{"id":4335,"date":"2018-02-19T05:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2018-02-19T07:04:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:04:25","slug":"10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac That Help You Stay on Top of Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our time is limited, which is why we are always looking for shortcuts to make our lives easier.Especially if you are a social media manager, having to contend with hours and hours of tapping and clicking away, things do get a tad weary at the end of an exhausting day for your fingers. Not to mention, with so much on your plate, you need shortcuts to get more done in lesser time, lest you are left far behind in today\u2019s dynamic social media world. While it\u2019s a breeze to find keyboard shortcuts for Windows to give your fingers a much-needed reprieve and cut down reliance on a mouse, as well as save a horde of precious seconds, what if you own a Mac? In this article, you will learn about keyboard shortcuts for Mac that will turn you into a social media ninja:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#1_Differentiate_Between_Spam_and_Real_Humans\" title=\"1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Differentiate Between Spam and Real Humans\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Differentiate Between Spam and Real Humans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#2_Apply_Language_Filter\" title=\"2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apply Language Filter\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apply Language Filter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#3_Find_Customers_near_You\" title=\"3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Customers near You\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Customers near You<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#4_Find_Guest_Posting_Opportunities\" title=\"4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Guest Posting Opportunities\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Guest Posting Opportunities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#5_Find_Related_Sites_or_Influencers\" title=\"5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Related Sites or Influencers\">5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Related Sites or Influencers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#6_Know_The_Questions_that_Followers_are_Asking\" title=\"6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Know The Questions that Followers are Asking\">6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Know The Questions that Followers are Asking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#7_Identify_the_Right_Keywords\" title=\"7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify the Right Keywords\">7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify the Right Keywords<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#8_Perform_Search_Quickly\" title=\"8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perform Search Quickly\">8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perform Search Quickly<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#9_Switch_between_Tabs\" title=\"9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Switch between Tabs\">9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Switch between Tabs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#10_Jump_to_the_top_or_bottom_of_the_page\" title=\"10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jump to the top or bottom of the page\">10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jump to the top or bottom of the page<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/10-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Differentiate_Between_Spam_and_Real_Humans\"><\/span>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Differentiate Between Spam and Real Humans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>HootSuite allows you to apply different filters and one of them helps you differentiate between real followers and spam messages. Click on \u201cadd stream\u201d on the HootSuite website and navigate to search. Type \u201c<strong>Filter-links<\/strong>\u201d in the search bar to weed out promotional, spam posts with their respective links.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Apply_Language_Filter\"><\/span>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apply Language Filter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Social media is home to more than half of the world\u2019s population, so you might come across social media posts in different languages as well. You can easily sift through social media posts from other languages by using the \u201c<strong>lang:language code<\/strong>\u201d command. For instance, if you want to view social media posts that are transcribed in Chinese, you can use <strong>lang:zh-cn<\/strong>. Similarly, you can use the same command for other languages as well. You can check out various language codes from <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ms533052(v=vs.85).aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Find_Customers_near_You\"><\/span>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Customers near You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can also find social media followers who are located in your vicinity. Add \u201c<strong>near:name of the city<\/strong>\u201d to find posts near you. For instance, entering \u201cnear: Dubai\u201dwill reveal posts pushed out from Dubai.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Find_Guest_Posting_Opportunities\"><\/span>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Guest Posting Opportunities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Guest posting on other websites plays a crucial role in boosting your search engine rankings. More importantly, it provides you a link from authoritative websites. You can easily find guest posting opportunities with Google by typing \u201c<strong>social media +<\/strong> \u201c<strong>become a contributor<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Find_Related_Sites_or_Influencers\"><\/span>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find Related Sites or Influencers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Influencer marketing is one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/digital-marketing-trends-for-2017\/\">digital marketing trends<\/a> for a few years now. It is important for social media managers to rope in the right influencers, find related websites for partnerships and link building purposes. You can easily do that by typing \u201c<strong>related:site-name<\/strong>\u201d in Google. For instance, if you want to find other related sites, such as CNN, you can type <strong>related:cnn.com<\/strong> and Google will show you all the related websites.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Know_The_Questions_that_Followers_are_Asking\"><\/span>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Know The Questions that Followers are Asking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Social listening has become an important part of social media strategy. It gives you an in-depth perspective on what your customers need. You can easily see what questions your followers are asking by adding a \u201c?\u201d sign after the keyword in HootSuite. For instance, applying the \u201c<strong>project management?<\/strong>\u201dfilter will show you questions that users are asking pertinent to project management. You can use it for any term and get to know what your followers are interested in. You can also get new ideas for your next blog post as well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Identify_the_Right_Keywords\"><\/span>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify the Right Keywords<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to know which keywords your competitors are targeting? You can easily dig them up by typing \u201c<strong>intitle<\/strong>:\u201d<strong>Search term<\/strong>\u201d in Google, and it will reveal all the websites targeting your SEO terms.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Perform_Search_Quickly\"><\/span>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perform Search Quickly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to search for a particular website? The fastest and easiest way to do that on a Mac is to hit the <strong>Command and L key<\/strong>. It instantly selects the address bar and lets you type your desired query. You will get multiple options to choose from which you can select with the up and down arrow keys.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Switch_between_Tabs\"><\/span>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Switch between Tabs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As a social media manager, you almost always have several browser tabs open in a chorus. Switching between tabs helps you juggle multiple social networks simultaneously. When it comes to Mac, you can switch between browser tabs by pressing <strong>Shift, Command and one of the square bracket keys<\/strong> to switch between tabs. You can also do that from a shortcut located on the Window menu.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Jump_to_the_top_or_bottom_of_the_page\"><\/span>10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jump to the top or bottom of the page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With a never-ending stream of social media feeds, it can become quite cumbersome to scroll all the way to the top of the page when you are at the bottom or similarly the other way round. Thankfully, there is a Mac keyboard shortcut for that as well. You can instantly jump from the top to the bottom of the page or leap from the bottom to the top by pressing <strong>Fn-left arrow<\/strong> key and <strong>Fn-right arrow<\/strong> key respectively. You can accomplish the feat by inputting the Command<strong>-Up<\/strong> or Command-Down order.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Use the aforementioned Mac keyboard shortcuts and make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/social-media-marketing\">social media management<\/a> a breeze. There are many other keyboard shortcuts for Mac that you can explore as well. Stay one step ahead of the competition by doing more in less time. Which Mac keyboard shortcuts do you use for managing your social media accounts? Feel free to share it with us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our time is limited, which is why we are always looking for shortcuts to make our lives easier.Especially if you are a social media manager, having&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}