OSX and Safari Flashcards
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Cut: Remove the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
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Command-X
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Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder.
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Command-C
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Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder.
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Command-V
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Undo the previous command.
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Command-Z
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Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands.
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Command-Shift-Z
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Select All items.
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Command-A
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Find: Open a Find window, or find items in a document.
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Command-F
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Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found.
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Cmd-G
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To find the previous occurrence
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To find the previous occurrence, press Command-Shift-G.
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Hide the windows of the front app.
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Command-H
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To view the front app but hide all other apps
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To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command-Option-H.
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Minimize the front window to the Dock.
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Cmd-M
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To minimize all windows of the front app, press …
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Command-Option-M.
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New: Open an new document or window.
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Cmd N
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Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
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Cmd O
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Save the current document.
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Cmd S
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Print the current document.
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Cmd P
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Close the front window.
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Cmd W
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To close all windows of the app
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To close all windows of the app, press Command-Option-W.
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Quit the app.
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Cmd Q
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Force Quit: Choose an app to force quit.
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Command-Option-Esc
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force just the front app to quit.
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Command-Shift-Option-Esc and hold for 3 seconds
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Show or hide the Spotlight search field.
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Command - Space
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To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window,
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Command–Option–Space bar.
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Quick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item.
Space bar
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Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
Command - Tab
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Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app.
Command-Shift-Tilde (~)
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Take a Screenshot
Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts.
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Preferences: Open preferences for the front app.
Command-Comma (,)
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Take a screenshot of your whole screen
Press Command (⌘)-Shift-3.
Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
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Take a screenshot of part of your screen
Press Command-Shift-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair pointer.
Move the crosshair pointer to where you want to start the screenshot.
Drag to select an area. While dragging, you can hold the Shift key, Option key, or Space bar to change the way the selection moves.
When you've selected the area you want, release your mouse or trackpad button. To cancel, press the Escape (esc) key before you release the button.
Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
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Take a screenshot of a window
Press Command-Shift-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair pointer.
Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera pointer.
Move the camera pointer over a window to highlight it.
Click your mouse or trackpad. To cancel, press the Escape (esc) key before you click.
Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
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display a dialog asking if you want to restart, sleep, or shut down
Hold Power button for 1.5 seconds while your Mac is awake to display a dialog asking if you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
If you don't want to wait 1.5 seconds, press Control–Power button or Control–Media Eject .
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Put your displays to sleep.
Shift–Control–(Power button or Media Eject )
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Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them.
Command–Control–Media Eject
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Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them.
Command–Option–Control–(Power button or Media Eject )
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Log out of your OS X user account. You'll be asked to confirm.
Command-Shift-Q
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Log out of your OS X user account immediately, without being asked to confirm.
Command-Shift-Option-Q
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Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off.
Command-B
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Show or hide the Fonts window.
Command-T
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Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.
Command-D
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Show or hide the definition of the selected word.
Command-Control-D
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Display the Spelling and Grammar window.
Command-Shift-Colon (:)
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Find misspelled words in the document.
Command-Semicolon (;)
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Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.
Option-Delete
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Delete the character to the left of the insertion point.
Control-H - Or use Delete.
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Delete the character to the right of the insertion point.
Control-D ...... Or use Fn-Delete.
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Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key.
Fn-Delete... Or use Control-D.
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Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.
Control-K
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Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button.
Command-Delete
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Page Up: Scroll up one page.
Fn–Up Arrow
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Page Down: Scroll down one page.
Fn–Down Arrow
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Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
Fn–Left Arrow
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End: Scroll to the end of a document.
Fn–Right Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
Command–Up Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the end of the document.
Command–Down Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
Command–Left Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.
Command–Right Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
Option–Left Arrow
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Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.
Option–Right Arrow
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Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.
Command–Shift–Up Arrow
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Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.
Command–Shift–Down Arrow
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Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.
Command–Shift–Left Arrow
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Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.
Command–Shift–Right Arrow
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Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.
Shift–Up Arrow
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Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.
Shift–Down Arrow
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Extend text selection one character to the left.
Shift–Left Arrow
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Extend text selection one character to the right.
Shift–Right Arrow
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Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again.
Shift–Option–Up Arrow
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Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.
Shift–Option–Down Arrow
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Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.
Shift–Option–Left Arrow
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Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again.
Shift–Option–Right Arrow
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Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Control-A
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Move to the end of a line or paragraph.
