I love quick and simple tricks that help solve real problems. I also love keyboard shortcuts and I’ve recently run across a slick one I wanted to share. I often have small snippets of text that I need to add into emails or calendar invites. For example — my UberConference number or my Calendly scheduling link. And I have found a new, very easy way to access them — through 1Password Mini!

1Password is a fabulous password manager. I also use it to securely store critical information, like SSNs, Passport numbers, bank account numbers, etc and share them with my wife. However, I recently added a few of these key pieces of information in there — and it has been incredibly useful!

So, let’s say I’m writing an email and I want to include my Calendly scheduling link — I just hit Cmd-Opt-\ to bring up 1Password Mini. Is start typing ‘Calendly’ — and once the option is highlighted I can hit the right arrow to move to the details and then just hit ‘Enter’ to copy the URL. Then a quick Cmd-V in my email application — and boom the link is in my email — in 3 second flat!

So, I’ve now added my Calendly links, Uberconference number and other similar items to OnePassword. It may not be rocket science — but this trick is saving me time so I thought I’d share it.