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In any Unix system, to go to your Home directory, you’d type this:

cd ~

The ~ character is hidden on Mac keyboards but like all other special characters, it is cleverly placed. You just have to push those keys: n.

Why cleverly placed ? Think about the spanish ñ character. Try all key combinations with the with and without the key. You’ll be surprised. After several minutes, you’ll understand why each special character is placed on one specific character key.

But let’s get back to the subject of this post: to go to your Home directory, you don’t have to type the ~ character, just type:

cd

That’s it.

Now that you know everything about special characters, it’s time to learn the Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts. Feel free to visit the Mac Central website, your place for good, concise, Mac related hints.