A list of useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts.

Mac Keyboard Symbols

  • ⇧ Shift
  • ⌥ Option
  • ⌘ Command
  • ⌃ Control

Arrows

  • ← Left Arrow
  • → Right Arrow
  • ↑ Up Arrow
  • ↓ Down Arrow

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

General

  • ⌘ q Close Application
  • ⌘ space Spotlight Search
  • ⌘ shift 4 Screenshot selected area
  • ⌘ L Highlight address bar in your web browser.
  • ⌘ ⌥ delete Immediately delete selected files, bypassing the Trash.
  • ⌘ ⌥ shift v Paste with destination formatting.
  • ⌘ delete Move selected item to trash
  • ⌘ e Eject
  • ⌘ ⌥ d show/hide doc
  • ⌥ up View mission control

Finder

  • ⌘ shift C - Computer
  • ⌘ shift H - Home
  • ⌘ shift I - icloud
  • ⌘ shift G - Folder
  • ⌘ shift F - Recent
  • ⌘ shift A - Applications

Browser

  • ⌘ t - New Tab
  • ⌘ t - Close Tab
  • ⌃ tab - Switch to right tab
  • ⌃ shift tab - Shift to left tab

Settings

  • ⌘ , Open preferences for the front app.

Text Editing

  • fn delete delete forward
  • fn ↑ scroll up
  • fn ↓ scroll down
  • fn ← cursor to front of the line
  • fn → cursor to the end of the line
  • ⌘ ↑ cursor to start of the document
  • fn ↑ Page Up: Scroll up one page.
  • fn ↓ Page Down: Scroll down one page.
  • fn ← Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.
  • fn → End: Scroll to the end of a document.
  • ⌘ ↑ Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.
  • ⌘ ↓ Move the insertion point to the end of the document.
  • ⌘ ← Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.
  • ⌘ → Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.
  • ⌥ ← Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
  • ⌥ → Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.
  • control A Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
  • control E Move to the end of a line or paragraph.
  • control O Insert a new line after the insertion point.