The Option (⌥) key – or Alt key, depending on your keyboard layout – can be used to unlock all kinds of features hidden in your Mac's operating system. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for ...

Microsoft Excel is so jam-packed with cells, worksheets, tabs, buttons, and dialog boxes that navigating your way around the program using your mouse can sometimes seem like more hassle than it's ...

However, don't expect it to work like the Windows key - it doesn't bring up a system menu. In fact, the Command key is similar in function to the CTRL key on a Windows PC. The Alt/Option key is a key ...

A key that is pressed on a keyboard in combination with a letter or digit key to perform some function. The modifier key is held down while another key is pressed one or more times. For example, a ...

If you want force an app or program to quit on your Mac, you can use a similar keyboard shortcut to PC's Control+Alt+Delete. Force quitting a program will sacrifice any unsaved changes, so do it with ...

The hash symbol – also known as the pound/number sign, or even the octothorp(e) as Macworld reader Keith points out – was one of the more rarely used special characters until Twitter and Instagram ...