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.
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
how to type text in INDESIGN in macbook pro without using a mouse..
While pressing some keys my keyboard got locked.How to unlock the keyboard?
Is there a shorcut or a way to get the same function of the HOME and END button from a regular keyboard in a MacBook Pro?
HELP!! I accidently pushed the wrong key & it locked the keyboard. Please help me out.
HOW TO TYPE ‘INDESIGN’ WITHOUT USING MOUSE OR TRACKPAD ON MACbook Pro?
okay dildo:
CMD (APPLE KEY) + SHIFT + A
brings up applications window
scroll down using your arrows
FIND TEXTEDIT APP. – PRESS ENTER
THEN TYPE – ‘INDESIGN’
LEARN TO USE THE FKN MACHINE! IT’S THE BEST UNIX BASED OS IN THE WORLD AND THE CUSTOM ORDER MANUFACTURING IS SECOND TO NONE!
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ON THEM BUT YOU MUST LEARN THE TRICKS FIRST BY READING…
YOU CAN INVERT SELECTION AND TEXT TYPE AND STYLE ANYTHING FASTER THAN ANY PC USING GLOBAL SHORTCUTS/KEY COMMANDS – YOU JUST GOTTA LEARN IT!
MAC FKN ROCK!
INVERT SELECTION?
QUICKER ON MAC OSX THAN ANY WINDOWS IN ONE MOVE….
HOLD DOWN SHIFT OR CMD (apple key) on the files YOU DON’T WANT
THEN HOLD DOWN TRACKPAD MOUSE AND SWIPE OVER WHOLE FILE SET IN YOUR WINDOW
IT AUTOMATICALLY SELECTS THE FILES AS INVERTED SELECTION!
MAC OS IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD AND THEY ARE BUILT TO LAST NO MATTER THE MODEL YOU BUY OLD OR NEW!
LEARN IT – THEY ARE THE FKN BEST…..
try trk pad.
and then select all as pc commands then
change font then type
‘indesign: THE RITTISCENT MAN is a joke!’
learn to squiggle around with the trk pad using fingies and email me with you ph number then go back to trk pad and wait for m’call…
keep going m’boy!
to cristo and others with macbooks…
HOME = fn + left arrow
END = fn + right arrow
Is there a way to have a front ways “delete” on the keyboard – to delete text from the left to the right?
Function-Delete will delete text to the right.
my trackpad is not working, nt responding is it locked and what should i do to unlock it?
my trackpad is not working, not responding is it locked and what should i do to unlock it?
Is there a shortcut or a way to get the same function of the HOME and END button from a regular keyboard in a MacBookPro?
Hey SmartMacUser(anus) how do I open an app from the dock using only keys?
To invert colors press ctrl+option+apple+8
in microsoft word for mac, how do you go to the beginning or end of a sentence without using the arrow keys???
On a Macbook Pro 13″ (i.e. small layout keyboard)
In EXCEL, to get to cell A1 (Home)
Command, Fn, Left Arrow
to get to last cell in worksheet (End)
Command, Fn, RIght Arrow
how can i make an shortcut for my itunes?
To reach HOME and END of any Excel document use fn+command and hit the left or right arrow (lower right of keyboard)
Inverted Colors – Ctrl + ALT + Cmnd + 8
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My cat keeps crawling onto my MacBook Pro laptop and laying on it. She always turns the screen brightness off as well as the backlit keyboard. The backlit keyboard feature (F6) then presents a prohibited sign (circle with a line through it) when I try to turn up the backlit keyboard. Took the laptop to Apple who said that the logic board needed to be replaced and thought that I’d think about that one because there had to be a keyboard shortcut. The same day, the cat was found back on the laptop keyboard and this time the keyboard light was working again. But…a few days later (today) I walk in and there she is on the keyboard again and the backlit feature is off again. Ugh! Anyone know the correct sequence of keys that engages and disengages this?
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I’ll go ahead and bookmark your website to come back later. Cheers