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Mac OS X Leopard: 200+ Productivity Booster Keyboard Shortcuts

1 Cmd-C Copy files
2 Cmd-V Paste files
3 Option-Drag Copy files to new location
4 Cmd-Drag Move and auto-align icons
5 Cmd-Delete Delete
6 Cmd-Option-Drag Make alias
7 Cmd-Shift-Delete Empty trash
8 Cmd-Shift-Option-Delete Empty trash without warning
9 Tab Select next field
10 Shift-Tab Select previous field
11 Return Perform default action
12 Escape Close dialog box
13 Page Up Scroll up list
14 Up Arrow Select item above
15 Page Down Scroll down list
16 Down Arrow Select item below
17 Cmd-Shift-G Open 'Go to Folder' dialog
18 Cmd-Period[.] Close dialog box

Exposé, Space, Dashboard and the System

19 F8 Toggle Space
20 Shift-F8 Toggle Space in slow motion
21 F9 Show all open windows
22 Shift-F9 Show all open windows in slow motion
23 F10 Show all open windows for an application
24 Shift-F10 Show all open windows for an application in slow motion
25 F11 Hide all windows
26 Shift-F11 Hide all windows in slow motion
27 F12 Open/close Dashboard
28 Shift-F12 Slowly open/close Dashboard
29 Option-Mouse Hover Reveal the close button of widget
30 Shift-Click Close Button Animate closing widget in slow motion
31 Cmd-H Hide application
32 Cmd-Option-H Hide other applications
33 Cmd-Q Quit application
34 Cmd-Shift-Q Quit all applications and log out
35 Cmd-Option-Shift-Q Log out without warning
36 Cmd-Tab Switch to next application
37 Cmd-Shift-Tab Switch to previous application
38 Option-Drag Adjust volume (on sound volume slider)
39 Cmd-Drag Arrange menu bar items
40 Option-Click Switch window and hide current window
41 Control-Click Open contextual menu
42 Cmd-Control-D See word definition (with mouse hover)

Issue: Freeze

43 Cmd-Period[.] Stop process
44 Cmd-Option-Escape Open Force Quit
45 Power Key Turn off
46 Cmd-Option-Shift-Power Key Force shut down
47 Cmd-Control-Power Key Force restart

Full Keyboard Access

48 Control-F1 Turn on/off full keyboard access
49 Control-F2 Focusing menu bar
50 Control-F3 Focusing Dock
51 Control-F4 Move to next window
52 Control-F5 Move to toolbar
53 Control-F6 Move to a floating window
54 Control-F7 Toggle keyboard access mode
55 Control-F8 Focusing status menu in menu bar
56 Cmd-Accent[`] Switch to next window within application
57 Cmd-Shift-Accent[`] Switch to previous window within application
58 Cmd-Option-Accent[`] Move to sidebar
59 Cmd-Option-T Toggle on/off character palette

Finder

60 Cmd-Click on Title See the path enclosing folders
61 Cmd-Double-Click (on folder) Open folder in new window
62 Option-Double-Click (on folder) Open folder in new window and close current window
63 Cmd-1 Switch to icon view
64 Cmd-2 Switch to list view
65 Cmd-Option-Right Arrow Expand folder
66 Left Arrow Close folder
67 Cmd-Down Arrow Open selected folder
68 Cmd-Option-Down Arrow Open selected folder in new window and close current folder
69 Cmd-Shift-Option-Down Arrow Open selected folder in new window and close current folder in slow motion
70 Cmd-Up Arrow Show enclosing folder
71 Cmd-Option-Up Arrow Show enclosing folder and close current folder
72 Cmd-3 Switch to column view
73 Cmd-4 Switch to coverflow view
74 Cmd-Y Toggle Quick Look mode
75 Cmd-Option-Y Toggle Slideshow mode
76 Cmd-Shift-H Open home folder
77 Cmd-Option-Shift-Up Arrow Move focus to Desktop
78 Cmd-Shift-I Open iDisk
79 Cmd-Shift-D Open Desktop
80 Cmd-Shift-C Open Computer area
81 Cmd-Shift-K Open Network
82 Cmd-Shift-A Open Applications
83 Double-Click on Title Minimize window
84 Cmd-M Minimize window
85 Option-Click on button Apply action to all windows in active application
86 Hold-Scroll Bar Scroll quickly

