You know that to launch an application from the Launchpad we just have to click on the F4 keyIt does not matter where you are and it does not matter what we are working on, we only have to press F4 once and we will have the Launchpad open, as long as we are not in an application that the F4 key launches another menu / option.
There are quite a few keyboard shortcuts that our system allows us Mac operating, OS X Mountain LionIt is always good to remember this type of shortcut for users who join the Apple operating system and are unaware of its existence.
This application that we have on Macs called Launchpad, appeared on OS X version 10.7 and it makes it an extremely fast application launcher that can greatly facilitate our work to access them, in a tremendously fast way.
Clearly is much faster than browsing desktops with multiple applications, with it all applications are together and ordered to our liking, well separated and perfectly located. Today we have seen how to access the Launchpad in a much faster way and with a keystroke.
We may not be able to use only the keys for all Mac functions, but with these types of keyboard shortcuts we will end up doing many of the tasks in a simpler and faster way than using the mouse itself to perform them.
All new Macs have the F4 key assigned to function as a shortcut and open the One-touch Launchpad, without the need for a key combination, but in older Mac versions are not assigned by default. This is not a serious problem either, since we can always assign the same F4 key to perform this function, launching the Launchpad quickly and efficiently is much easier from now on.
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