Small things macOS can do most people don't realize

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These keyboard shortcuts are all Emacs navigation commands, which are built into macOS (and iPadOS with an external keyboard). Here is a good list.

(Emacs) Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing Text Fields in OS X

Others have posted about this on MPU in the past:

Most recently, @Synchronicity posted about it here:

!The Results are In-Conclusion! 1 Month iPad Only Experiment with New M4 iPad Pro

I’ve heard that usability researchers don’t give macOS great marks, even though Macs have always had a reputation for being easy to use. That’s likely because underneath the user-friendly point-and-click interface—the dock, menu bar, traffic light window buttons, etc.—there’s a ton of power user features that aren’t easily discoverable by poking around the GUI. You have to learn them by reading the docs, spending time on user forums, etc. I doubt one in 10,000 Mac users knows that macOS suppo…

Here is a post from 2020 on the topic:

Faster Navigation with {i|iPad|mac}OS’ built in Emacs Navigation

I just listened to “E509 - Brent Simmons, Man of Many Hats” and the episode mentioned about Keyboard Shortcut for Navigation, but it uses arrow key as main modifier. I usually use emacs style keybindings for anything, really, on ipad or mac. Let me give some example and the mnemonics: typed something on spotlight, want to navigate upwards or downwards? ⌃N and ⌃P it is! it works like the up and down arrow key in text inputs. also works on most web browser’s address bar! (except Vivaldi) als…