I am missing one shortcut by the mail app. If your write a mail and want to send it without touching the mouse press: command + shift + d.

Fantastic list! Definitely going to bookmark this one.

Nice list of shortcuts. Thanks.

Awesome list! great post, very informative! thanks! :)

thanks alot. *bookmarked*

Wonderful....!!!!

In the Print Screen section there's a couple of shortcuts more: Ctrl-Cmd-Shift-3 = Copy the snapshot of the whole screen to the clipboard Ctrl-Cmd-Shift-4 = Copy the snapshot of the selected area to the clipboard Great post!

Nice List! When you are in any finder window is there a hotkey to get the the spotlight window in finder if you already have it open?

Dethklok,
Since Spotlight window is considered Finder, so you can first go to your Finder using Cmd-Tab (36) and then inside Finder, you can use Cmd-Single Quote['] (56) to switch to Spotlight window.
All,
Thanks for the compliments. Also, I'm really pleased knowing that this article has become useful for you all.

Great list, thank you :)

Great article. I would add the following for Mail.app: Cmd-Shift-K Selects All the related messages

Here are some shortcuts for the new keyboards: Exposé Key = All Windows ctrl-Exposé Key = App Windows cmd-Exposé Key = Desktop

another important one in MAIL: cmd + < will toggle through all open windows (actually not sure in how many other apps this works..)

this is great, nice work

Thanks for those shortcuts !!! ... Some are useful !!!

Why do all of these lists miss the most important shortcut for windows switchers: Cmd-O replaces the Enter key in the FInder. Is is used to launch applications, open folders, etc... It took me forever to find this one simple shortcut, still these lists miss this one.

Thanks! I'm shortcut addict and there were many in your list I did not know about! Do you know if there are universal shortcuts for New Note and New ToDo, being able to call for them at any time would be super. Something like "Shift+Command+Y" that automatically copies selected text and paste it in to Stickies...I'm trying to replace Stickies with Notes and ToDo.

Just as a added bit to the spaces one CTRL + anyone of Left key, right key, down key, up key will change the space that you are currently on.

I'm new on Mac's. This is great!! Thanks

command, control, D no longer produces word definition on my late 2007 MacBook running Leopard as factory install. Does anyone know of a new keyboard shortcut? I know control, click will produce drop down with loo up in dictionary option; but this is an extra step compared to previous dictionary availability.

Marshall, it's because command + down does the same thing.

Marshall, you better use Cmd+Up/Down in Finder – Cmd+Down will launch applications.

Marshall and other window switchers,
I'm really sorry to not include Cmd-O because, as ZugZug says, we can replace that with Cmd-Down Arrow (67) and I believe that it's easier to navigate with that.
Steen,
I don't know any universal shortcut for New Note and New ToDo. However, you can close your Mail first with Cmd-W so when you activating your Mail to call up the New Note or New ToDo, the application only changes your menu bar and won't affect your current active window.
Truckee,
I've never faced this problem before, I'm sorry I cannot help you much.

Hello, I'm new on Mac's too. Is there a shortcut or a tip to launch Finder's window at anytime like "window"+E on MS Windows. For now, I click on the desktop and press cmd+N. Thank you for this great list.

also pressing "5" will exit front row

I thought everybody knew these basic shortcuts?

Thanks! This is just what I needed. :)

Es de gran interes, este estupendo trabajo presentado por ustedes, los felicito, seria de una mayor utilidad. que la presentacion fuera en idioma español. saludos ft,

101b :: Hold Shift+Option :: Resize selected area horizontally or vertically on both sides

Someone explain to me how holding down shift to make Expose and other functions animate in slow motion is boosting my productivity?

good list ... bookmarked ... !!!

