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Being More Productive by using the Keyboard vs. the Mouse

Developers avoid using the mouse whenever possible
Developers are more productive when their hands are on the keyboard
Open applications using Spotlight instead of the mouse by:
1. Pressing cmd+space to open Spotlight
2. Start typing the name of the app until the app is highlighted
3. Press enter to open the app!

Quickly switch between running applications by pressing cmd+tab
If a minimized applications does not display after tabbing to it with cmd+tab:
1. Continue to hold down cmd and release tab
2. Press option then release cmd

You can switch between multiple windows of the same application using cmd+` (that's a back-tick character, which is above the tab key)
Note that it's best to minimize how many windows/applications you have open when developing to make switching between applications quicker and minimize distractions to the job at hand

Often you will need to share images with others or use them in your applications, notes, readme files, etc
Unfortunately, if an image exists only on your computer, you lose the ability to use it anywhere but on your computer
The solution is to upload images to a cloud service...

One of the most popular image hosting services on the Internet is Imgur.
Go there now and open a free account
Although you can upload images using Imgur's web interface, but there's a better way...

mac2imgur is a simple Mac app that makes uploading images and screenshots to your Imgur account a snap
Go to the link above and download/install it
After installed, launch it, click the in your menubar, then select Imgur/Sign-in. Note that if you don't sign in, your uploaded images will be uploaded to Imgur's public domain
You can now upload images from your computer by clicking the mac2imgur icon in the menubar and selecting Upload images...
Screenshots can also now be automatically uploaded to Imgur...

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used to take screenshots of your screen:
- Whole screen: shift-cmd-3
- Part of your screen: shift-cmd-4
- A certain window: shift-cmd-4, then spacebar to toggle window mode

Spectacle is a free utility that resizes and snaps into position app windows
If you don't see the "spectacles" in your menubar, launch Spectacle using Spotlight
When running, Spectacle will listen to the keyboard for certain key combinations (hotkeys) and will resize/position the active application accordingly...