Search: Spotlight

87 Cmd-Spacebar Activate/deactivate Spotlight
88 Cmd-Option-Spacebar Open Spotlight window
89 Cmd-Return Open the top hit
90 Cmd-Down Arrow Move to next category
91 Cmd-Up Arrow Move to previous category
92 Cmd-Click Open selected item in Finder
93 Escape Close Spotlight

Utility: Print Screen

94 Cmd-Shift-3 Take snapshot of the whole screen
95 Cmd-Shift-4 Take snapshot of the selected area
96 Cmd-Shift-4-Spacebar Take picture of a window
97 Escape Cancel
98 Hold Spacebar after Drawing the region Move the selected area
99 Hold Option Resize selected area
100Hold Shift Resize selected area horizontally or vertically

Application: Dock

101 Drag the separator Resize Dock
102 Option-Drag Resize Dock to fixed size
103 Control-Click Show Dock's contextual menu
104 Control-Click on icon Show item's contextual menu
105 Cmd-Click Open the icon's enclosing folder
106 Option-Click Switch to another and hide current application
107 Cmd-Option-Click Switch to another application and hide all other applications
108 Cmd-Option-Drop Force application to open files
109 Cmd-Option-D Hide/unhide Dock

Preference: Universal Access

110 Cmd-Option-8 Turn zoom on/off
111 Cmd-Option-Equal[=] Zoom in
112 Control-Scroll Up Zoom in
113 Cmd-Option-Hyphen[-] Zoom out
114 Control-Scroll Down Zoom out
115 Cmd-Option-Control-8 Invert color (try this on those iMacs in Apple Store)
116 Control-Option-Cmd-Comma[,] Reduce contrast
117 Control-Option-Cmd-Period[.] Increase contrast
118 Cmd-F5 Toggle VoiceOver
119 Shift-Shift-Shift-Shift-Shift (5 times) Toggle Sticky Keys
120 Option-Option-Option-Option-Option (5 times) Toggle mouse keys

Boot: Start Up

These shortcuts only available during start up.

121 Shift Prevent automatic login
122 Shift Enter safe mode (hold down after startup tone and release after you see the progress indicator)
123 Shift Prevent opening Login Items (after login)
124 C Boot from CD
125 N Boot from default NetBook disk
126 T Start up in Target Disk Mode
127 Option Select startup disk
128 Cmd-X Start up using Mac OS X
129 Hold Mouse Button Eject removable discs
130 Cmd-Option-P-R Reset parameter RAM
131 Cmd-V Verbose mode (detailed status message)
132 Cmd-S Single user mode

Browser: Safari

133 Cmd-Option-F Move to Google Search Box
134 Option-Up Arrow Scroll Up
135 Option-Down Arrow Scroll Down
136 Cmd-Click Link Open in new tab and stay in current tab
137 Cmd-Shift-Click Link Open and go to new tab
138 Cmd-Option-Click Link Open in new window
139 Option-Click Close Button Close other tabs
140 Cmd-Shift-] Select next tab
141 Cmd-Shift-[ Select previous tab
142 Cmd-Shift-H Go to homepage
143 Cmd-Shift-K Toggle Block Pop-up Windows
144 Cmd-Option-E Empty Cache
145 Cmd-Option-R Reload page without Caching
146 Cmd-F Search term in webpage
147 Cmd-M Minimize Safari
148 Shift-Click Button Animate slow motion effect
149 Cmd-Plus[+] Increase font size
150 Cmd-Hyphen[-] Reduce font size
151 Cmd-0 Original font size

Music: iTunes

152 Return/Space Play
153 Option-Right Arrow Select next album
154 Option-Left Arrow Select previous album
155 Cmd-Right Arrow Play next song
156 Cmd-Left Arrow Play previous song
157 Option-Click on Shuffle Button Reshuffle
158 Cmd-Option-Down Arrow Mute
159 Cmd-E Eject CD
160 Cmd-T Turn on/off visualizer
161 Cmd-F Turn on/off full screen mode
162 Cmd-1 View iTunes window
163 Cmd-2 View equalizer mode

Terminal

164 Double-Click Select word
165 Triple-Click Select line
166 Drag item to Terminal Add the complete path to that item
167 Cmd-N Create new shell window
168 Cmd-Shift-N Enter new command
169 Cmd-Shift-K Connect to a server
170 Cmd-Option-S Save text
171 Cmd-Option-Shift-S Save selected text
172 Cmd-I Show terminal inspector
173 Cmd-T Create new tab
174 Control-C Break