Freddy Tovar,
Afortunadamente, hay herramientas lingüísticas a través de la web para que pueda leer tu comentario. Gracias por tu apreciación de esta entrada. También espero que puedo ayudar a muchas personas con este.
DrDip,
Thanks for your information. I think I should include all this new shortcuts in additional sections.
connectionfailure,
They give us a split second to refresh our stressful mind. ^^

Tnx Wendy, I can live with that workround or maybe I could trigger New Note and New ToDo with some kind of universal scrip using automator...just checking Automator and there is a New ToDo but nothing for a New Note. Ghandi, Opt+Cmd+Space launches "Advanced" Spotlight and by doing that you will have your Finder window. Cool. And if you create an universal shortcut for Zoom (Shift+Cmd+Z usually works fine) you can trim your Finder (All) window to present content. BTW the Zoom command is the same as clicking the mysterious Green button in your windows upper left corner it's a fast way to get correct size on a window and is not an Minimize, Maximize feature as in Windows.

Check this for Dock: Hover over an icon, press cmd-spacebar and click on an application-icon. Now the Finder will show the application in a new Finder-window at it's actual spot.

my fave is ctrl+opt+cmd+8 its very good sometimes when you have a hard time to read grey text on white background like this page. x a

cmd + X in Mail deletes a message completely (not to the trash first). I use that a lot. Also Cmd + X works in the finder as "cut" command for a selected file (and you can paste = cmd + V, later to move it).

Would it be possible to kind of copy this whole list to the MacWiki.nl wiki? I'm about to edit this page from a previous version. With all this gathered information it's much easier. For sure there will be a link to this page for the copyrights. Looking forward for your answer. Sypie

Sypie,
We don't mind your putting this information there. From beginning, our main purpose is to help more people with our little knowledge. After you finish your editing, would you mind dropping me a copy? Thank you. ^^ (Initially I want to send this to your email address provided, but I encountered delivery failure)

On a Dutch website, http://www.onemorething.nl, we're trying to figger out how to select a button in, for example, a popup message box. Like when prompted by Mail.app... Save this message as a draft? [Don't save] [Cancel] [Save] ...then how to select the Save button without using the mouse? Note that System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > Full keyboard access, offers one the choice between "Text boxes and lists only" (the default) and "All controls". The latter will indeed make the Tab key walk through ALL controls, which obviously not only applies to message boxes. This makes using some applications actually a bit harder, like described in the help from Mail.app: The full keyboard access settings affect how you navigate Mail. For example, if you select “Text boxes and lists only,” repeatedly pressing the Tab key in a new message window moves the pointer through the address and subject fields in the header, then to the text field of the message, skipping over the Customize Header menu and other controls that you’ve added to the message header. If you select “All controls,” tabbing through a new message window will include selecting each menu and control in the header so that you can operate them using the keyboard. For more information about full keyboard access, choose Help > Mac Help in the finder and search for “full keyboard access.”

If Command-Control-D no longer works as the shortcut for Dictionary: Open System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts and change "Look up in dictionary" to whatever you wish. I have mine set to an F-key.

Jeff: WOWEE! Is it time to leap to Leopard? I have bookmarked this entire site for future reading and reference. Thanks much and all good wishes.

No iChat? :-(

please don't ever erase this page!

In OS9 to set the PowerBook to sleep, (even with PGP Screen Lock on), I could press the powerkey once (maybe twice) until I hear a beep, then press Command-S to sleep. If no screen lock, the one press of Power key and Command-S selects "Sleep" from the choice of 4 options in the dialogue box. In Leopard on a G4 iBook, I cannot use the keyboard to choose sleep as far as I can tell. Is the answer in Universal access perhaps?

Gandhi: Clicking the Finder icon on the Dock automatically opens the Finder window of your “Home”, giving you instant access to your entire drive.

opt+cmd+space for finder, thats a good one!!! its just a regular finder window and not a special one as in tiger. nice!

Lovely list. Thanks. Terminal: page up and down keys (in BASH) to display previously typed commands.

3 more for Safari: cmd-left arrow: back one page; cmd-right arrow: forward one page; cmd-home key: home page. Suggestion: do a printer-friendly version of this page.

in dashboard cmd + R reloads a widget

Safari CMD+I copy web page on a new email CMD+SHIFT+I copy web page url on a new mail

Very nice this blog =)

Hi, I'm wondering how I can add a universal shortcut for Zoom a finder window. Could you describe in details? Thanks,

Chaz, to add an universal shortcut: Go to System Preferences (the Apple in your upper left corner) then to Keyboard & Mouse and select Keyboard Shortcuts. Under the list-view press the "+" icon. In the appearing dialog select that this shortcut should apply in "All Applications" then in the text-field enter the command you want to be executed, in this case "Zoom". In the text-field for "Keyboard Shortcut" press, on your keyboard, the shortcut combination you want. A lot of people are using Shift+Command+Z for Zoom but you can enter what ever you want but be careful so you don't over-riding another useful shortcut. To see your newly created shortcut just scroll down the list and you see a bar dividing the list. Under that divider you will se all your created shortcuts. Hope this was helpful.

