Keyboard shortcuts in OS X
Tigerstorm (1010 points) | Tue, 2005-10-11 03:31
Here is a list of all the shortcuts in Mac OS X.. Perhaps useful if you switched to the mac or forgotten certain shortcuts..
It's a pretty long list, but perhaps useful..
Startup
- "Press X during startup" = Force Mac OS X startup
- "Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup" = Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)
- "Press C during startup" = Start up from a CD that has a system folder
- "Press N during startup" = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
- "Press T during startup" = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
- "Press Shift during startup" = start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)
- "Press Command-V during startup" = Start up in Verbose mode
- "Press Command-S during startup" = Start up in Single-User mode
Finder window
- "Command-W" = Close Window
- "Option-Command-W" = Close all Windows
- "Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder (list view)
- "Option-Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)
- "Command-Left Arrow" = Collapse Folder (list view)
- "Option-Command-Up Arrow" = Open parent folder and close current window
Menu Commands
- "Shift-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out
- "Shift-Option-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out immediately
- "Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash
- "Option-Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog
- "Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Finder
- "Option-Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Others
- "Command-N" = File Menu New Finder window
- "Shift-Command-N" = File Menu New Folder
- "Command-O" = File Menu Open
- "Command-S" = File Menu Save
- "Shift-Command-S" = File Menu Save as
- "Command-P" = File Menu Print
- "Command-W" = File Menu Close Window
- "Option-Command-W" = File Menu Close all Windows
- "Command-I" = File Menu Get Info
- "Option-Command-I" = File Menu Show Attributes Inspector
- "Command-D" = File Menu Duplicate
- "Command-L" = File Menu Make Alias
- "Command-R" = File Menu Show original
- "Command-T" = File Menu Add to Favorites
- "Command-Delete" = File Menu Move to Trash
- "Command-E" = File Menu Eject
- "Command-F" = File Menu Find
- "Command-Z" = Edit Menu Undo
- "Command-X" = Edit Menu Cut
- "Command-C" = Edit Menu Copy
- "Command-V" = Edit Menu Paste
- "Command-A" = Edit Menu Select All
- "Command-1" = View Menu View as Icons
- "Command-2" = View Menu View as List
- "Command-3" = View Menu View as Columns
- "Command-B" = View Menu Hide Toolbar
- "Command-J" = View Menu Show View Options
- "Command - [" = Go Menu Back
- "Command - ]" = Go Menu Forward
- "Shift-Command-C" = Go Menu Computer
- "Shift-Command-H" = Go Menu Home
- "Shift-Command-I" = Go Menu iDisk
- "Shift-Command-A" = Go Menu Applications
- "Shift-Command-F" = Go Menu Favorites
- "Shift-Command-G" = Go Menu Goto Folder
- "Command-K" = Go Menu Connect to Server
- "Command-M" = Window Menu Minimize Window
- "Command-?" = Help Menu Open Mac Help
- "Command-Space" = Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- "Command-Alt-Space" = Open Spotlight Guide (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- "F12" = Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
Universal Access and VoiceOver
- "Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Turn on Zoom
- "Option-Command-+ (plus)" = Zoom in
- "Option-Command-- (minus)" = Zoom out
- "Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Switch to White on Black
- "Control-F1" = Turn on Full Keyboard Access
When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder.
