You've probably tapped it at least a few times today without ever knowing exactly what it is or what it's called; I'm talking about the strange, swirly square emblazoned on the Command key (that's ...

The Apple Command key (or, as you might better know it, ⌘) has a beautiful and clear history. Originally, the ⌘ key was an Apple symbol instead, but Steve Jobs thought that using the Apple logo as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The untold story of why the Command key replaced the Apple key on your Mac Susan Kare is a well-known graphic designer who has ...

Unless you have driven around Sweden, it's likely that you've only seen the curly four-leaf clover-like symbol on the command key of a Mac keyboard. Its origins, though, like many an Apple story, can ...

One of the best power-user tips I have to pass on is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for as many tasks as you can. Learning the shortcuts is easy, command-shift-s, shift-option-a…, but in OS X we ...

If you're coming from a PC, your first instinct might be to look for the Control key. However, on a Mac, you'll typically use ...