Theshortcutkeysisusedtomakesometaskthatussuallyneedsomemouseinputor

trackpadoranotherinputdevice.TheshortcutsinMACOSisslightlydifferentwithWindows
OS.Thedifferenceisjustthecommandbuttonandoptionbutton,ifweusethekeyboardfor
WindowsOSitwouldbeWindowsbuttonandusealtbuttoninsteadofoptionbutton.Allwe
needtousetheshortcutskeysisholdthemodifierbuttonfirstandpressanotherbutttonof
theshortcutsrightnextwhileweholdthemodifierthanwecanreleasethemasgoodaswe
likeit.
HereissomecombinationofshortcutskeysonMACOS.

Cut,copy,paste,andothercommon
shortcuts
Shortcut

CommandX

Description

Cut:Removetheselecteditemandcopyittothe
Clipboard.

CommandC

CopytheselecteditemtotheClipboard.Thisalso
worksforfilesintheFinder.

CommandV

PastethecontentsoftheClipboardintothe
currentdocumentorapp.Thisalsoworksforfiles
intheFinder.

CommandZ

Undothepreviouscommand.Youcanthenpress
CommandShiftZtoRedo,reversingtheundo
command.Insomeapps,youcanundoandredo
multiplecommands.

CommandA

SelectAllitems.

CommandF

Find:OpenaFindwindow,orfinditemsina
document.

CommandG

FindAgain:Findthenextoccurrenceoftheitem
previouslyfound.Tofindthepreviousoccurrence,
pressCommandShiftG.

CommandH

Hidethewindowsofthefrontapp.Toviewthe
frontappbuthideallotherapps,press
CommandOptionH.

CommandM

MinimizethefrontwindowtotheDock.To
minimizeallwindowsofthefrontapp,press
CommandOptionM.

CommandN

New:Openannewdocumentorwindow.

CommandO

Opentheselecteditem,oropenadialogtoselect
afiletoopen.

CommandP

Printthecurrentdocument.

CommandS

Savethecurrentdocument.

CommandW

Closethefrontwindow.Tocloseallwindowsof
theapp,pressCommandOptionW.

CommandQ

Quittheapp.

CommandOption

ForceQuit:Chooseanappto
forcequit
.Orpress

Esc

CommandShiftOptionEscandholdfor3
secondstoforcejustthefrontapptoquit.

CommandSpace

Spotlight:Showorhidethe
Spotlight
searchfield.

bar

ToperformaSpotlightsearchfromaFinder
window,pressCommandOptionSpacebar.If
you
usemultipleinputsourcestotypeindifferent
languages
,theseshortcutschangeinputsources
insteadofshowingSpotlight.

Spacebar

QuickLook:Use
QuickLook
topreviewthe
selecteditem.

CommandTab

Switchapps:Switchtothenextmostrecently
usedappamongyouropenapps.

CommandShiftTil

Switchwindows:Switchtothenextmostrecently

de(~)

usedwindowofthefrontapp.

CommandShift3

Screenshot:Takeascreenshotoftheentire
screen.
Learnmorescreenshotshortcuts
.

CommandComma Preferences:Openpreferencesforthefrontapp.
(,)

Sleep,logout,andshutdown
shortcuts
Shortcut

Powerbutton

Description

TaptoturnonyourMacorwakeyourMac
fromsleep.

Holdfor1.5secondswhileyourMacis
awaketodisplayadialogaskingifyouwant
torestart,sleep,orshutdown.

Holdfor5secondstoforceyourMactoturn
off.

CommandControlPo

ForceyourMactorestart.

werbutton

CommandOptionPow

PutyourMactosleep.

erbutton

ShiftControlPower
button

Putyourdisplaystosleep.

CommandControlPo

Quitallapps,thenrestartyourMac.Ifany

werbutton

opendocumentshaveunsavedchanges,
you'llbeaskedwhetheryouwanttosave
them.

CommandOptionCont Quitallapps,thenshutdownyourMac.If
rolPowerbutton

anyopendocumentshaveunsavedchanges,
you'llbeaskedwhetheryouwanttosave
them.

CommandShiftQ

LogoutofyourOSXuseraccount.You'llbe
askedtoconfirm.

CommandShiftOption

LogoutofyourOSXuseraccount

immediately,withoutbeingaskedtoconfirm.

Documentshortcuts
Shortcut

CommandB

Description

Boldfacetheselectedtext,orturnboldfacing
onoroff.

CommandI

Italicizetheselectedtext,orturnitalicsonor
off.

CommandU

Underlinetheselectedtext,orturn
underliningonoroff.

CommandT

ShoworhidetheFontswindow.

CommandD

SelecttheDesktopfolderfromwithinan
OpendialogorSavedialog.