- "Control-F2" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu
- "Control-F3" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock
- "Control-F4" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it
- "Control-F5" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar
- "Control-F6" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette)
- "Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5" = Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- "Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8" = Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- "Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7" = Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- "Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-" = Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
Mouse Keys
- "8" = Move Up
- "2" = Move Down
- "4" = Move Left
- "6" = Move Right
- "1, 3, 7, 9" = Move Diagonally
- "5" = Press Mouse Button
- "0" = Hold Mouse Button
- ". (period on keypad)" = Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)
Other Commands
- "Option-Command-D" = Show/Hide Dock
- "Command-Tab" = Switch application
- "Command-Up Arrow" = Move up one directory
- "Command-Down Arrow" = Move down one directory
- "Page Up or Control-Up Arrow" = Move up one page
- "Page Down or Control-Down Arrow" = Move down one page
- "Option-Drag" = Copy to new location
- "Option-Command-Drag" = Make alias in new location
- "Command-Drag" = Move to new location without copying
- "Command-C" = Show Colors palette in application
- "Command-T" = Show Font palette in application
- "Command-Shift-3" = Take a picture of the screen
- "Command-Shift-4" = Take a picture of the selection
- "Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting" = Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard
- "Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar" = Take a picture of the selected window
- "Option-Command-esc" = Force Quit
- "Control-Eject" = Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
- "Control-Command-Eject" = Quit all applications and restart
- "Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power" = Sleep
- "Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner)" = Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)
- "Command-`" = Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)
- "Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only)" = Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)
Pretty long list =)
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Thanks a million! I really needed these.
That's a great list... need some for Safari now, just found (cause I was trying one of the ones above) that shift+command+i (when in safari) creates a new mail message with a link to the current window in the body and the page title as the subject.
Safari shortcuts:
file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Shortcuts.html
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Thanks Tiger! :D
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That zoom is the coolest thing in town. Perfect for watching movies on the web "full screen."
Thanks, my friend!
Command-Control-D gets the definition of the word under the mouse. Works on any cocoa application
This is actually a scrape from the Apple Support page:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459
Not trying to sound accusatory in the least, but it might have been nice to have included a link to where you got this information from.
Another really good resource is the Magical Macintosh Key Sequences page.
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Command-Option-P-R on startup to zap the PRAM.
I haven't needed to use that one in a long, long time, though.
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There are a few more commands that are often helpful for speedily typing text. These work in any standard Mac OS X text field.
Control-F: move to the right (i.e. forward)
Control-B: move to the left (i.e. backward)
Control-N: move to the next line
Control-P: move to the previous line
Control-D: delete the next character
Control-K: delete the rest of the line
Control-Y: paste the the last line deleted with Control-K
I like MACX very much, this is the useful knowledge for me.thank TigerStorm
This is some good stuff
I just started with mac so it DOES come in handy
thnx man
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http://digg.com/apple/Complete_Guide_To_OSX_Keyboard_Shortcuts
How about putting that all in a PDF and offering it up?
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Here's a few PDF files I've run across with keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately, one of these has a bunch of spaces in the file name.
http://www.costerus.at/mac/Mac%20OSX%20Keyboard%20Shortcuts%20Quick%20Reference.pdf
http://amduus.com/OpenSrc/FreePublications/OSX_KeyCombo_Reference_Guide.pdf
http://www.davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.pdf
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Hi Tigerstorm,
very very thanks, I really needed these. :)
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How about putting that all in a PDF and offering it up?
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I think that Ivan already did so ... just follow the link.
FUNCTION DELETE = SWEET!!!!! I have always hated that I couldn't do that. d'oh. :)
Hi!
You can find more hotkeys for mac at this keyboard shortcuts site
Create a keyboard shortcut for any menu command
Useful stuff...
Interesting site, nice design, i have bookmarked it for the future referrence
This list is a MUST BOOKMARK if you use a mac! Repost this information because it is MAC GOLD!
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Fantastic post! A must have bookmark for sure. If you're on the go there's an App that will help you with these too. Great for editors! http://weynand.com/ikeystogo/
I came across a really handy short cut in Finder
Select a single or multiple number of files in a finder file panel
Press Function+Space (fn+space)
A really handy popup provides the details as shown in the Finder List View (from the view menu)
A really nice looking function - but pointless if you use finder in list view anyway
Does anyone know if the content of the pop up can be configured - for example show tags (in case of JPG,MP3,even office documents)?
Help appreciated as I like to see file summary documents before opening them
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