Or, if you prefer to use a Mac app, search the Mac App Store for “typing” for dozens of free and paid apps including my favorite, Typist (free). Typing games may be more fun than typing drills. Now, go back to but instead of taking the typing test, click the big green Train for Free button. It’s among the easiest and most effective ways to improve your overall productivity, so for heaven’s sake-just do it! So much of what you do on your Mac requires keyboard input typing faster will speed up almost everything you do. Here’s the bad news: If you don’t type at least 40–50 words per minute, you should learn to type faster. It’s painless and will take you 5 minutes or less (I’m impatient, so I took the 1-minute version). Now it’s your turn: Point your browser at and take the test right on the front page. That’s not bad, considering I haven’t practiced typing in almost 30 years. I hadn’t taken a typing test since the ‘80s, but because I’d never ask you to do anything I wouldn’t do, gentle reader, I took an online typing test, which said I type 54 words per minute. I said it in my first book in 1989 I’m still saying it in my latest book, Working Smarter for Mac Users… Test your Typing Speed