Thanks to everyone who replied to my complaint about the Cmd + o option. The Cmd + Down seems to be another method of doing this HOWEVER...this list STILL does not tell a switcher how to do the equivalent of pressing Enter on an icon in the Finder/Explorer

Great. But can anyone tell me why my Cmd-C does not work on my MacBook Pro? It did for a couple months then nothing. Everything else works fine. Anyone, please !?

Here a usefull keycommand for iTunes. To skip fast forwards in a song use Cmd+alt+right arrow. To skip afterwards in a song use Cmd+alt+left arrow.

Thank you very much. I take it and I'll print is a a guide! Bye

Nice list very nice. *bookmarked and blogged*

Nice. :) But, does anybody know, what is the shortcut for displaying index (thumbnails) of files and how to move to the next/previous file in QuickLook/Slideshow? This used to be "I" and arrows in Tiger...

Nice list, really. I bookmarked it and then sent the link to a friend. Still I am missing "Shift-Drag" for the dock to move it to the side of the screen.

Hey all- I was bored this morning at 5 Am and wanted to learn Pages so I turned this list into a printable PAGES document. If you want a copy let me know. I got it (and the comments) down to 8 pages total. If Usingamac wants to post lemme know. baroosk@gci.REMOVEFORSPAM.net John

Anyone know the keyboard shortcut for enabling Desktop mirroring?

I would like to know how to use a shortcut to mirror displays also.

Nice list, thanks. The different sections are helpful too. Are they the new icons? They look glorious!

Скоро первое января, поэтому надо срочно думать, что можно презентовать самым близким! У кого какие идеи?

Palahala: So, say we have a window with [don't save], [cancel], and [save]. Return hits saves, spacebar hits Don't save, and escape hits cancel. I hope that helps. This is pretty standard with most of these types of dialogue boxes.

When taking a snapshot, where do the photos go? What folder are they in?

m.. thank you

Vitality,
the photos will go to your Desktop. However, if you snap it to the clipboard, it's the same as you're doing copy-n-paste with your snap as the copied item :)
CRM,
They're huge version of icons in Leopard to fulfill the coverflow view mode requirement ;)

Wendy, You wanted to see the results of having all this data on a MacWiki. Here you can find it: http://macwiki.nl/index.php/Toetsencombinatie The only thing i have to do is put the Source of all the information on the bottom of the article and translate all the English language. If you don't agree please let me know, i don't want to do things that are not allowed by the authors. Sypie

Sypie,
Thanks for including this article inside MacWiki. However, there are errors in shortcuts no.192 and no.205, I think the [|] symbol is the culprit. Overall, it's nice.. ^-^

Good job! Thank you. In Safari, I didn't see Cmd-I. It sends the open web page to a blank new message. Ready for sending! And in Mail: Option-` after the first letters of a word drops down an autocomplete list of possible choices. Very useful.

awesome list i just option-shift-D this! ;-)

In Safari: Command-L jumps to the URL input field and selects the entire text that's already in there, so you can start typing a new URL right away, without deleting the old one first.

Thanks for that list. Theres is one I find very helpful if you use spellchecking of different languages cmd-shift-period/full stop [.] It opens the spellchecking window.

Screen-shots: Copy screen-shot to clipboard in stead of creating new file on desktop: Use ctrl with any of the given shortcuts.

Hey, I'm oOgerryOo. Just saying hey - I'm new.

very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce

Whoever at Apple didn't think of a keyboard shortcut for Time Machine should be fired. In all seriousness, a shortcut would have been nice.

Big Thanks!

Is there a shortcut to actually launch a terminal window? Can't seem to find one anywhere!

