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Notes from the launcher
Product updates, deep dives into keyboard-first workflows, and the occasional rant about Spotlight. Written by the CmdSpace team.
macOS keyboard shortcuts: a 2026 power-user reference
Most macOS shortcut lists are written for the median user. They tell you ⌘C and ⌘V and stop just before the interesting ones begin. This is not that list. This is the 2026 reference for power users — the people who have already internalize…
A keyboard-only macOS terminal launcher workflow
If you spend your day in iTerm, Ghostty, or Terminal.app, the ergonomic gap between "I need a terminal" and "I am typing into one" matters more than for any other app. Three seconds of friction per terminal-open, ten times a day, is 30 sec…
A Mac focus stack for deep work: keyboard-first, AI-free
Most "focus app" recommendations are about blocking. Block Twitter. Block Reddit. Block your own browser. The result is a Mac that looks like a parental-controlled iPad — useful, but not the same Mac you bought.
A keyboard-only macOS dev setup that survives every Tahoe update
Every macOS update is a small earthquake for developer machines. Spotlight forgets your exclusions. Some shortcut you relied on stops working. A signed launcher you trusted needs a fresh permission grant. The setup you spent a weekend tuni…
A day in a keyboard-first macOS workflow
This post is a literal walk-through of one day at a keyboard-first Mac. Not a list of tools, not a configuration guide — a play-by-play of how a person who has internalized keyboard shortcuts and a launcher actually moves through a workday…
Hidden macOS keyboard shortcuts in 2026 that Apple doesn't advertise
macOS ships with hundreds of keyboard shortcuts. Apple documents maybe 60 of them. The rest live in source code, in obscure Apple Developer notes, and in long-tenured Mac users' muscle memory.