Whether you prefer to use a Mac or a Windows PC, you might think you know all your computer’s secrets. After all, you use it every day, and modern technology is supposed to be so intuitive that you ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Let’s face it, most of us don’t know our asperands from our epershands.

Q I’m beginning to handle international business, which means I need to be able to use foreign currency symbols in both Word and Excel. How do I create a shortcut for various symbols? In Excel, it’s a ...

One of the best power-user tips I have to pass on is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for as many tasks as you can. Learning the shortcuts is easy, command-shift-s, shift-option-a…, but in OS X we ...

You know Unicode symbols, right? The ones you might find in tweets from time to time, or in links from Daring Fireball and Shawn Blanc’s website. Yes, these symbols. It turns out, they’re pretty cute.