"Multiple times Mira has walked across my keyboard and caused most of my windows to disappear. This sends me into a panic-is my work gone?-until I click a dock icon and realize everything is still there. What happened? It could be a few things. On the Mac the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-H hides all windows except the current one. Or maybe Mira switched virtual desktops in Mission Control-that's done with Control- Left/Right arrow key, and could make it look like all of my windows are gone."
"Mira's pulled this trick off on a PC too. Windows-, (comma) hides all windows while Windows-Ctrl-Left/Right arrow key switches virtual desktops. So there's all sorts of ways for Mira to induce anxiety while also teaching us more about how our computers work. Lovely."
"I take screenshots on my Mac constantly, so it wasn't much of a surprise for me when Mira managed to trigger Command-Shift-4 to trigger taking a screenshot of a specific area on my screen. But I didn't realize I could do the same thing on a PC: Windows+Shift+S is the keyboard shortcut for that, apparently. Now I know this, and I'm going to use it all the time."
"I usually like to hide the dock on my Mac, but Mira apparently disagrees. Once she walked over the keyboard and it stopped being hidden. Apparently she pressed Command-Option-D, which toggles whether the bar is hidden or not. I could imagine this bei"
Walking across a MacBook or Windows PC keyboard can trigger shortcuts that hide windows, making work appear to disappear until the user restores the view. On macOS, Command-Option-H hides all windows except the current one, while Control-Left/Right arrow switches virtual desktops in Mission Control. On Windows, Windows-, hides all windows, and Windows-Ctrl-Left/Right arrow switches virtual desktops. The cat can also trigger screenshot shortcuts: Command-Shift-4 on macOS and Windows+Shift+S on Windows. Mira can toggle the macOS Dock visibility using Command-Option-D, changing whether the Dock is hidden or shown.
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