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+1 for Alfred. Must have. A few workflows i use:

- FastDiff (quickly diff selected finder files) - Hash - https://github.com/BigLuck/alfred2-hash - Menu Bar Search - https://github.com/ctwise/alfred-workflows/tree/master/menu-... - Recent Items - http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/713-recent-items-42-for-alf... - Strip clipboard text formatting - https://github.com/notDavid/alfred-workflow-stripClipboardFo... - Transmit - https://github.com/ramiroaraujo/alfred-transmit-workflow - Tunnelblick - Synonyms - https://github.com/notDavid/alfred-workflow-synonyms

Just fyi, Shift + Option + Command + V pastes unformatted text.

i don't have that many fingers

use a decent OS. I can do it with middle click.

In what way is a middle click dependent on the OS? And in what way is moving your hand away from the keyboard to click a mouse better than simply hitting a key combo?

The OS does decide what to do upon middle-click. In X11 (which handles input events and actions on most desktop Linuxes), middle-click pastes text selection.

Shift+Insert is the keyboad equivalent of middle-click, BTW. Apple (or the ecosystem) doesn't have a monopoly on keyboard shortcuts; in fact, it has been my experience that Apple UIs focus on touchpad usage too much, to the point of completely ignoring and skipping keyboard shortcut support.

agreed. i bet even Mozart would have difficulties positioning his fingers like this ;-) Of course you could also assign another shortcut to this with BetterTouchTool or something.

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