Menu commands |
Keyboard shortcut |
Description |
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 |
Shift-Command-T |
File Menu>Add to Sidebar |
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 |
Command-esc |
Front Row>Activates Front
Row for certain Apple computers |
Other Commands |
Keystroke |
Description |
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) Like Delete on PCs |
Forward Delete (delete the character to the
right of your cursor) |
