The list is a work in progress and will be regularly updated. Apps will be listed in alphabetical order with links to their website, full documentation (if any), and iTunes page. If you know of any iOS app that supports keyboard shortcuts, please let me know. The following shortcuts will work with external Bluetooth keyboards
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How to disable generating special characters when pressing the `alt+a`/`option+a` keybinding in Mac OS (`⌥+a` )?
There is a behavior in my mac that I'm trying to disable.
When I'm in any text editor and typing a key combination using the alt/option+any letter, the output will be special characters.
For exampl...
In Spark for Android, you can create shortcuts (ex-widgets) to quickly access the folders or options you use the most. For example, if you often check the
Do it right: Writing about Apple - BrettTerpstra.com
If you write technical documentation for or blog about Apple products, you’ve probably pondered phrasing, capitalization, etc.. If you’re not familiar with it already, Apple publishes and updates a
A Jekyll plugin for documenting Mac keyboard shortcuts - BrettTerpstra.com
In the process of blogging here, as well as writing extensive documentation for my own apps, I end up writing about keyboard combinations a lot. Over the years I’ve made this easier on myself in
How to Disable Keyboard on MacBooks (Quick Methods)
In the past disabling your Mac’s keyboard was fairly simple but with Big Sur, the latest macOS, it is no longer that easy. Many websites indicate that using the Control ... Read more
Keysmith and Keyboard Maestro are both great tools to create custom keyboard shortcuts for your Mac. We often get asked to compare Keysmith and Keyboard Maestro since, on the surface, they seem to be pretty similar tools.
TextExpander Snippet Expansion Comes to Every App in iOS 8 - Smile
We’ve been hard at work since Apple announced the new and exciting extensions and custom keyboards available in iOS 8. TextExpander touch 3, coming on the heels of iOS 8 this fall, includes a TextExpander keyboard which can expand snippets in any app on the iPhone or iPad, including built-in apps such as Mail and… Read More »
TextExpander is a fantastic tool that fundamentally allows you to enter a string of characters and trigger a response that can replace the text with different content (e.g. plain text, formatted text, an image). On some platforms it can do even more, triggering scripts; though generally the intent is to then return and output some content.