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Shortcuts

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Apple Tab Shortcut

apple + tab is a keyboard shorcut that allows you to switch between apps. easily

an example of apple+tabappletabscreenshot.jpg

New! Better List of Keyboard Shortcuts

appleicon.jpgMac OS X keyboard shortcuts

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Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.

Finder window
Keyboard shortcut Description
appleicon.jpg-W Close Window
Option-appleicon.jpg-W Close all Windows
appleicon.jpg-Right Arrow Expand folder (list view)
Option-appleicon.jpg-Right Arrow Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)
appleicon.jpg-Left Arrow Collapse Folder (list view)
Option-appleicon.jpg-Up Arrow Open parent folder and close current window

Menu commands
Keyboard shortcut Description
Shift-appleicon.jpg-Q Apple Menu
Log out
Shift-Option-Command-Q Apple Menu
Log out immediately
Shift-appleicon.jpg-Delete Finder Menu
Empty Trash
Option-Shift-appleicon.jpg-Delete Finder Menu
Empty Trash without dialog
appleicon.jpg-H Finder Menu
Hide Finder
Option-Command-H Finder Menu
Hide Others
appleicon.jpg-N File Menu
New Finder window
Shift-appleicon.jpg-N File Menu
New Folder
appleicon.jpg-O File Menu
Open
appleicon.jpg-S File Menu
Save
Shift-appleicon.jpg-S File Menu
Save as
appleicon.jpg-P File Menu
Print
appleicon.jpg-W File Menu
Close Window
Option-appleicon.jpg-W File Menu
Close all Windows
appleicon.jpg-I File Menu
Get Info
Option-appleicon.jpg-I File Menu
Show Attributes Inspector
appleicon.jpg-D File Menu
Duplicate
appleicon.jpg-L File Menu
Make Alias
appleicon.jpg-R File Menu
Show original
appleicon.jpg-T File Menu
Add to Favorites (Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier), Add to Sidebar (Mac OS X 10.3 or later—use Shift-Command-T for Add to Favorites)
appleicon.jpg-Delete File Menu
Move to Trash
appleicon.jpg-E File Menu
Eject
appleicon.jpg-F File Menu
Find
appleicon.jpg-Z Edit Menu
Undo
appleicon.jpg-X Edit Menu
Cut
appleicon.jpg-C Edit Menu
Copy
appleicon.jpg-V Edit Menu
Paste
appleicon.jpg-A Edit Menu
Select All
appleicon.jpg-1 View Menu
View as Icons
appleicon.jpg-2 View Menu
View as List
appleicon.jpg-3 View Menu
View as Columns
appleicon.jpg-B View Menu
Hide Toolbar
appleicon.jpg-J View Menu
Show View Options
appleicon.jpg - [ Go Menu
Back
appleicon.jpg - ] Go Menu
Forward
Shift-appleicon.jpg-C Go Menu
Computer
Shift-appleicon.jpg-H Go Menu
Home
Shift-appleicon.jpg-I Go Menu
iDisk
Shift-appleicon.jpg-A Go Menu
Applications
Shift-appleicon.jpg-F Go Menu
Favorites
Shift-appleicon.jpg-G Go Menu
Goto Folder
appleicon.jpg-K Go Menu
Connect to Server
appleicon.jpg-M Window Menu
Minimize Window
Option-appleicon.jpg-M Window Menu
Minimize All Windows
appleicon.jpg-? Help Menu
Open Mac Help
appleicon.jpg-Space Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
appleicon.jpg-esc Front Row
Activates Front Row for certain Apple computers

Other Commands
Keystroke Description
Option-appleicon.jpg-D Show/Hide Dock
appleicon.jpg-Tab Switch application
tab Highlight next item
appleicon.jpg-Up Arrow Move up one directory
appleicon.jpg-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-appleicon.jpg-Drag Make alias in new location
appleicon.jpg-Drag Move to new location without copying
Shift-appleicon.jpg-C Show Colors palette in application
appleicon.jpg-T Show Font palette in application
appleicon.jpg-Shift-3 Take a picture of the screen
appleicon.jpg-Shift-4 Take a picture of the selection
appleicon.jpg-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-appleicon.jpg-esc Force Quit
Control-Eject Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
Control-appleicon.jpg-Eject Quit all applications and restart
Option-appleicon.jpg-Eject or
Option-appleicon.jpg-Power Sleep
appleicon.jpg-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)
appleicon.jpg-` Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)
Function-Delete (portables only–PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, MacBook Pro) Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

Turning Zoom On and Off

Apple + 8 turns zoom on and off. If you are zoomed into something it wiil zoom out all the way when you turn zoom off; When zoom is turned back on it will zoom in to where you were when you turned zoom off.

Zoom In Keyboard shortcut-Cool

If you want to Zoom in on the computer screen the short cut is
apple & option & + to zoom in and apple & option & - to zoom out (for this to work you need to have zoom enabled in Universal Access Under system preferences.)-Eric B.

STARTER SHORTCUTS-for beginners

Here’s some starters for you…

  • apple+s= save
  • apple+c=copy
  • apple+v=paste
  • apple m=minimize
  • apple h=hide
  • apple q=quit
  • apple up s=save as
  • option apple power=force quit
  • apple tab=choose program
  • apple d=bookmark
  • apple click=open in new tab
  • apple a=highlite all

Shortcuts

A spot where you can list shortcuts- like  + S for saving,  + C for copy