I started to use Netflix actively this year, I use it on my laptop (web) and my Android (app) device. I was not comfortable with online streaming initially, but, thanks to the awesome episodes and movies by Netflix, we literally live inside Netflix now and chilling. You can use it anywhere, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Apple TV, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, your random smart TV, etc. I often use Google Chrome browser on my PC instead of Apple Safari or Mozilla Firefox for this video experience though.
In this article, we’ll be sharing some of the useful, unknown and hidden keyboard shortcuts (Netflix Hotkeys) that’ll be essential for your viewing experience. Instead of using your mouse or trackpad, pointing to the screen, click on the options, you can now directly press a key and save time! We don’t really have keyboard navigation shortcuts for accessing the secret hidden menu or changing the HD quality resolution, but we have some new cool ones. Shall we get started?
Apr 21, 2020 I'm not sure what the Shortcuts app could bring to macOS that Automator can't already do. Reactions: MandiMac. MCal27 macrumors member. Nov 15, 2010 34 6. May 29, 2019 macOS Catalina. MacOS Catalina was released in the fall of 2019 with new features like a dedicated Apple Music app, Sidecar, and support for Project Catalyst. Apr 19, 2019 On iOS, the Shortcuts app is not bundled with the system, users have to download it from the App Store. It’s possible that the same will be true for macOS: users will download a Marzipan version. Aug 21, 2018 macOS has some useful keyboard shortcuts out of the box, but many apps on the market extend what you can do with the click of a few buttons. Most of them follow a simple formula of triggers and actions, allowing you to chain together commands and automate your workflow.
Netflix Keyboard Shortcuts You MUST Know!
I picked my favorite Tamil movie “Visaaranai (2015)” (Genre: Crime/Thriller) for explaining these shortcuts, it’s just my small tribute to the bold making of this movie and team.
Toggle Play/Pause (Space / Enter)
This is probably the commonly used keyboard shortcut on Netflix. You don’t have to go to the screen and click on the “Play/Pause” icon anymore, just use your Space bar or Enter key for this. Press it once to play/pause, and again press it to play/pause. That’s all. I usually prefer the “Space” bar key for this. It’s large and easy to access.
Volume Up/Down (Up/Down Arrow)
Instead of going to the “Volume” slider option in the player, you can use your Up ↑ and Down ↓ keys for this. When you press Up/Down key(s) you won’t be able to see the slider change, but the volume will be decreased/increased in the background. I generally don’t use this volume control option often, very rare, regardless of ear/headphone or speaker.
Mute Volume (M)
Again, this is one of the rarely used options, we don’t really “Mute” anything these days. We’ll just “Pause” the video instead. But, just in case, if you are playing any adult (18+) movies, press M key to mute the audio. :’)
Full-screen + Exit (F)
I use this shortcut a lot. I always watch movies in full-screen, but if I’m expecting notifications on Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. then I used to minimize/maximize using F key and check often, so this comes handy for me.
Rewind and Fast Forward (Left/Right Arrow)
If I want to view a specific scene in a movie and if I know where exactly I can find that, then I’ll access it directly, else, I’ll use Left â†x90 / Right → Arrow to Rewind and Fast Foward (10 seconds) the movie till I find that scene.
Skip Intro (S)
I’m not sure this will be available for all the movies, but for TV series, you’ll find this option to skip the “Intro”. I love watching the intro, but when I’m binge-watching, it’s pretty annoying to see the same intro, again and again, so I press S key and skip them!
Toggle by Frame (Space + Ctrl)
If you press/hold Space + Ctrl keys you’ll be able to get the slow-motion (frame by frame) angle of the movie, you can use this if you want to analyze a scene properly.
Display A/V Stats (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D)
If you press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D, you’ll get the A/V stats on your screen, like the playing bitrate, buffer size, movie ID, framerate, etc. Not sure how exactly this will be useful for a common Netflix user, but it’s good to know this, trust me.
If you press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S, you’ll get a small pop-up for Audio/Video bitrate and CDN, don’t mess with these settings unless you know what happens when you switch/change.
Logging Window (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L)
If you press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L, you’ll get the log details about the stream, extremely useful if you are a developer or techie, that’s all.
I hope these are the major keyboard shortcuts/commands we need for Netflix, I personally use all of them and it helps a lot to save time as well. I’m not sure whether Netflix has a keyboard shortcut to enable/disable subtitles or do they? Or move to the next episode? We might have missed some, do kindly let us know in the comments, it’ll be helpful for us to update the article. If any of the mentioned keyboard controls are not working, do let us know, please. 🙂
While macOS allows users to create their own keyboard shortcuts to perform functions in apps, there isn't a built-in way to launch the apps themselves using a similar maneuver. AppleInsider shows you one way to create app-launching keyboard shortcuts, using the included Automator utility.
Apple included a fairly simple way to create custom keyboard shortcuts within System Preferences, which can easily be used to produce shortcut combinations for app functions that do not already have one defined. While the Shortcuts settings also enables various other system functions to run, the extensive list simply doesn't have an option to run a user-defined app.
This doesn't mean it is impossible to launch an app by creating a shortcut, but handily it is possible to trigger something else that in turn can load an app. In this case, we will be creating a keyboard shortcut to trigger an Automator-produced event, which will open up the selected app.
First, we need to create an Automator service that, when prompted, will open our selected application.
Open Automator. It can be found in the Applications folder, accessible by selecting Go then Applications in the Finder menu or by using the keyboard shortcut Shift Command A.
If this is your first time in Automator, you should be presented by an initial window offering to start a new document, though if it doesn't appear, select File then New in the menu to start from scratch. At this point, select Service then the Choose button.
In the top section starting 'Service receives,' set the dropdown box to 'no input,' and check to make sure the second dropdown is set to 'any application.'
Click Actions in the top-right corner, scroll down the list of actions in the second column to find Launch Application, and drag it into the main workflow box to the right. This will add a new Launch Application section to the workflow box.
Select the application you want to open from the shortcut using the Launch Application dropdown box.
Select File then Save in the menu, enter an appropriate name for the command, and click Save. Close Automator.
Creating the shortcut
Select the Apple logo in the Menu, and select System Preferences then the Keyboard icon in the second row. Select the Shortcuts tab, which should be in the middle of the five tabs near the top of the window.
Select Services in the left-hand column, then scroll down to the service with the same name as the command created in Automator. If the side tick isn't visible, click it before clicking the command, then click the Add Shortcut button that appears.
At this point, select the key combination you want to use to open the selected application and press the buttons at the same time. If macOS accepts the combination, it will then show the keyboard combination in the listing.
Close the System Preferences window and test out the keyboard command.
Further Thoughts
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While this tip largely centers around opening an app, the same principles can be used to create keyboard shortcuts to do a multitude of tasks. If a sequence of events is set up in Automator and saved as a service, it can be assigned a keyboard shortcut, and could be used to perform multi-stage tasks with a single collective key press.
Also, be aware of setting a keyboard shortcut that may duplicate one that is already in use by another system function or app, in case they conflict with each other or fail to perform an action at all. The last thing you want is to go to the trouble of setting up a key combination that ultimately doesn't do what you want.
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