🔍 Your new favorite Mac shortcut: ⌘ + spacebar. This opens a new Spotlight window. Use it to search for a program, file, contact or anything else.
Browser crashed? Here's how to get your tabs back
Have you ever lost important tabs while working on something urgent? We’ve been there. Instead of trying to piece your session back together one window at a time, we’ve got solutions that can be used on whichever major browser you prefer.
Read on to learn how to restore Chrome, Edge and Safari tabs.
How to restore tabs in Chrome
You can easily retrieve a lost tab in Chrome using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + T.
Here’s another way to restore a tab in Chrome from a previous session:
- Open Chrome and click on the three-dot menu in the upper right.
- Hover over History.
- Choose any site under Recently closed.
You won’t be limited to just your last session, either. This tip can be applied to any recently closed tab.
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How to restore tabs in Microsoft Edge
Ctrl + Shift + T also works in Edge. Continue using the shortcut to restore windows in reverse chronological order. You can use this command as many times as you want, even when working over multiple sessions.
Another way to reopen recently closed tabs in Edge is to right-click on a tab and select Reopen closed tabs.
How to restore tabs in Safari
Try Alt + Shift + arrow keys: This Windows shortcut quickly moves the active window from one monitor to another if you use multiple monitors. Nice!
Mac shortcut: You have a folder full of photos all named “IMG_2348” or some nonsense. Open the folder, hit Cmd + A to select all the files, then right-click and select Rename. Replace “IMG” with something like “Hawaii.” Bam! Done.
When you need iSpace: You don’t have to keep all your apps on the iPhone home screen. Press and hold on an app icon and pick Remove App > Remove from Home Screen to get rid of the shortcut. You can still launch the app from the App Library.
Lightning fast: In Microsoft Word, use Ctrl + the arrow keys to move through words or paragraphs quickly. Combine that shortcut with Shift to select text as you go.
Mac file shortcut: If you need to rename a bunch of files on macOS, you don’t need to do it one by one. Select them all in Finder, then hold down Cmd and click on one of them. Choose Rename to apply the same change(s) to them all.
Mouse shortcut: Highlight some text, hold down Ctrl in Windows (Cmd on Mac), click your left or primary mouse button, then drag the text elsewhere. When you let go of the mouse button, your text will be pasted there. Neat, right?
Cmd + spacebar: This Mac shortcut opens Spotlight, an incredibly powerful tool for finding documents quickly, opening apps or searching the web right from your desktop.
Take the shortcut: Need something quickly on your Windows PC? Make it a shortcut on your desktop. Drag apps (from the taskbar), files (from File Explorer) and websites (from your browser’s address bar) right to the desktop to create shortcuts.
Samsung shortcut: You make a mistake typing. Instead of hitting the backspace over and over, use two fingers to swipe left. That’s “Undo.” Want to “Redo”? Swipe two fingers to the right and your text will come back.