Apple Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts

Be faster and more productive using Keyboard Shortcuts in Mac OS X

MENU COMMANDS

Shift+Apple+Q : Log out
Shift+Option Apple+Q : Log out immediately
Shift+Apple+Delete : Empty Trash
Apple+H : Hide Active Application Doesn't Work With Adobe Applications
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 or New Blank Page in Some Applications
Shift+Apple+N : New Folder Must Be In Finder Window For It to Work
Apple+O : Open Another Existing Document
Apple+S : Save
Shift+Apple+S : Save as
Apple+P : Print
Apple+W : Close Window
Apple+Option+W : Close all Windows
Apple+I : t Info
Option+Apple+I : Show Attributes Inspector Limited use – varies by application.
Apple+D : Duplicate
Apple+Q : Close Application
Apple+L : Make Alias
Apple+R : Show Original
Apple+T : Add to Favorites Deprecated
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 Only Works in Some Applications
Apple+ } : Align Right Only Works in Some Applications
Apple+ (pipe) : Align Center Only Works in Some Applications
Apple+ ; (semicolon) :Check Spelling Only Works in Some Applications
Shift+Apple+C : Show Colors palette in application Only Works in Some Applications
Apple+T : Show Font palette

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 Must be in Finder Window
Apple+ ] : Forward Must be in Finder Window
Shift+Apple+A : Applications Must be in Finder Window
Shift+Apple+F : Favorites Must be in Finder Window
Shift+Apple+G : Goto Folder Must be in Finder Window
Apple+K : Connect to Server Must be in Finder Window
Apple+Tab : Switch to

CONTROLLING WINDOWS

Apple+N : New Window
Apple+T : New Tab If the Application supports Tabs
Apple+M : Minimize Window
Option+Apple+M : Minimize All Windows

GETTING HELP

Apple+ ? : Open Mac Help

UNIVERSAL ACCESS

Option+Apple+ * (asterisk) : Turn on Zoom
Option+Apple+ = : Zoom in
Option+Apple+ - : Zoom out
Control+Option+Apple+ * : Switch to White on Black

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 will leave a .png file on desktop
Apple+Shift+4 : Take a picture of the selection will leave a .png file on desktop
Apple+Shift+4, Control : Take a picture of the selection, place in clipboard
Apple+Shift+4, Spacebar : Take a picture of the sel.