Aug 16
shortcut keys for mac
Macintosh or Mac is one of the type of PowerPC-based personal computer manufactured by Apple. Macintosh computer is the first system which was introduced a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
The following are sets of keyboard shortcuts for macintosh that may be useful for you macintosh users:
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
- Option-Command-M -> Window Menu Minimize All Windows
- Command-? -> Help Menu Open Mac Help
- Command-Space -> Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
- Command-esc -> Front Row Activates Front Row for certain Apple computers
Universal Access and VoiceOver
- Option-Command-8 -> Turn on Zoom
- Option-Command-+ (plus) -> Zoom in
- Option-Command– (minus) -> Zoom out
- Control-Option-Command-8 -> 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, and 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
- tab -> Highlight next item
- 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
- Shift-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 (portables only–PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, MacBook Pro) -> Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)
Source : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
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