Intro
Chapter 1
- Naming something lets you identify it more easily
Part 1: Mechanics
The tools that could help any power-user.
Chapter 2: Acceleration
- The longer a list of applications, the less useful it becomes
- Use a launcher instead, i.e. SpotLight, Launchy, Alfred
- I prefer a custom launcher like Alfred to Spotlight because of its enhanced functionality
- Avoid using finder as much as possible, and prefer the cmd line or launcher
- In Windows, use tab to autocomplete file paths in explorer
- Use cmd + shift + G in Finder to use tab auto-complete functionality
- You don’t need to use terminal/finder exclusively — you can drag a folder from Finder into the cmd-line to mimic a
cd
command - Ctrl+f2 highlights menu, press a letter to jump to that menu item
- Ctrl+f8 highlights services (clock side of the menu bar)
- Use a clipboard manager because context switching eats time…