With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Every time you're on your Mac, you're using ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder why we all use the same inefficient keyboard layout? QWERTY wasn’t built for comfort or speed ...

It’s quite possible that you spend more time typing on your iPhone than you do on your Mac or PC. Make your life easier by learning these typing tips for using the iPhone. We cover everything from ...

Remember how, back on Windows, you used to use the Win key and the Control key quite often? Well, on OS X, the Command key is your best friend. There are two Command keys, one each side of the ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Gboard’s voice typing went from a party trick to a legitimate keyboard replacement—and nobody told you.

I started using Google’s Gboard keyboard long before I made the switch to Android. Even as a third-party keyboard on an iPhone, I found it better than the native iOS typing experience. With Gboard on ...

To get access to the complete set of ASCII characters, users have to know and enter special keyboard shortcut combinations found in the character map. Under most circumstances, entering characters ...