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You're not the only oddball. Some of us work on Windows software and NEED the Windows box -- I also use too many Windows-only tools to make the jump to Mac.

And what they do with Cmd-vs-Alt drives my fingers crazy, so I can't configure a Mac to be sane no matter what I try. And I use keyboard navigation to peruse menus, which OS X still hasn't implemented...the list goes on, and I stick with Windows.

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Yup. I love that OS X is an actual POSIX environment with easy access to the standard GNU toolchain, but the UX drives me absolutely up the wall. I think that Windows 10 is actually a much nicer desktop than OS X.

OSX has had the ability to navigate menus with the keyboard for more than 10 years - Ctrl + F2

Additionally, you can open the Help menu for any app by pressing Cmd-?, and the search box there will find any menu item for you.

I'll have a new Mac box soon. I'll try it. Last time I checked there was no keyboard menu navigation, and you're the first person to tell me that there is, so it must not be widely known.

And Ctrl-F2 isn't exactly as discoverable as "hit Alt," so I'm not surprised.

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