CommandControlD

Showorhidethedefinitionoftheselected
word.

CommandShiftColon

DisplaytheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

(:)

CommandSemicolon

Findmisspelledwordsinthedocument.

()

OptionDelete

Deletethewordtotheleftoftheinsertion
point.

ControlH

Deletethecharactertotheleftofthe
insertionpoint.OruseDelete.

ControlD

Deletethecharactertotherightofthe
insertionpoint.OruseFnDelete.

FnDelete

Forwarddeleteonkeyboardsthatdon'thave
aForwardDelete

ControlK

key.OruseControlD.

Deletethetextbetweentheinsertionpoint
andtheendofthelineorparagraph.

CommandDelete

SelectDeleteorDon'tSaveinadialogthat
containsaDeleteorDon'tSavebutton.

FnUpArrow

PageUp:Scrolluponepage.

FnDownArrow

PageDown:Scrolldownonepage.

FnLeftArrow

Home:Scrolltothebeginningofadocument.

FnRightArrow

End:Scrolltotheendofadocument.

CommandUpArrow

Movetheinsertionpointtothebeginningof
thedocument.

CommandDownArrow Movetheinsertionpointtotheendofthe
document.

CommandLeftArrow

Movetheinsertionpointtothebeginningof
thecurrentline.

CommandRightArrow

Movetheinsertionpointtotheendofthe
currentline.

OptionLeftArrow

Movetheinsertionpointtothebeginningof
thepreviousword.

OptionRightArrow

Movetheinsertionpointtotheendofthe
nextword.

CommandShiftUp

Selectthetextbetweentheinsertionpoint

Arrow

andthebeginningofthedocument.

CommandShiftDown

Selectthetextbetweentheinsertionpoint

Arrow

andtheendofthedocument.

CommandShiftLeft

Selectthetextbetweentheinsertionpoint

Arrow

andthebeginningofthecurrentline.

CommandShiftRight

Selectthetextbetweentheinsertionpoint

Arrow

andtheendofthecurrentline.

ShiftUpArrow

Extendtextselectiontothenearestcharacter
atthesamehorizontallocationontheline
above.

ShiftDownArrow

Extendtextselectiontothenearestcharacter
atthesamehorizontallocationontheline
below.

ShiftLeftArrow

Extendtextselectiononecharactertothe
left.

ShiftRightArrow

Extendtextselectiononecharactertothe
right.

ShiftOptionUpArrow

Extendtextselectiontothebeginningofthe
currentparagraph,thentothebeginningof
thefollowingparagraphifpressedagain.

ShiftOptionDown

Extendtextselectiontotheendofthecurrent

Arrow

paragraph,thentotheendofthefollowing
paragraphifpressedagain.

ShiftOptionLeftArrow Extendtextselectiontothebeginningofthe
currentword,thentothebeginningofthe
followingwordifpressedagain.

ShiftOptionRight

Extendtextselectiontotheendofthecurrent

Arrow

word,thentotheendofthefollowingwordif
pressedagain.

ControlA

Movetothebeginningofthelineor
paragraph.

ControlE

Movetotheendofalineorparagraph.

ControlF

Moveonecharacterforward.

ControlB

Moveonecharacterbackward.

ControlL

Centerthecursororselectioninthevisible
area.

ControlP

Moveuponeline.

ControlN

Movedownoneline.

ControlO

Insertanewlineaftertheinsertionpoint.

ControlT

Swapthecharacterbehindtheinsertionpoint
withthecharacterinfrontoftheinsertion
point.

CommandLeftCurly
Bracket({)

Leftalign.

CommandRightCurly

Rightalign.

Bracket(})

CommandShiftVertic

Centeralign.

albar(|)

CommandOptionF

Gotothesearchfield.

CommandOptionT

Showorhideatoolbarintheapp.

CommandOptionC

CopyStyle:Copytheformattingsettingsof
theselecteditemtotheClipboard.

CommandOptionV

PasteStyle:Applythecopiedstyletothe
selecteditem.

CommandShiftOption

PasteandMatchStyle:Applythestyleofthe

surroundingcontenttotheitempastedwithin
thatcontent.

CommandOptionI

Showorhidetheinspectorwindow.

CommandShiftP

Pagesetup:Displayawindowforselecting
documentsettings.

CommandShiftS

DisplaytheSaveAsdialog,orduplicatethe
currentdocument.

CommandShift

Decreasethesizeoftheselecteditem.

Minussign()

CommandShift
Plussign(+)

CommandShift

Increasethesizeoftheselecteditem.
CommandEqualsign(=)performsthesame
function.

OpentheHelpmenu.

Questionmark(?)

