Apple Macintosh O/S shortcut keys

Friday, 19 November 2010 08:10 |

Written by Michael |

Be advised that not all the below mentioned shortcut keys works on all versions of Mac OS

Down arrow	select the icon below the one currently highlighted.
Shift + Click	Select the icon and add it to the set of those selected.
Tab	Highlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Shift + Tab	Highlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Left arrow	Used when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted.
Right arrow	Used when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of the one highlighted.
Up arrow	Used to select the icon above the one currently highlighted.
Open Apple + Shift + G	Takes a snapshot of the screen and saves it to a PICT file.
Open Apple + ?	Mac help
Open Apple + E	Eject
Open Apple + Shift + Up Arrow	Used to direct the input focus to the desktop level.
Open Apple + M	Minimize window
Open Apple + N	New finder window
Open Apple + Shift + N	New folder
Open Apple + W	Close the current window.
Open Apple + C	Copy the elected item to the clipboard.
Open Apple + X	Cut the selected item.
Open Apple + V	Paste item from the clipboard
Open Apple + L	Make alias
Open Apple + R	Show original item
Open Apple + T	Add to favorites
Open Apple + O	Open the selected icon.
Open Apple + F	Display the find dialog box.
Open Apple + G	Repeat the last find operation.
F9	Expose for all windows (Panther and newer).
Open Apple + Down	Opens the selected icon.
control-F2	activate keyboard control of the menu bar.
control-F3	activate keyboard control of the Dock.

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