Practice your shortcuts.

I am sometimes surprised by the number of people who say “how did you do that?” when I use a shortcut in front of them. Shortcuts save so much time and hassle, and just help you to get the job done faster and more efficiently.

Most of you will already be familiar with Command-Q (Quit); Command-P (Print) and that Ctrl-Click brings up a sub-menu when clicking on an object. But there are so very many shortcuts you can use to streamline your work, I suggest that you check them out and try to learn them by heart - at least the ones you need to use on a regular basis. Performing a Google search “mac shortcuts” brings up thousands of sites hosting information of this subject, but here is one I myself liked:

Mac Shortcuts