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Use Text Expansion to Save Time While You Type
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Use Text Expansion to Save Time While You Type

Andrew Orr · 12:40 PM EDT, Mar 25th, 2020 · 2 Comments

Text expansion is kind of an overlooked feature of iOS and macOS but it can save you a lot of time if you type repetitive things a lot.

How to Do Everything Faster on your Mac
Dr. Mac's Rants & Raves

How to Do Everything Faster on your Mac

Bob LeVitus · 1:12 PM EDT, Jul 12th, 2019 · 6 Comments

In Episode #339 of Dr. Mac’s Rants & Raves, Dr. Mac explains how to make everything on your Mac faster by becoming a better typist.

macOS: Basic Tricks for Fast Text Selection
Quick Tip

macOS: Basic Tricks for Fast Text Selection

Jeff Butts · 8:56 AM EDT, Mar 16th, 2017 · Add Comment

For this Quick Tip, Melissa Holt’s got some tricks for us on how to do text selection within a document, email, or webpage. So if you’re unfamiliar with ways to select text without clicking and dragging, come read this one! It’ll save you tons of time.

Be More Productive: Try a Different Keyboard
Dr. Mac's Rants & Raves

Be More Productive: Try a Different Keyboard

Bob LeVitus · 12:37 PM EST, Mar 1st, 2017 · 11 Comments

Last week Dr. Mac showed you how you could improve your typing skills for free at www.typingtest.com. But that’s only half the story. He also types significantly faster on his third-party keyboard than any keyboard Apple has made in the last decade…

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