Control-E
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Move one character forward.
Control-F
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Move one character backward.
Control-B
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Center the cursor or selection in the visible area.
Control-L
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Move up one line.
Control-P
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Move down one line.
Control-N
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Insert a new line after the insertion point.
Control-O
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Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.
Control-T
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Left align.
Command–Left Curly Bracket ({)
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Right align.
Command–Right Curly Bracket (})
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Center align.
Command–Shift–Vertical bar (|)
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Go to the search field.
Command-Option-F
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Show or hide a toolbar in the app.
Command-Option-T
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Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.
Command-Option-C
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Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.
Command-Option-V
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Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.
Command-Shift-Option-V
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Show or hide the inspector window.
Command-Option-I
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Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.
Command-Shift-P
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Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.
Command-Shift-S
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Decrease the size of the selected item.
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Command–Shift–
Minus sign (-)
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Increase the size of the selected item.
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Command–Shift–
Plus sign (+)
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Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
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Open the Help menu.
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Command–Shift–
Question mark (?)
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Finder shortcuts - Duplicate the selected files.
Command-D
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Finder shortcuts - Eject the selected disk or volume.
Command-F
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Finder shortcut
Show the Get Info window for a selected file.
Command-I
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Finder
Open the Computer window.
Command-Shift-C
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Open the desktop folder.
Command-Shift-D
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Open the All My Files window. - Finder
Command-Shift-F
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Open a Go to Folder window. (Finder)
Command-Shift-G
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Open the Home folder of the current OS X user account. (finder)
Command-Shift-H
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Open iCloud Drive. (findeR)
Command-Shift-I
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finder :
## Footnote
Open the Downloads folder.
Command-Option-L
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Open the Documents folder. (findeR)
Command-Shift-O
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Open the AirDrop window. (finder)
Command-Shift-R
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Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mountain Lion or earlier)
Command-Shift-T
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Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later)
Command-Shift-Control-T
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Finder:
## Footnote
Open the Utilities folder.
Command-Shift-U
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Show or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder.
Command-Option-D
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Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later). (findeR)
Command-Control-T
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Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows.
Command-Option-P
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Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows.
Command-Option-S
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Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows.
Command–Slash (/)
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Show View Options. in finder
Command-J
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Open the Connect to Server window. (finder)
Command-K
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Make an alias of the selected item.
Command-L
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Open a new Finder window.
Command-N
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Create a new folder.
Command-Shift-N
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Create a new Smart Folder.
Command-Option-N
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Show the original file for the selected alias. (finder)
Command-R
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Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
Command-T
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Show or hide a Finder tab.
Command-Shift-T
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Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window.
Command-Option-T
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Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location. (findeR)
Command-Option-V
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View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files. (finder)
Command-Option-Y
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Use Quick Look to preview the selected files. \*Finder
Command-Y
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View the items in the Finder window as icons. (findeR)
Command-1
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View the items in a Finder window as a list.
Command-2
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View the items in a Finder window in columns.
Command-3
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View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow.
Command-4
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Go to the previous folder. (Finder)
Command–Left Bracket ([)
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Go to the next folder. (findeR)
Command–Right Bracket (])
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Open the folder that contains the current folder. (finder)
Command–Up Arrow
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Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window. (finder)
Command–Control–Up Arrow
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Open the selected item.(findeR)
Command–Down Arrow
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Show the desktop. This works even when you're not in the Finder. (
Command–Mission Control
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Turn Target Display Mode on or off.
Command–Brightness Up
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Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display.
Command–Brightness Down
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Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view. (findeR)
Right Arrow
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Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view. (finder)
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Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window. (finder)
Option–double-click
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Open a folder in a separate tab or window. (finder)
Command–double-click
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Move the selected item to the Trash. (finder)
Command-Delete
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Empty the Trash. (finder)
Command-Shift-Delete
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Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog. (finder)
Command-Shift-Option-Delete
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Use Quick Look to preview the files.
Command-Y
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Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key. (findeR)
Option–Brightness Up
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Open Mission Control preferences. (finder)
Option–Mission Control
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Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys.
Option–Volume Up
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Move the dragged item to another volume or location. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
Command key while dragging
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Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
Option key while dragging
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Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
Command-Option while dragging
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Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view.
Option-click a disclosure triangle
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See the folders that contain the current folder.
