I have often found myself frustrated knowing that there is a keyboard shortcut for something in Mac OSX but for whatever reason I can’t remember what it was. This page is my way of keeping track of keyboard shortcuts I find online so I don’t have to remember them!
| Menu Commands | |
| Shift+Apple+Q | Log out |
| Shift+Option Apple+Q | Log out immediately |
| Shift+Apple+Delete | Empty Trash |
| Apple+H | Hide Active Application |
| Option+Apple+H | Hide All But The Active Application |
| Control+Eject | Shut Down, Sleep, or Restart Options |
| Apple+Control+Eject | Quit all applications and Restart |
| Apple+ . (period) | Stop a process |
| Apple+ , (comma) | Open Preferences for Active Application |
| Option+Apple+D | Show/Hide Dock |
| Control+Up Arrow | Move up one page |
| Control+Down Arrow | Move down one page |
| Option+Apple+Esc | Force Quit |
| File Management | |
| Apple+N | New Finder window |
| Shift+Apple+N | New Folder |
| Apple+O | Open Another Existing Document |
| Apple+S | Save |
| Shift+Apple+S | Save as |
| Apple+P | |
| Apple+W | Close Window |
| Apple+Option+W | Close all Windows |
| Apple+I | Get Info |
| Option+Apple+I | Show Attributes Inspector |
| Apple+D | Duplicate |
| Apple+Q | Close Application |
| Apple+L | Make Alias |
| Apple+R | Show Original |
| Apple+T | Add to Favorites |
| Apple+Delete | Move Highlighted Items to Trash |
| Apple+E | Eject |
| Apple+F | Find |
| Editing | |
| Apple+Z | Undo |
| Apple+X | Cut |
| Apple+C | Copy |
| Apple+V | Paste |
| Apple+A | Select All |
| Apple+ { | Align Left |
| Apple+ } | Align Right |
| Apple+ | (pipe) | Align Center |
| Apple+ ; (semicolon) | Check Spelling |
| Shift+Apple+C | Show Colors palette in application |
| Apple+T | Show Font palette in application |
| View Menu | |
| Apple+1 | View as Icons |
| Apple+2 | View as List |
| Apple+3 | View as Columns |
| Option+Apple+T | Hide Toolbar |
| Apple+J | Show View Options |
| Moving Around | |
| Apple+ [ | Back |
| Apple+ ] | Forward |
| Shift+Apple+A | Applications |
| Shift+Apple+F | Favorites |
| Shift+Apple+G | Goto Folder |
| Apple+K | Connect to Server |
| Apple+Tab | Switch to next Application |
| Controlling Windows | |
| Apple+N | New Window |
| Apple+T | New Tab |
| Apple+M | Minimize Window |
| Option+Apple+M | Minimize All Windows |
| Getting Help | |
| Apple+ ? | Open Mac Help |
| Universial Access | |
| Option+Apple+ * (asterisk) | Turn on Zoom |
| Option+Apple+ = | Zoom in |
| Option+Apple+ - | Zoom out |
| Control+Option+Apple+ * | Switch to White on Black (Invert Screen) |
| Combine Keyboard with Mouse | |
| Option+Drag | Copy to new location |
| Option+Apple+Drag | Make alias in new location |
| Apple+Drag | Move to new location without copying |
| Screen Shots | |
| Apple+Shift+3 | Take a picture of the screen |
| Apple+Shift+4 | Take a picture of the selection |
| Apple+Shift+4, Control | Take a picture of the selection, place in clipboard |
| Apple+Shift+4, Spacebar | Take a picture of the selected window |
Update: For European characters and accent marks there are several useful key combinations that use the Mac’s option key. Apple has posted a nice write up here with all the details.
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Hi i would like to know how to type this :
for coding.
how do I make the colors on my macbook negative/inverted using the keyboard?
very intresting
Why’s there not a shortcut to maximise a window?
Why’s there not a shortcut to maximise a window?
Why’s there not a shortcut to maximise a window?
Согласен с автором статьи. У меня точно такое же мнение
The “INSERT key’ on MacBook Pro = fn +home, (the left arrow on your right side). It is mainly helpful for MAYA users!
Good luck!
La clé “INSERT” sur le MacBook Pro = fn + home, (la flèche de gauche à ta droite). C’est surtout utile pour les utilisateurs de MAYA!
Bonne chance:)
Frenchy1st
to minimise a window you can use apple+h. to maximise it you can use alt+tab.
Just got my first ever MacBook. This list has probably saved me hours of frustration and I am eternally grateful. Thank you very much
Now I often use “apple+tab” to move to other application, but the problem is sometimes i open more than one window per one application, I cannot use “apple+tab” to move around each window in the same application. Can anyone let me know how to move around all window by using shortcut. thanks
It is very useful for me
hey add, if u want to switch between windows in the same program you press “apple+~ and that should work
what is the apple button??
Why will Control and Up Arrow not work for page up on my Macbook Pro?
Thank you for making this so simple.
For all those that have asked, the ‘apple’ key is the command key to the left of the spacebar. It has that swirly square thing on the top, which is actually the apple symbol
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