Published: 17th of September, 2024
Congratulations on your new Mac! After switching you might've noticed the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste no longer work. Not to worry, today I'll teach you how to copy and paste on your new MacBook Pro.
The quickest way to copy and paste on your Mac is by using the standard Mac keyboard combinations, they're almost the same but just a bit different to what you're used to!
First you highlight the thing you want to copy. Do this by clicking then dragging your cursor over the text. If it's a file or image then simply click on it.
Once you've selected the content press ⌘ + C on your keyboard. This will copy the item to your clipboard, where it is ready for pasting.
Now go to the location where you'd like to paste the copied content. Click to position your cursor and press ⌘ command + V. Et voilà your copied content will appear!
Cutting, undoing and redoing edits works like on other computers with the exception that you press ⌘ command
instead of CTRL
. The command key is Mac's equivalent of the Windows key. It'll take a while for your muscle memory to adapt but once you're used to it hitting CMD + whatever will become second nature.
Sometimes you might prefer using your trackpad or mouse to copy and paste.
Copying content is exactly the same as before: select, copy, paste, except instead of the keyboard shortcuts you right-click on the item and choose Copy
and Paste
etc from the context menu. Pretty easy isn't it?!
This process is just as simple for copying and pasting files/folders.To deal with those you simply:
Yet another cool feature included on your MacBook Pro is Universal Clipboard. It allows you to copy something on your Mac, then paste it on another Apple device like your iPhone or iPad! Pretty nifty and this'll work so long as both devices are signed in to the same iCloud account.
It's very simple to use, just copy the text, image, or file on your MacBook using ⌘ + C shortcut or mouse method. Now on your iPhone or Pad, goto the app where you want to paste, tap and hold then select Paste.
Like most things Mac it's that simple — no extra setup required!
Hope you found this useful and enjoy your newfound cut-copy-paste-skills!
Till next time,
❤️ Maria
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