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You’re not too cool for these ’90s tech tricks
Every Thursday, the internet gets doused in nostalgia: cargo pants, weird bangs and MySpace screenshots.
Here’s a vintage revival you didn’t know you needed. Throwback tech hacks that still solve real problems. No hard drive whirring required.
🔄 Alt + Tab = Instant multitasking
Feeling overwhelmed with too many open windows? Instead of dragging your mouse all over the place like it’s 1998, just press Alt + Tab on Windows (or Command + Tab on a Mac).
You can quickly flip through every open program without lifting your hands off the keyboard.
🖼️ Print Screen = Fastest screenshots
Before there were fancy snipping tools, there was the Print Screen (PrtScn) key right on your keyboard. And guess what? It still works.
- Windows: Tap PrtScn to capture the whole screen, or Windows + Shift + S to grab just a piece.
- Mac: There’s no PrtScn key on Mac keyboards anymore. Hit Command + Shift + 4 for a precision screenshot.
👉 Pro tip: Windows 11 now also pops open a Snipping Tool menu automatically after hitting PrtScn. Turn it on under Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard.
🔄 Ctrl + Shift + T = The tab resurrector
You know the feeling: You accidentally close a browser tab and immediately panic.
Fret no more. Just press Ctrl + Shift + T (or Command + Shift + T on a Mac), and boom, your last closed tab magically reappears like it never left.
👉 Pro tip: It even works for multiple tabs; keep tapping to bring back your whole lost browsing session. Phew.
⌨️ F5 = Refresh, fast
Page stuck? Before you sacrifice a goat to the router gods, try the simplest fix: F5 to refresh things and Ctrl + R for web pages (or Command + R for Mac).
Tech has gotten flashier, fancier and sometimes way too complicated. But these throwback tricks? Still smarter, still faster and still cooler than scrolling around like it’s your first day on America Online and “You’ve got mail!”
Tags: internet, online, router, settings, tech
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