Windows 7 seems to have an endless number of ways to easily launch your most common programs. Not only can you pin apps to the Start menu, for example, but there's the ability to pin to the Task bar.

Making its appearance again in Mountain Lion is the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut that'll enter an outgoing email account for a message you are composing in Mail. This feature was available in ...

Macs have some great built-in keyboard shortcuts, but if you want to create custom or global shortcuts that perform more complicated tasks, you'll need to do a little extra legwork. Here's how to turn ...

MS Office makes it easy to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to any Word menu item using the Customize dialog box. Here are the steps to take. Unfortunately, the method varies somewhat by which version ...

Computers excel at repetitive tasks. So why are you opening the same menus and submenus, looking for the same commands again and again? OS X lets you assign keyboard shortcuts to menu commands so you ...

Users of iPhoto 09 are experiencing issues with keywords and shortcuts. Adding a new keyword to a photo results in iPhoto automatically assigning a shortcut for that keyword and making it a favorite.

Apple's Action Button replaces the ring/silent switch on the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 16 lineup. The Action Button's built-in skills can be customized with third-party apps to make it even more ...

As longtime Mac Gems readers have likely deduced, I love keyboard shortcuts. If I can access a function more quickly or more easily, I’m all for it. I’m also a big fan of contextual menu plugins—being ...