Mail: Hello from Cupertino

175 Cmd-N New message
176 Cmd-Shift-N Get new mail
177 Cmd-Option-N Open new viewer window
178 Cmd-0 Open activity window
179 Cmd-Shift-Y Add senders to address book
180 Cmd-E Use selected text to find
181 Cmd-C while selecting message Copy entire text of a message
182 Cmd-Click on upper-right corner toolbar button Switch different toolbar display
183 Cmd-Single Quote['] Increase quote level
184 Cmd-Option-Single Quote['] Decrease quote level
185 Cmd-Shift-E Redirect message
186 Cmd-Shift-F Forward message
187 Hold Option when deleting message Prevent next message from being automatically marked as read
188 Cmd-Shift-R Reply to all
189 Cmd-Shift-B Bounce to sender
190 Cmd-Shift-T Convert message to rich text or plain text
191 Cmd-Left Brace[{] Align left
192 Cmd-Vertical Bar[|] Align center
193 Cmd-Right Brace[}] Align right
194 Cmd-Colon[:] Check spelling
195 Cmd-Semicolon[;] Flag misspelling of selected word

Front Row

196 Cmd-Esc Open/close Front Row or return to previous menu
197 Spacebar, Return Select item in a menu
198 Up Arrow, Down Arrow Change volume
199 Right Arrow, Left Arrow Go to next or previous selection

Address Book

200 Cmd-1 View card and columns
201 Cmd-2 View only card
202 Cmd-3 View directories
203 Cmd-Right Bracket[']'] Next card
204 Cmd-Left Bracker['['] Previous card
205 Cmd-Vertical Line[|] Merge selected cards
206 Cmd-Backslash[\] Set as company card

Image Editor: Adobe Photoshop

207 Cmd-Shift-M Edit in ImageReady
208 Cmd-Option-W Close all
209 Cmd-Option-S Save as
210 Cmd-Option-Shift-S Save for Web
211 Cmd-Option-Shift-I File info
212 Cmd-Option-P Print with Preview
213 Cmd-Option-Shift-P Print one copy
214 Cmd-Shift-F Fade
215 Cmd-Shift-C Copy merged
216 Cmd-Shift-V Paste into
217 Shift-F5 Fill with color
218 Cmd-Shift-T Transform Again
219 Cmd-Option-Shift-K Show keyboard shortcuts
220 Cmd-L Adjust levels
221 Cmd-M Adjust curves
222 Cmd-B Adjust color balance
223 Cmd-U Adjust hue/saturation
224 Cmd-Option-C Change canvas size
225 Cmd-Shift-N Create new layer
226 Cmd-J Layer via copy
227 Cmd-Shift-J Layer via cut
228 Cmd-Option-G Create/release clipping mask
229 Cmd-G Group layers
230 Cmd-Shift-E Merge visible
231 Cmd-Shift-I Select inverse
232 Cmd-Option-A Select all layers
233 Shift-F6 Select feather (Cmd-Option-D has been assigned to hide Dock)
234 Cmd-Option-V Filter vanishing point
235 Cmd-Plus[+] Zoom in
236 Cmd-0 Fit on screen
237 Cmd-Option-0 Display actual pixels
238 Cmd-Single Quote['] Show grid
239 Cmd-Semicolon[;] Show guides
240 Cmd-R Show rulers

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129 Comments

DEMON 

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.

Matt Myers 

Fantastic list!  Definitely going to bookmark this one.

Brajeshwar 

Nice list of shortcuts. Thanks.

nywled 

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

Hamad 

thanks alot. *bookmarked*

little dimpy 

Wonderful....!!!!

RUDE 

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!

Dethklok 

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?

Wendy 



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.

TimothyP 

Great list, thank you :)

Rello 

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

pixlers 

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

Felix 

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

ben hanbury 

this is great, nice work

Advise-Art 

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

Marshall 

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.

Steen 

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.

MuffinMix 

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.

Hector F 

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

Truckee 

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.

ZugZug 

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

Dmitry Chestnykh 

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

Wendy 



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.

Gandhi 

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.

andy 

also pressing "5" will exit front row

kevin 

I thought everybody knew these basic shortcuts?

JobDud 

Thanks! This is just what I needed. :)

Freddy Tovar 

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,

DrDip 

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

connectionfailure 

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

subcorpus 

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

Wendy 



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. ^^

Steen 

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.

Jaco 

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.

andreas 

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
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Henno 

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).

Sypie 

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

Wendy 



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)

Palahala 

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.”

Partners in Grime 

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.

Roberta Murphy 

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.

Dave Lewis 

No iChat? :-(

brock walters 

please don't ever erase this page!

Jeremy 

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?

