These keys are all located at the bottom left hand corner of your keyboard.Ĭommand + A – Select a single file within a folder. Hold down the Command key, press A and all files are selected. Modifier keys on the Mac include: Shift, Control, Option, Command and Function.
Hold the Shift key and tap the “h” key and you get an upper case “H”Īll Modifier Keys work this way. Tap the “h” key and you get a lower case “h” At this point you may be tempted to run away screaming… but you already use modifier keys every day. They’re faster than a mouse… and using them will make you wildly popular. In true Hollywood fashion… I’ve produced a sequel. Select an app, type exactly the menu item text, and assign a shortcut key combination (use Opt+ to type ".The original Keystroke Shortcuts Guide, posted on October 27th, 2011, proved very popular. Lastly, keep in mind you can create new shortcuts in the Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts:
when you click on something or start an app. Holding down Option often gives you more options, e.g.Command + F for find (in Finder), which can do pretty complex searches!.Command + I for Get Info window of a file.If you switch between views in Finder often, you might find Command + 1 for icon view, and Command + 2 for list view, etc.
Luckily, moving between browser tabs is the same as everywhere: Control + Tab. Command + Tab switches between apps, and if you add Shift, it goes in reverse, but within the current app, you can use Command + ` to switch between that app's windows.Other keyboard shortcuts I've noted down over the past month or so of getting familiar with OS X - I'm sure they're already covered elsewhere, but fwiw, I found these useful: The document is MS Word, because I'm not that familiar with Pages (yet?), so the fiddly layout probably gets messed up when you open it in Pages or LibreOffice, so I've attached a picture as well. I made this neat little cheat sheet of handy keyboard shortcuts if you're new to OS X, which you may find useful, especially if you're more of a keyboard person than a mouse person -) Note: The mouse hints are for a Magic Mouse.
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