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SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION
⌘ ACopy item to Clipboard.
⌘ FFind: Open a Find window, or find items in a document.
⌘ GFind Again: Find the next occurrence of the item.
⌘ HHide the windows of the front app.
⌘ MMinimize the front window to the Dock.
⌘ NOpen a new document or window.
⌘ OOpen the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
⌘ PPrint current document.
⌘ QQuit the app.
⌘ SSave the current document.
⌘ VPaste contents of Clipboard in current document.
⌘ WClose the front window.
⌘ XCut selected item and copy to the Clipboard.
⌘ ZUndo the previous command.

⌘ Shift ZRedo
⌘ Opt EscForce Quit: Choose an app to force quit.
⌘ TabSwitch apps.
⌘ Shft TildeSwitch windows.
⌘ Shft 3Screenshot of the entire screen
⌘ Shft 4Select area screenshot
⌘ CommaPreferences: Open preferences for the front app.
POWER BUTTON

Tap to turn on your Mac or wake your Mac from sleep.

Hold for 1.5 secs while your Mac is awake to display if you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
Hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to turn off.
⌘ Ctrl Power Force your Mac to restart.
⌘ Ctrl Power Put your Mac to sleep.
Shft Ctrl Power Put your displays to sleep.
⌘ Ctrl Power: Quit all apps, then restart your Mac.
⌘ Option–Ctrl PowerQuit all apps, then shut down your Mac.
⌘ Shft Q Log out of your OS X user account.
⌘ Shft Option-Q Log out of your OS X user account immediately, No confirm.

DOCUMENT SHORTCUTS

⌘ BBoldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off.

⌘ IItalicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off.
⌘ UUnderline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.
⌘ TShow or hide the Fonts window.
⌘ DSelect the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.
⌘ Ctrl DShow or hide the definition of the selected word.
⌘ : Display the Spelling and Grammar window.
⌘ ;Find misspelled words in the document.
Opt Del Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.
Ctrl HDelete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.
Ctrl DDelete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.
Fn-Del Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D. Ctrl
KDelete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
⌘ Del: Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button.
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Fn Page Up: Scroll up one page.
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Fn Page Down: Scroll down one page.
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Fn Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
▶
Fn End: Scroll to the end of a document.
⌘🔼 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
⌘🔽 Move the insertion point to the end of the document.
⌘◀ Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
⌘▶ Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.
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Opt Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
▶
Opt Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.
⌘ 🔼 Shft Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.
⌘ 🔽 Shft Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.
⌘ ◀ Shut Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.
⌘ ▶ Shft Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.
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Shft Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on
the line above.
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Shft Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on
the line below.
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Shft Extend text selection one character to the left.
▶
Shft Extend text selection one character to the right.
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Shft Opt Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the
beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.
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Shft Opt Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the
following paragraph if pressed again.
◀
Shft Opt Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning
of the following word if pressed again.
▶
Shft Opt Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the
following word if pressed again.
Ctrl AMove to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl BMove one character backward.
Ctrl EMove to the end of a line or paragraph.
Ctrl FMove one character forward.
Ctrl LCenter the cursor or selection in the visible area.
Ctrl NMove down one line.
Ctrl OInsert a new line after the insertion point.
Ctrl PMove up one line.
Ctrl TSwap characters behind the insertion point with characters in front of insertion point.
⌘ { Left align.
⌘ } Right align.
⌘ Shft | Center align.
⌘ Opt FGo to the search field.
⌘ Opt TShow or hide a toolbar in the app.
⌘ Opt CCopy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.
⌘ Opt VPaste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.
⌘ Shft Opt VPaste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted
within that content.
⌘ Opt IShow or hide the inspector window.
⌘ Shft PPage setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.
⌘ Shft SDisplay the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.
⌘ Shft Minus sign (-) Decrease the size of the selected item.
⌘ Shft +: Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
⌘ Shft ?: Open the Help menu.
FINDER SHORTCUTS

⌘ DDuplicate the selected files.

⌘ EEject the selected disk or volume.
⌘ FStart a Spotlight search in the Finder window.
⌘ IShow the Get Info window for a selected file.
⌘ Shft COpen the Computer window.
⌘ Shft DOpen the desktop folder.
⌘ Shft FOpen the All My Files window.
⌘ Shft GOpen a Go to Folder window.
⌘ Shft HOpen the Home folder of the current OS X user account.
⌘ Shft IOpen iCloud Drive.
⌘ Shft KOpen the Network window.
⌘ Shft LOpen the Downloads folder.
⌘ Shft OOpen the Documents folder.
⌘ Shft ROpen the AirDrop window.
⌘ Shft UOpen the Utilities folder.
⌘ Opt DShow or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder.
⌘ Ctrl TAdd the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later).
⌘ Opt PHide or show the path bar in Finder windows.
⌘ Opt SHide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows.
⌘ Slash / Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows.
⌘ JShow View Options.
⌘ KOpen the Connect to Server window.
⌘ LMake an alias of the selected item.
⌘ NOpen a new Finder window.
⌘ Shft NCreate a new folder.
⌘ Opt NCreate a new Smart Folder.
⌘ RShow the original file for the selected alias.
⌘ TShow or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
⌘ Shft TShow or hide a Finder tab.
⌘ Opt TShow or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
⌘ Opt VMove the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location.
⌘ Opt YView a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files.
⌘ YUse Quick Look to preview the selected files.
⌘ 1View the items in the Finder window as icons.
⌘ 2View the items in a Finder window as a list.
⌘ 3View the items in a Finder window in columns.
⌘ 4View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow.
⌘ Left [Go to the previous folder.
⌘ Right ]Go to the next folder.
⌘ UpOpen the folder that contains the current folder.
⌘ Ctrl UpOpen the folder that contains the current folder in a new window.
⌘ DownOpen the selected item.
⌘ Mission ControlShow the desktop. This works even when you're not in the Finder.
⌘ Brightness UpTurn Target Display Mode on or off.
⌘ Brightness DownTurn display mirroring on or off when Mac is connected to more than one display.
Right Arrow Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
Left ArrowClose the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
Opt double-clickOpen a folder in a separate window and close the current window.
⌘ double-clickOpen a folder in a separate tab or window.
⌘ -DeleteMove the selected item to the Trash.
⌘ Shft DeleteEmpty the Trash.
⌘ Shft Opt DeleteEmpty the Trash without confirmation dialog.
⌘ YUse Quick Look to preview the files.
Opt Brightness UpOpen Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key.
Opt Mission ControlOpen Mission Control preferences.
Opt Volume UpOpen Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys.
⌘ key while draggingMove the dragged item to another volume or location. The pointer changes while
you drag the item.
Opt key while draggingCopy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
⌘ Opt while draggingMake an alias of the dragged item. Pointer changes while you drag item.

STARTUP KEY COMBINATIONS FOR MAC

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Shift Start up in Safe Mode.
Option ⌥Start up to Startup Manager.
C Start up from a bootable CD, DVD, or USB thumb drive (such as OS X install media).
D Starts Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics, depends on which Mac you're using.
Opt DStart up to either Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics over the Internet.
NStart up from a compatible NetBoot server.
Opt NStart up from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.
⌘⌘ ( )-RStart up from OS X Recovery.
⌘ Opt RStart up from OS X Recovery over the Internet.
⌘ Opt P-RReset NVRAM. Release the keys after you hear the startup sound again.
⌘ -SStart up in single-user mode.
TStart up in target disk mode.
XStart up from an OS X startup volume when the Mac would otherwise start up from a
non-OS X startup volume.