Sergio 

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

freewheeler 

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

Graham K. Rogers 

Lovely list. Thanks. 

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

j_henry 

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.

inviso 

in dashboard cmd + R reloads a widget

gloups 

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

winstoun 

Very nice this blog =)

chaz 

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

Steen 

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.

Marshall 

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

Rusty 

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 !?

Cees 

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.

Paolo 

Thank you very much.

I take it and I'll print is a a guide!


Bye

Carsten 

Nice list very nice. *bookmarked and blogged*

mha 

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...

Henning 

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.

John B 

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

Chris 

Anyone know the keyboard shortcut for enabling Desktop mirroring?

Michael 

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

CRM 

Nice list, thanks.  The different sections are helpful too.

Are they the new icons?  They look glorious!

MaksDobrinin 

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

Archite 

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.

Vitaliy 

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

Ligrisee 

m.. thank you

Wendy 



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 ;)

Sypie 

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

Wendy 



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.. ^-^

Phil 

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.

Craig 

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

Tilo 

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.

Christian 

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.

Emil 

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

oOgerryOo 

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

Idetrorce 

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

Henk Poley 

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.

nichtschwimmer 

Big Thanks!

Steven 

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

Wendy 



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.

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braintoniq 

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

ghostrider 

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.

celentanno 

Hi?  i thin  it easy

Rica 

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

Rica 

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

swacymmehyday 

subj 
?

cedanio 

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!

hmm05001 

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!

mernst 

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

loewez 

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!

timosen 

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!)

Alina Mrad 

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

sajeer 

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 ?

Alan E 

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

Slashtiger 

@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...

Carla - Brasil 

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

5h4rk 

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

Thanks.

genius 

Great shortcuts

mrmenellis 

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

tito 

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?

Ally 

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

Pim 

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".

Pim 

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

Sypie 

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.

coach 

Try Control+option+command+eject.

Fast, and easy way to quickly shutdown.

Anders 

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

I´m usin windows in parallels a lot in my work so I want to be abe to turn it of while in windows and back on when I´m in mac.

Anyone?

Lukasy 

I just got new G5 with 10.5.2
I used to switch windows in finder or application with cmd +>
in old system here it does not work. You wrote the cmd+' it does  not work as well. I thouthg it might be my french keyboard but I connected american one and it is the same , I can not switch between windows and I find it very usefull.

Thanks for any advice

Lukasz

phadutchi 

Another extremely helpful shortcut in terminal is cmd-shift-[ or cmd-shift-] . That will switch between open tabs.

mark Thomae 

Great Site! Does anyone know a keyboard shortcut to "quit all applications" only. No log out,  just quit all open applications. I was able to do this on OS9 but now I have Leopard and it's gone. Also, with OS9 I was able to automatically startup Mail application at login but "hide" the application in the dock so the Mail window would not open on startup. The "hide" box in system prefs in Leopard won't do this now. Anyone using Leopard notice this misbehavior or know how to fix it? Thanks!!

Larnz 

Great Site!!

But I have a problem...The right hand side of my keyboard does not work.(where the numbers are) and every time i try to push the numbers it frezzes the computer..can ya plz help me out..cheers!!

Ferris 

Hi there, I am a Mac newbie and I pressed something that my shortcut buttons have changed. Now to use the brightness and volume buttons I have to hold down the "fn" key. Before I didnt have to that - just press F1 or F2 or whichever one I needed. Please help. Thanks in advance.

mark 

ferris, just open system prefs, keyboard and mouse, keyboard, "deselect"  use all f1.........    that'll do it.

emax emax 

GREAT!!!!!

amit d 

a very good list..
it will be good if you can update the list with al the new findings so the list will be a more comprehensive one..

Hotkey 

More Mac Hotkeys

Tim 

Command + F1 key, on a macbook toggles monitor mirroring.

yari 

How can I print the screen from a Mac?

Voyager 

Hello, you have on your [b]search[/b]? 
A very uncomfortable all the time to search for information manually.

mike 

On windows i can press startkey-r to open the 'run' dialogue, from there i type a web address, say http://google.com, and it automatically opens default browser and navigates to said website.  How can i do something similar to this from the desktop????

Susan jane 

What are the 3 ways to open a terminal window?
How can you open a terminal window during reboot?

[D2R3D2] 

I'm new on Mac's.
This is great for me
and can you list shortcut for corel draw 11?
thanks before..

Imansyah™ 

I'm a new mac user and I found out that this list is awesome! Now, if only I could print it.. :-p

husnu 

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