Command-click a window title
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Safari -
## Footnote
Scroll up, down, left, or right
Press the arrow keys.
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Safari -
Scroll in larger increments
Press Option while you press an arrow key.
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Scroll down a screen (Safari)
Page Down
Space bar
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Safari -
Scroll up a screen
Page Up
Shift–Space bar
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Safari - Scroll to the top-left or bottom-left corner of the page
Command (⌘)–Up Arrow or Home
Command (⌘)–Down Arrow or End
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Safari -
Highlight the next item on a webpage
Tab highlights the next text field or pop-up menu. Tab also highlights buttons and other controls if “All controls” is selected in the Shortcuts pane of the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.
Option-Tab highlights the same items as Tab plus all other clickable items.
To swap the behavior of Tab and Option-Tab, turn on “Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage” in the Advanced pane of Safari preferences.
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Safari - Open a page in a new tab
Command (⌘)-click a link
Command (⌘)-click a bookmark
Command (⌘)-Return after typing in the address and search field
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Safari -
## Footnote
Open a page in a new tab, and bring the tab to the front
Shift-Command (⌘)-click a link
Shift-Command (⌘)-click a bookmark
Shift-Command (⌘)-Return after typing in the address and search field
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Bring the next tab to the front (safari)
Control-Tab or Shift-Command (⌘)-[
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Bring the previous tab to the front
Control-Shift-Tab or Shift-Command (⌘)-]
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Close all tabs except for one
Option-click the close button (X) on the tab you want to leave open
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Safari - Open in tabs all the bookmarks in a folder in the Favorites bar
Command (⌘)-click the folder in the Favorites bar
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Safari - See a list of recent pages by name
Hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears
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Safari -
## Footnote
See a list of recent pages by web address (URL)
Press Option and hold down the Back or Forward button until the list appears
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Go to your homepage - Safari
Command (⌘)-Home key
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Safari -
## Footnote
While typing in the address and search field, restore the current webpage address
esc
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Close Reader (safari)
esc
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Exit full-screen view (safari)
Esc
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Safari - Download a linked file
Esc
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Safari - Open a downloaded file
Double-click the icon next to the file in the downloads list
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Add the current page to the reading list in safari
Shift-Command (⌘)-D
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Add a linked page to the reading list in safari
Shift-click a link to the page
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Add a bookmark to the Favorites bar in Safari
Click the address and search field to show the page’s full address and its icon, then drag the icon to the Favorites bar
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Move a bookmark on the Favorites bar in safari
Drag the bookmark left or right
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Remove a bookmark from the Favorites bar in safari
Drag the bookmark off the top of the bar
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Select bookmarks and folders in the sidebar in safari
Command (⌘)-click each bookmark and folder
Shift-Command (⌘)-click to extend the selection
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Select the next bookmark or folder in safari
Up Arrow or Down Arrow
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Open the selected bookmark in safari
Space bar
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Open the selected folder in safari
Space bar or Right Arrow
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Close the selected folder in safari
Space bar or Left Arrow
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Open the selected folder and its subfolders in the sidebar in safari
Option–Right Arrow
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Open the selected folder and its subfolders in the sidebar (safari)
Option–Left Arrow
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Cancel editing a bookmark name in the sidebar (safari)
Esc
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Finish editing a bookmark name (safari)
return
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Create a folder containing the selected bookmarks and folders in bookmarks view (safari)
Option-click the New Folder button at the bottom of the window
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Delete a bookmark (safari)
Select the bookmark, then press Delete
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How do you choose menu items using the keyboard in Openoffice?
Some of the characters shown on the menu bar are underlined. You can open the menus by pressing the underlined character together with the Alt key. Once the menu is opened, you can access menu items by pressing the underlined character key.
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Using shortcut keys in dialogs in Openoffice Writer
Using shortcut keys in dialogs
* When you open any dialog, one element (such as a button, an option field, an entry in a list box, or a checkbox) is highlighted or indicated by a dotted box around the field or button name. This element is said to have the focus on it.
* If the focal point is a button, pressing Enter runs it as if you had clicked it with the mouse. A checkbox is toggled on or off by pressing the spacebar. If an option field has the focus, use the arrow keys to change the activated option field in that area. Press the Tab key to go from one element or area to the next one, or press Shift+Tab to go in the reverse direction.
* Press Esc to close the dialog without saving changes or activating any commands.
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