MAC Keyboard Shortcuts + Commands

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Spotlight

Action	Keystroke
Show Spotlight Search	Cmd-Space
Open Spotlight Finder Search Window	Cmd-Option-Space
Launch Top Hit (in the Menu)	Return
Reveal selected item in Finder	In Spotlight Search: Press Cmd-Return In Finder Window: Press Cmd-R
Skip to first result in a category	Cmd Up/Down Arrow
Look up the definition of a word	Type the word in Spotlight menu’s search field and hit Cmd–L to look it up.
Clear Spotlight Search	Esc clears to do another search. Esc a second time closes Spotlight.

Mission Control

Action	Keystroke
Enter Mission Control	Ctrl-Up Arrow
Move to a neighboring space or full screen app	Ctrl-Left or Right Arrow
View Windows in the Current App	Ctrl-Down Arrow
Show Desktop	F11 (may need to hold the fn buton on some keyboards)
Show Dashboard	F12 (may need to hold the fn buton on some keyboards) or the dedicated Dashboard key

Startup, Restart, Shutdown & Sleep

Action	Keystroke
Eject CD on boot	Hold Mouse button down immediately after powering on
Safe boot	Hold Shift during startup
Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode	Hold T during startup
Startup from a CD, DVD	Hold C during startup
Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (CD, etc.)	Hold Cmd-Opt-Shift-Delete during startup
Choose Startup disk before booting	Hold Option during startup
Start up in Verbose mode	Hold Cmd-V during startup
Start up in Single-User mode (command line)	Hold Cmd-S during startup
Shutdown immediately (no confirmation)	Hold Cmd-Opt-Ctrl and press the Eject key or Power button
Restart immediately (no confirmation)	Cmd-Ctrl-Eject
Forced Restart (only do this when absolutely needed)	Cmd-Ctrl-Power button
Sleep immediately (no confirmation)	Press the Power button (or hit Cmd-Opt-Eject)
Show Dialog with Restart, Sleep & Shutdown Options	Hold Ctrl and press the Eject key or Power button (or hold the Power button for a few seconds and the dialog will appear)
Put display to sleep	Hold Ctrl-Shift and press the Eject key or Power button

Safari

Action	Keystroke
Highlight URL/Search Field (at top of window)	Cmd–L
Switch to Next Tab	Ctrl-Tab (or Cmd-Shift-Right Arrow)
Switch to Previous Tab	Ctrl-Shift-Tab (or Cmd-Shift-Left Arrow)
Switch tabs: jump directly to the first tab, second tab, etc. (If you change the preference, this will go to one of the first 9 bookmarks in the Bookmarks Bar.)	Cmd-1 through Cmd-9
Move between found items	Cmd-F, enter your search text and Press: Return to Move Forward Shift-Return to Move Backward
Cancel current Find	Press Escape or Cmd-Period(.)
Scroll by one full screen	Scroll Down: Spacebar or Option–Down Arrow Scroll Up: Shift–Spacebar or Option-Up Arrow
Open Link in New Tab (in the background)	Cmd–Click a link
Open Link in New Window	Cmd–Opt–Shift Click a link
Add to Reading List	Shift–Click a link

Apple Mail

Action	Keystroke
Send Message	Cmd–Shift–D (remember as D = Deliver)
Reply to Message	Cmd–R or Opt–Double Click Message
Reply All	Cmd–Shift–R
Go to Inbox	Cmd–1
Go to other mailboxes in your favorites bar	Cmd–2, 3, etc.
Prevent the next message from being automatically selected & marked as read	Opt–Delete

Preview

Action	Keystroke
Zoom In or Out	Cmd-Plus(+) or Cmd-Minus(-)
Zoom to Actual Size	Cmd-0
Zoom to Fit	Cmd-9

Miscellaneous

Action	Keystroke
Force Quit (displayed list of apps)	Cmd-Opt-Esc
Scroll using a Trackpad (like a mouse’s scroll wheel)	Slide 2 fingers on the trackpad
Right-click using a Trackpad (like on a 2 button mouse)	Place 2 fingers on the trackpad and Click
Quickly find any menu item and launch it.	Press Cmd-? which is Cmd-Shift-/ In the Help menu Search that opens, start typing a few letters of your desired menu command. Arrow key down to the item you want and press Return to choose it.
If an app re-opens with the windows that were open when you last quit it, you can tell it not to re-open the windows.	Hold Shift while launching an app
Turn off notifications (turn on Do Not Disturb)	Option-click the Notification Center icon in menu bar to toggle notifications off/on
Change system volume in smaller increments	Hold Opt–Shift while changing volume
Change system volume with confirmation beeps	Hold Shift while changing volume (prior to Yosemite this would disable the beeps)
Turn display mirroring on/off (when connected to an additional display)	Command–Brightness Down (F1)
Completely smooth scrolling, one pixel at a time (does not work in all apps)	Hold Option while dragging scrollbar
Open “Sound” panel of System Preferences	Press Option and a Sound key (Mute, Volume Up or Down)
Open “Displays” panel of System Preferences	Press Option and a Brightness key
Customize the toolbar at the top of a window. Works in the Finder, Apple Mail, Preview, etc. but not some apps, like Firefox.	Cmd drag icons to rearrange. Cmd drag icon off toolbar to remove. Ctrl-click toolbar and choose Customize for more options.
Move the Terminal cursor with the mouse	Option–click where you’d like the cursor
Change Terminal Directory to a specific folder (cd into the folder)	Cmd-Drag a folder onto the Terminal Window

Emacs Key Bindings Only work in some apps (Safari, Mail, TextEdit, etc.)

Action	Keystroke	Remember As
Go to start of line (move cursor to start of line)	Ctrl-A	A = Start of alphabet
Go to end of line (move cursor to end of line)	Ctrl-E	E = End
Go up one line	Ctrl-P	P = Previous
Go down one line	Ctrl-N	N = Next
Go back a character (move cursor left)	Ctrl-B	B = Back
Go forward a character (move cursor right)	Ctrl-F	F = Forward
Delete the character to the right of the cursor	Ctrl-D	D = Delete
Delete the character to the left of the cursor	Ctrl-H
Delete the selection or to the end of the line (acts like cutting the text)	Ctrl-K	K = Kill
Yank back the killed text (acts like pasting)	Ctrl-Y	Y = Yank
Scroll down	Ctrl-V
Center the current line in the window	Ctrl-L
Insert line break after the cursor without moving the cursor	Ctrl-O
Transpose letters (swaps letters on left and right of cursor)

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