Shortcut | Description | Applicable On |
---|---|---|
Command + A | Select all | General |
Command + C | Copy the selected item to clipboard | General |
Command + Control + Shift + 3 | Capture opened window to clipboard | General |
Command + Control + Shift + 4 | Capture screen shot of a region to clipboard | General |
Command + Down Arrow | Scroll to end of the document | General |
Command + F | Find or search | General |
Command + G | Find next | General |
Command + H | Hide active window | General |
Command + I | Hightlight the file and Get file information or Italicize the selected text | General |
Command + Left Arrow | Move to the beginning of the line or Go back in Safari | General |
Command + M | Minimize window | General |
Command + N | Open new window / file | General |
Command + O | Open new document | General |
Command + Option + Control + Eject | Quick shutdown Mac | General |
Command + P | Print dialog box | General |
Command + Q | Quit active application window | General |
Command + Right Arrow | Move to the end of the line or Go forward in Safari | General |
Command + Shift + 3 | Capture opened window to desktop | General |
Command + Shift + 4 | Capture screen shot of a region and send to desktop | General |
Command + Shift + 4 + Space | Window capture | General |
Command + Shift + G | Find previous | General |
Command + Shift + Option + Esc | Force quit app without warning | General |
Command + Shift + Z | Redo previous undone action or Close last opened tab using undo in Safari | General |
Command + Space | Open spotlight search | General |
Command + T | Open a new tab within a browser / Finder or Open fonts window in text editors like Pages | General |
Command + Tab | Change application windows | General |
Command + Up Arrow | Scroll to start of the document | General |
Command + V | Paste the last copied / cut item from clipboard | General |
Command + W | Close window | General |
Command + X | Cut the selection to clipboard | General |
Command + Z | Reopen the previously closed tab or Undo previous action | General |
Control + Up Arrow | View all active applications | General |
F11 | Hide all windows and show desktop | General |
F12 | Show dashboard | General |
Function + Down Arrow | Page down | General |
Function + F1 | Reduce brightness | General |
Function + F2 | Increase brightness | General |
Function + Up Arrow | Page up | General |
Hold F12 During Startup | Eject removable disc from the drive | General |
Command + Option + I | Highlight the file and Get file information | Finder |
Command + Shift + A | Open application folder within Finder | Finder |
Command + Shift + D | Open Desktop folder within Finder | Finder |
Command + Shift + U | Open utilities folder within Finder | Finder |
Return / Enter | Rename the highlighted file | Finder |
Command + + | Zoom out window in a browser | Safari |
Command + - | Zoom In window in a browser | Safari |
Command + Click | Open link in new tab and stay on the current tab | Safari |
Command + L | Move to browser's address bar | Safari |
Command + Number | Go to the browser tab. Press “Command + 1” for first tab. | Safari |
Command + Option + W | Close all open tabs except the active tab | Safari |
Command + R | Refresh the page | Safari |
Command + Shift + [ | Move through left tabs in browser | Safari |
Command + Shift + ] | Move through right tabs in browser | Safari |
Command + Shift + Click | Open link in a new tab and move to the new tab | Safari |
Command + Shift + I | Open email with the link of the page from the browser | Safari |
Command + W | Close current active tab | Safari |
Control + Shift + Tab | Move down through recent tabs | Safari |
Control + Tab | Move up through recent tabs | Safari |
Command + [ | Right indent the selection | Text Editing |
Command + ] | Left indent the selection | Text Editing |
Command + B | Bold the selected text | Text Editing |
Command + K | Add hyperlink in Pages | Text Editing |
Command + K + Delete | Delete from the cursor point to start of that line | Text Editing |
Command + S | Save document | Text Editing |
Command + Shift + K | Add Comments to a word in Pages | Text Editing |
Command + Shift + S | Save as dialog box | Text Editing |
Command + U | Underline selected text | Text Editing |
Control + A | Move to the beginning of the line | Text Editing |
Control + E | Move to the end of the line | Text Editing |
Control + V | Scroll down to the page | Text Editing |
Function + Delete | Delete to the right | Text Editing |
Option + Left Arrow | Move to beginning of the word | Text Editing |
Option + Right Arrow | Move to end of the word | Text Editing |
Apple Keyboard Key | Description | Windows Equivalent |
---|---|---|
⌘ | Command | Control |
⌥ | Option | Alt |
⌃ | Control | Control |
⇪ | Caps Lock | Caps Lock |
⇧ | Shift | Shift |
Fn | Function Keys | Function Keys |