same manner as command-tab and command-tick (tilde) on OS X?  Requirements:  1. Completely keyboard-shortcut-based, no mouse action should be necessary.  2. 2 keyboard shortcuts with the following behavior:  a.) alt+tab:       cycles through open applications (NOT windows... applications, meaning even if i have 10 firefox windows open, I only want to see firefox once in the list that comes up when i hit this shortcut)  b.) alt+`:     cycles through WINDOWS that are instances of the currently active application (meaning if firefox is my active window and i hit shortcut2, it will cycle through those 10 firefox windows, while ignoring any other windows from ANY other application).    Update 08:40 5/21: I tried out eidylon's suggestion, TopDesk.  It doesn't provide any of the functionality described here.  Other apps I've already tried:   VistaSwitcher Switcher Dexpot (awesome app, still using, but doesn't do what I want in this case... also looked for plugins but couldn't find one that does it) UltraMon Nvidia nView   update: Unfortunately I still haven't found a solution for this.  update: made this a community wiki in case anyone is ever able to find a solution for this.
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I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut that will duplicate the functionality available by double-clicking the "handle" in the bottom-right corner of a cell.  Is there something that can do this, without third-party software or creating custom macros?
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I know that the dotted blue underlined words during dictation in OS X are supposed to provide alternative suggestions of the voice transcription.    However, when I control-click or right-click the blue underlined words, I do not see any suggestions or alternatives.  Please help!    I am running the GM of OS X Mavericks...been running Mavericks since beta seed 4.   Also, I use a magic trackpad, not a mouse (just in case this matters).   Is this just a Mavericks bug or am I doing something wrong?
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Not system or application shortcuts, but keyboard shortcuts used specifically on a certain webpage.  Gmail shortcuts for example.  Example:  Press Alt+f while on Facebook it will change the feed from 'Top Stories' to 'Most Recent' and vice versa.  And allow the user to set these shortcuts themselves? Perhaps a chrome extension?
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When I record the screen on a Mac, how can I show keyboard typing in the same image (as shown below)?    Is there particular screen recording software or settings that will do this?
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I have an application that needs the user to enter the x and y location of a couple of items on the screen. [Yes, this is crap and I'll replace it, but for now...]  On Mac OS X, I'm using Snapz Pro X.  When I choose to take a snap of a selection, the interface displays the mouse cursor location.  This is OK for my personal use, but I can't ask users to buy a $69 program for this function.  I thought I had a solution with the built-in program "Grab", but it reports the coordinates from the bottom left, and I need it from the top left.  I don't have access to Windows; not sure what to use there.  I've not even been able to come up with good search terms since mouse and coordinates and x/y are so common.  Ideas are welcome there.  Extra credit:  same x/y finder for Linux.  A Java program would be OK too, since the main application is in Java.
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I use mouse with left-hand. My system is shared with other people who are right handed. So, I need frequently to switch mouse button.  I would like to know how to swap mouse button using AppleScript? I am using default mouse come with my iMac machine.
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My trackpad is broken so I can tap-to-click but i cannot drag and drop. This is really a problem when it comes to doing certain things.   Does anyone know how to program a sticky key to turn a click into a click-select that can then be dragged about?   I can't resize my browser or open window and I can't drag applications into the folder when installing etc.  free solutions only please.  A mid 2009 macbook-pro 13". 2.53 Ghz Intel Core 2 Due.   Running os lion (grudgingly).
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I’d like to assign an “Every Application” keyboard shortcut to bring up the login window, for when I step away from my computer. Is there a way to do this? (Lion-only methods are fine.)
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Is there any software that does the same as the macOS feature "Shake to Find Cursor" for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
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I rely on the "Ctrl-&rarr;" command on Windows to navigate my way through text documents.   This useful key-combo will quickly bring me to the beginning of the next word. For example, the following sequence illustrates what would happen to the cursor location after successive presses of Ctrl-&rarr; (the "^" will represent the cursor):  ^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown fox ^jumped over the lazy dog ...   And, if I start pressing the &larr; instead, it will move the cursor to the exact same spots in the document, just going the other direction (which is ideal because the position of the cursor is predictable, which leads to me being faster at making my edits):   The quick brown fox ^jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog ^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog ...   Mac OS X has a similar keyboard shortcut (Option-&rarr; - I mapped "Ctrl" to "Option" specifically so I could get this same functionality in the way I've become accustomed to).   However, "Option-Arrow" brings me to the end of the current word when using the right arrow key, as illustrated here:  ^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The^ quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick^ brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown^ fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown fox^ jumped over the lazy dog ...   And, what's worse, going the other direction doesn't bring you back to the same spot as moving forward, it brings you to the start of the last word:   The quick brown fox^ jumped over the lazy dog The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog ^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog ...   This is extremely frustrating for me, as I need to switch between Windows and Mac often, and very rarely do I want to go to the end of the current word (why would I want that, unless I'm holding "Shift" as well?). I always want to skip to the beginning of the next word.   I'm willing to go to some lengths to make the Mac version work the same way (purchase software, write a custom Applescript command tied to these keyboard shortcuts), so I'm looking for suggestions.   Are there any existing tools that will change this for me?   How would you suggest "fixing" it?  Thanks  EDIT  I was able to make a "Service" in Automator, and used the following AppleScript:   on run {input, parameters}      tell application "System Events" to key code 124 using {option down}     tell application "System Events" to key code 124  end run   Then I tied this Service to the "Command-&rarr;" keystroke using the "Keyboard" settings in System Preferences.  However, for this to work I have to take my finger off the Command key.. which makes it sorta pointless. It's also slow, and don't seem to work in the application I most need it to work in (Xcode).
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I just bought an IBM Model M keyboard. While awesome, it lacks a windows key and multimedia keys. While there are many programs out there that can map one key to another, or one key to a key sequence, are there any programs that will map a keyboard sequence to a single key?  Edit: OS = Win7
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My Apple mouse has only one button (a Left button). Normally I use                   ctrl + left mouse as a way to use the left mouse button but it doesn't work with blender. what do I have to do. Because I can't select anything.
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The fact that each monitor acts on its own in OS X Mavericks is pretty cool. However, I find that I have to use my mouse and click on the unfocused monitor before I can actually slide back and forth its screens (or spaces).  What's the keyboard shortcut to switch focus to another monitor?  update: follow up
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Is there any way to automatically launch an application on USB attach or CD insert on Mac OS X? it's easy on Windows, but I found that AutoRun.Inf does not work on the Mac at all.