Be faster and more productive using Keyboard Shortcuts in Mac OS X
- KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
- DESCRIPTION
MENU COMMANDS
- 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+Option+W
- Close all Windows
- Option+Apple+I
- Show Attributes Inspector Limited use – varies by application.
- Apple+Q
- Close Application
- Apple+T
- Add to Favorites Deprecated
- Apple+Delete
- Move Highlighted Items to Trash
EDITING
- 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 in application Only Works in Some Applications
VIEW MENU
- Option+Apple+T
- Hide Toolbar
- Apple+J
- Show View Options
- 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 next Application Hold Apple key to enter App. switcher mode
CONTROLLING WINDOWS
- Apple+T
- New Tab If the Application supports Tabs
- Option+Apple+M
- Minimize All Windows
GETTING HELP
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
- Option+Apple+ * (asterisk)
- Turn on Zoom
- 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 selected window will leave a .png file on desktop