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I found myself in a similar situation. Learning some of the hotkeys in Finder for common tasks really helped me curb that feeling Command + O to open files/fol

• kfarr 2y ago
  Command + down arrow also works to open Command + up arrow is a good shortcut to go up one level, surprisingly hard via gui
• userbinator 2y ago
  Command + O to open files/folders in Finder was a bit challenging to remember since Enter/Return just works in Explorer ...and in Finder, Enter is rename, which is a lot more puzzling, so much that many others have commented on the same and some even tried to justify it: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6727/why-does-the-enter-return-key-rename-a-file-folder-instead-of-opening-it https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6727/why-does-the-... https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/16hxjrn/why_is_the_default_action_on_pressing_enter_in/ https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/16hxjrn/why_is_the_d...
• klodolph 2y ago
  Arrow keys are where it’s at. Command up to go up one level, command down to go down one level (open). Always felt like I had to move my hands more on Windows.
• robertoandred 2y ago
  “O” as in “Open”. It’s the same shortcut in every app.