MAC Shortcuts... Flashcards
Get familiar with the basic shortcut keys on a mac. Work faster and with less physical stress.
When you press:
Command-option-esc
You:
Force quit
When you press:
Command-option-eject
You:
Sleep now
command-shift-Q
log out
command-shift-option-Q
log out without confirmation
command-control-eject
restart
control-shift-eject
sleep displays
command-option-control-eject
shut down
command-tab
cycle between open applications
command-`
*after* having pressed command-tab, it will cycle between open applications in reverse
command-shift-tab
cycle between open applications in reverse direction
command-`
cycle between open windows in the selected application
command-shift-`
cycle between open windows in the selected application in reverse direction
control-F4
cycle between open windows in all applications
control-shift-F4
cycle between open windows in all applications in reverse direction
F8
Spaces (Leopard only)
F9
Expos� for all windows (Panther and newer)
F10
Expos� for all windows in selected application
F11
Expos� to reveal desktop
F12
Dashboard (Tiger and newer)
control-#
Jump to a space (10.5+)
control-arrow
Cycle through spaces (10.5+)
control-F2
activate keyboard control of the menu bar
control-F3
activate keyboard control of the Dock
control-F8
activate keyboard control of the Menu Extras (right side of menu bar)
command-space
activate Spotlight (Tiger) or switch between keyboard layouts (pre-Tiger systems)
command-option-control-,
decrease the screen contrast
command-option-control-.
increase the screen contrast
command-option-8
turn screen zooming on or off
command-option-=
zoom in (if screen zooming is on)
command-option–
zoom out
command-option-control-8
invert the screen colors
command-delete
send file to trash
command-space
open a Spotlight search
command-option-space
open a Spotlight search in a finder “Find” window
spacebar
when dragging file onto folder it will spring open without the usual delay
shift-volume
Change volume without sound effect
option-shift-volume
Fine-grained volume control (10.5+ ?)
option-volume
Sound Preference Pane
option-brightness
Display Preference Pane
command-decrease-brightness
Change display mode (only on revised fn keyboard layout on Alu. keyboards, newer MBP/MBs?)
enter
choose blue button in dialogue box (usually “enter” or “accept”)
spacebar
simulate a mouse click on focused object (i.e., the button or control that has a blue halo around it)
command-shift-?
Search application help. As of 10.5, this also FAYT searches available menu items. It also activates the menu bar as keyboard navigable if the search string is empty.
command-d
don’t save
command-,
preferences
command-?
help
command-:
spelling
command-;
check spelling
command-A
select all
command-C
copy
command-shift-C
show colors
command-F
find
command-G
find next
command-H
hide
command-option-H
hide others
command-M
minimize
command-N
new
command-O
open
command-P
command-Q
quit
command-S
save
command-T
show fonts
command-V
paste
command-W
close
command-X
cut
command-Z
undo
How does control-A manipulate text?
move to start of current paragraph
How does control-B manipulate text?
move left one character
How does control-D manipulate text?
forwards delete
How does control-E manipulate text?
move to end of current paragraph
How does control-F manipulate text?
move right one character
How does control-H manipulate text?
delete
How does control-K manipulate text?
delete remainder of current paragraph
How does control-N manipulate text?
move down one line
How does control-O manipulate text?
insert new line after cursor
How does control-P manipulate text?
move up one line
How does control-T manipulate text?
transpose (swap) two surrounding character
How does control-V manipulate text?
move to end, then left one character
How does control-Y manipulate text?
paste text previously deleted with control-K
Hold down C to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot from CD or DVD
Hold down T to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
start up in FireWire target mode (the Mac temporarily becomes a very expensive external FireWire drive)
Hold down X to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
force boot into Mac OS X (older Macs that dual-boot into OS 9 and X)
Hold down N to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
start from Network drive
Hold down shift to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into safe mode
Hold down the mouse button to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
eject CD before booting normally
Hold down command-S to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into single user mode; type exit when done
Hold down command-option-O-F to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into the Open Firmware prompt
Hold down command-option-P-R to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
reset PRAM
Hold down command-option-V to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
verbose boot; show the Unixy text goodness at boot time
Hold down command-option-shift-delete to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
bypass internal harddrive on boot
Hold down option to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
choose startup disk at boot time