Steven, no specified shortcut is assigned for opening Terminal window. However, you can try using Application Launcher : Quicksilver which will definitely make you fall in love with.

I would like to see a continuation of the topic

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Well done. I've past this URL to many of my Mac friends. While not totally related to direct keyboard shortcuts, I highly recommend to all shortcut-loving Mac users to get a multi-button mouse and use the software called USB Overdrive. This two-punch combo allows you to set up keyboard shortcuts, different for each application, using the buttons on your mouse. I like the Logitech line, particularly the MX510. Here's just one example: set up the two side buttons for Safari, so that they do page back and page forward. Watch the speed difference in your browsing. Then set up the three top buttons to activate Exposé's three methods. There are dozens of others shortcuts that you can set up. Download USB Overdrive's app for a free trial (no, I don't own them), and you'll quickly fall in love. Scott http://www.braintoniq.com

is there a keyboard shortcut with which one can switch user/go to login screen without logging out? i just switched from windows and one can switch users in that by pressing Cmd-L.

Hi? i thin it easy

Great list! Is there any shortcut to activate the Spotlight box sitting at the top right in every Finder window? Thx, R

That one was easy: Cmd + F. Thx, R

subj ?

is there a shortcut to open any applications, as opposed to clicking on the dock or opening a finder window? what about switching directly to an aplication, without cmd-tab? thx, this list really helped!

Is there a shortcut for resize a window? Randomly, one of my programs has defaulted to an opening size that is larger than my screen and I can't reach the bottom right of the screen to resize it. Any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks for the great list of shortcuts.... this will help out alot of people....

Hello, thanks for your fantastic work! It will help many newbies (also oldbies i think) release their mac's power. I'm a mac user from China, may I translate this article into Chinese version and post it on our BBS(http://www.macx.cn/Boards.htm), so that the people there who cann't read english also be helped? Thanks!

hey, i don't know if anyone already mentioned it/cares this but on a german keyboard 56 Cmd-Accent[`] Switch to next window within application is replaced by Cmd-< BEFORE LEOPARD(!) but in leopard it is replaced by the "original" shortcut so users will have to press Cmd-Shift-´ (last one being the key righthand ß!)

am new working on Mac i want tp print screen the desktop , i used Cmd-Shift-3 Cmd-Shift-4 Cmd-Shift-4-Spacebar but didnt work

Hi I buy one Imac system and configuring that.. I got default language as Arabic, need to change that to english. How I do that any keyboard shortcut for that ?

With an North American New Aluminium Wireless Keyboard how can I access the UK £ Symbol.

@Alan E: the £ symbol can be accessed by pressing option+3, thus hold option while pressing the 3 key. Note that you should use the alphanumerical number key for this, not the one on the NumPad. I for me have bookmarked this list; I fell for it straight away...

How to do the copyright symbol???? (C)

Hi, how I make home and end go to the start and end of the line when editing? Thanks.

Great shortcuts

@Carla: the copyright symbol © is option + G (at least on my keyboard)

is there somewhere where the little icons that apple uses to signify the keys are shown. you know like the option key is denoted by a a "z" type thing with a line over the right hand part of it and the command key is denoted by the squiggly box thing. am i making any sense?

For editors: Go to end of line: cmd - right arrow Go to beginning of line: cmd - left arrow For more keyboard shortcuts when working with text: http://www.danrodney.com/mac/index.html

Great list! Is there a shortcut to switch from tab to tab in Safari? Tabexpose is a possible solution, but not quite what I am looking for. @tito You can open a toolbox with all characters in OS X by going to system preferences, international, input menu. In that window click the checkbox "character palette". Now a flag is shown in the system area. Click on the flag and reselect character palette. Now you have a toolbox with about anything you can imagine being used in the world. The command sign is actually called a "place of interest sign" which you can search for. The option sign is simply called "option key".

Nevermind, found it myself: cmd + { or } (or otherwise stated: cmd+shift+[ or ] )

By the way, what do the yellos lines mean? And: i got the broken commands working in the wiki. It has to do with the | sign.

Try Control+option+command+eject. Fast, and easy way to quickly shutdown.

Is there anyone who knows how too enable and disable active corners with a shortcut instead of going into expose s