As computer users, we have developed lots of habits based on how our machines operate. Hitting Command-S sub-consciously to regularly save changes to a file is just one of them.

What habits have you developed that you would rather do without, and what do you think needs to be changed in the way our computers -- especially the Mac, of course -- work so that you could get those habits out of your system?

Grabbing the mouse instead of learning and using the key command. Today for the zillionth time, I got that infuriating dialog box asking if I wanted to rename a file with the extension I'd just typed in. What especially annoys me is that the default choice is "No":

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Heading over to Mac OS X Hints, I found several workarounds:

1. Press Command-Clear (on the numeric keypad)
2. Press Tab to highlight the Yes button and then Spacebar to select it.

As the commenters said, though, an even better hack would be to change the default button to "Of Course." Anyone know how to do that?

Have I got news for you, David.

Starting with Leopard, you can disable that confirmation dialog altogether in the Finder's Advanced preferences:

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What's more, in some dialog boxes, hitting the key corresponding to the first letter of a button's label text will "click" that button. E.g., when removing a podcast from iTunes, you'll see a confirmation dialog asking whether to keep the original file on the disk or move it to the Trash. If you opt for the latter, just type "M" (without the Command key) to trash the file.

Ah...Leopard. I'm still running a dual-G5, and thought I'd read something about compatibility issues (at least with some of the older applications I run, if not with the hardware), so I haven't taken the plunge.