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This file is designed to support you on your journey to mastering hotkeys.

I’ve added recommendations to get you started, but feel free to completely adapt and transform this document to match your own workflow and preferences.

I recommend using a color system to highlight the shortcuts you actively want to integrate. It’s easy to assign a lot of shortcuts while experimenting. But realistically, you’ll want to focus on just 3–4 that truly move the needle. The rest can remain as “nice to have.”

Once those shortcuts begin to stick and feel natural in your muscle memory, mark a few new ones to gradually introduce into your workflow

Personally, I often returned to my “Personal Hotkey Cheatsheet” whenever I got confused about what I assigned and where. You might also consider scheduling a small check-in with yourself to reflect on how your hotkey integration is progressing.

Good luck! — Rimbo ;)

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Recommended Raycast functions to implement

Add your most opened links to Raycast Quicklinks

Window management (if you don’t use BetterSnap *introduced in lesson 5:2)

For snippet setup check out →

Snippet Tips⁠

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For extensions, check out →

Raycast Extensions⁠

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Your Personal Hotkey Cheat Sheet

*Blue = Rimbo’s Recommendation

⌘ + Space = Raycast HYPERKEY = Cap-lock ✦ = HYPERKEY Best spots for most prominent tools: ✦ + A → Arc ✦ + S → *your primary tool ✦ + D. → *your secondary primary tool ✦ + F → Finder Second-best spots: **✦ + Q ** system-reserved hotkey on Mac. ✦ + W → ✦ + E → ✦ + R →

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✦+Z → ✦+X → ✦+C → ✦+V →

Great for navigating tools ✦ + 1 → email ✦ + 2 → calendar ✦ + 3 → notes app ✦ + 4 →

Good spots, I would also suggest:

⌥ + space → google search Control + space →

Good for AI function

⌥+I → Improve writing (AI shortcut) ⌥+P → Polish writing = checks grammar and spelling (AI shortcut)

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Arc Setup

Navigation

Section navigation ⌘ + opt + ← [tab to the left space ] ⌘ + opt + → [tab to the right space ]

Tab navigation ⌘ + opt + up/down arrow [ move tabs

Tab switch default = control + tab

*very nice for when you keep switching between 2 tabs

Rimbo’s Navigation setup I mostly live in my favorite tabs, giving them hotkeys saves a lot of clicks.

⌘ 1-4 = sidebar item 1-4 ⌥ 1-4= sidebar item 5-8 ⌃ 1-4 = section 1-4

Focus Toggle Combo

Hide side panel is default = ⌘ + S

→ but we set it to ⌘ + \In arc as it creates a nice combo with

(it’s a pattern across more software)

Clean up unpinned tabs

default = ⌘ + shift + k I set it to ⌥ + X

Handy to learn Arc shortcuts:

Copy Current Tab URL: Ctrl + Shift + C

Pin/Unpin Current Tab: ⌘ + D

Close Current Tab or Window: ⌘ + W

Re-open Last Closed Tab: ⌘ + Shift + T

Reload Webpage: ⌘ + R

Find in Webpage: ⌘ + F

Next Match After Finding Text: ⌘ + G

Previous Match After Finding Text: ⌘ + Shift + G

Settings: ⌘ + ,

View History: ⌘ + Y

Incognito Window: ⌘ + Shift + N

Zoom In Webpage: ⌘ + +

Zoom Out Webpage: ⌘ + -

Reset Webpage Zoom: ⌘ + 0

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MacOS Hotkeys

Screenshot default = ⌘ + shift + 4 *you can change this is system settings -> keyboard → shortcuts

⌘ + Q = Close an app ⌘ + N = In Finder to open a second folder ⌥ + ⌘ + esc = Open task manager ⌘ + Tab = Switch between apps

⌘+C = Copy ⌘+V = Paste ⌘+X = Cut ⌘+Z = Undo

⌘ + up arrow ....to move up one level in Finder Space = to quick view selected file ⌘ + 1/2/3/4 to switch view in finder *should be set correctly by default

Pro Mouse Setup

*I made screenshot F1 and mapped F1 to my mouse *I made Arc tabswitch F2 and mapped F2 to my mouse

I mapped buttons to my mouse with a tool called SteerMouse.

**ADD Your Primary Tools

Find the essential keyboard shortcuts you want to learn and copy-paste them here. Highlight the ones you want to actively integrate into your workflow.

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