Findershortcuts
Shortcut

Description

CommandD

Duplicatetheselectedfiles.

CommandE

Ejecttheselecteddiskorvolume.

CommandF

StartaSpotlightsearchintheFinderwindow.

CommandI

ShowtheGetInfowindowforaselectedfile.

CommandShiftC

OpentheComputerwindow.

CommandShiftD

Openthedesktopfolder.

CommandShiftF

OpentheAllMyFileswindow.

CommandShiftG

OpenaGotoFolderwindow.

CommandShiftH

OpentheHomefolderofthecurrentOSXuser
account.

CommandShiftI

Open
iCloudDrive
.

CommandShiftK

OpentheNetworkwindow.

CommandOption

OpentheDownloadsfolder.

CommandShiftO

OpentheDocumentsfolder.

CommandShiftR

OpentheAirDropwindow.

CommandShiftT

AddselectedFinderitemtotheDock(OSX
MountainLionorearlier)

CommandShiftCo AddselectedFinderitemtotheDock(OSX
ntrolT

Mavericksorlater)

CommandShiftU

OpentheUtilitiesfolder.

CommandOption

Showorhidethe
Dock
.Thisoftenworkseven

whenyou'renotintheFinder.

CommandControl

Addtheselecteditemtothesidebar(OSX

Mavericksorlater).

CommandOption

HideorshowthepathbarinFinderwindows.

CommandOption

HideorshowtheSidebarinFinderwindows.

CommandSlash

HideorshowthestatusbarinFinderwindows.

(/)

CommandJ

ShowViewOptions.

CommandK

OpentheConnecttoServerwindow.

CommandL

Makeanaliasoftheselecteditem.

CommandN

OpenanewFinderwindow.

CommandShiftN

Createanewfolder.

CommandOption

CreateanewSmartFolder.

CommandR

Showtheoriginalfilefortheselectedalias.

CommandT

Showorhidethetabbarwhenasingletabis
openinthecurrentFinderwindow.

CommandShiftT

ShoworhideaFindertab.

CommandOption

Showorhidethetoolbarwhenasingletabis

openinthecurrentFinderwindow.

CommandOption

Move:MovethefilesintheClipboardfromtheir

originallocationtothecurrentlocation.

CommandOption

Viewa
QuickLook
slideshowoftheselectedfiles.

CommandY

UseQuickLooktopreviewtheselectedfiles.

Command1

ViewtheitemsintheFinderwindowasicons.

Command2

ViewtheitemsinaFinderwindowasalist.

Command3

ViewtheitemsinaFinderwindowincolumns.

Command4

ViewtheitemsinaFinderwindowwithCover
Flow.

CommandLeft

Gotothepreviousfolder.

Bracket([)

CommandRight

Gotothenextfolder.

Bracket(])

CommandUp

Openthefolderthatcontainsthecurrentfolder.

Arrow

CommandControl

Openthefolderthatcontainsthecurrentfolderin

UpArrow

anewwindow.

CommandDown

Opentheselecteditem.

Arrow

CommandMission Showthedesktop.Thisworksevenwhenyou're
Control

notintheFinder.

CommandBrightn

Turn
TargetDisplayMode
onoroff.

essUp

CommandBrightn

TurndisplaymirroringonoroffwhenyourMacis

essDown

connectedtomorethanonedisplay.

RightArrow

Opentheselectedfolder.Thisworksonlywhenin
listview.

LeftArrow

Closetheselectedfolder.Thisworksonlywhenin
listview.

Optiondoubleclic

Openafolderinaseparatewindowandclosethe

currentwindow.

Commanddouble

Openafolderinaseparatetaborwindow.

click

CommandDelete

MovetheselecteditemtotheTrash.

CommandShiftDe EmptytheTrash.
lete

CommandShiftO
ptionDelete

EmptytheTrashwithoutconfirmationdialog.

CommandY

UseQuickLooktopreviewthefiles.

OptionBrightness

OpenDisplayspreferences.Thisworkswitheither

Up

Brightnesskey.

OptionMission

OpenMissionControlpreferences.

Control

OptionVolumeUp OpenSoundpreferences.Thisworkswithanyof
thevolumekeys.

Commandkey

Movethedraggeditemtoanothervolumeor

whiledragging

location.Thepointerchangeswhileyoudragthe
item.

Optionkeywhile

Copythedraggeditem.Thepointerchangeswhile

dragging

youdragtheitem.

CommandOption

Makeanaliasofthedraggeditem.Thepointer

whiledragging

changeswhileyoudragtheitem.

Optionclicka

Openallfolderswithintheselectedfolder.This

disclosuretriangle

worksonlywheninlistview.

Commandclicka

Seethefoldersthatcontainthecurrentfolder.

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