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Productivity tips

Small speed-ups for typing, notifications, and window layout. These are the ones that stick after a day, not a new app to install.

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Productivity cheat sheet

  1. ProductivityBundle non-urgent notifications into a summarySettings > Notifications > Scheduled Summary. Pick the times and the apps.Easy · 2 min
  2. ProductivityTurn on a Focus and allow the people who can still interruptSettings > Focus. A Focus silences notifications except the people and apps you name.Easy · 3 min
  3. ProductivitySet a Downtime schedule in Screen TimeOnly the apps you mark as Allowed stay available. Phone calls still work.Easy · 3 min
  4. ProductivityScan a paper into Notes instead of photographing it crookedIn a note, use the camera or attachment button and choose Scan Documents.Easy · 2 min
  5. ProductivityPut a meeting on its own desktopWindows + Ctrl + D makes a new desktop. Windows + Ctrl + arrows moves between them.Easy · 1 min
  6. ProductivityTile a Mac window by dragging it to the edgeDrag to the left or right edge, or hover the green button and pick a layout.Easy · 1 min
  7. ProductivitySnap a window to half the screenHover the maximize button, or press Windows + Z, and pick a layout.Easy · 1 min
  8. ProductivityOpen the emoji panel with Windows + periodThe same panel has symbols and special characters, not just faces.Easy · 1 min
  9. ProductivityPress Windows + V to paste something you copied earlierWindows 11 keeps a list of recent copies. It is off until you turn it on.Easy · 1 min
  10. ProductivityOpen any app with Command + SpaceSpotlight launches apps and finds files without the Dock.Easy · 1 min
  11. ProductivityUse the same text shortcuts on a MacThe Mac has the same expansion list as the iPhone. You can edit it in System Settings.Easy · 2 min
  12. ProductivitySave a text shortcut for the words you type every dayType a short code and the phone expands it. Email addresses are the usual win.Easy · 2 min

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