Keystroke

Description

Press X during startup

Force Mac OS X startup

Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup

Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)

Press C during startup

Start up from a CD that has a system folder

Press N during startup

Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)

Press T during startup

Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode

Press Shift during startup

start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)

Press Command-V during startup

Start up in Verbose mode.

Press Command-S during startup

Start up in Single-User mode

Keyboard shortcut

Description

Command-W

Close Window

Option-Command-W

Close all Windows

Command-Right Arrow

Expand folder (list view)

Option-Command-Right Arrow

Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)

Command-Left Arrow

Collapse Folder (list view)

Option-Command-Up Arrow

Open parent folder and close current window

Keyboard shortcut

Description

Shift-Command-Q

Apple Menu > Log out

Shift-Option-Command-Q

Apple Menu > Log out immediately

Shift-Command-Delete

Finder Menu > Empty Trash

Option-Shift-Command-Delete

Finder Menu > Empty Trash without dialog

Command-H

Finder Menu > Hide Finder

Option-Command-H

Finder Menu > Hide Others

Command-N

File Menu > New Finder window

Shift-Command-N

File Menu > New Folder

Command-O

File Menu > Open

Command-S

File Menu > Save

Shift-Command-S

File Menu > Save as

Command-P

File Menu > Print

Command-W

File Menu > Close Window

Option-Command-W

File Menu > Close all Windows

Command-I

File Menu > Get Info

Option-Command-I

File Menu > Show Attributes Inspector

Command-D

File Menu > Duplicate

Command-L

File Menu > Make Alias

Command-R

File Menu > Show original

Command-T

File Menu > Add to Favorites (Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier), Add to Sidebar (Mac OS X 10.3 or later—use Shift-Command-T for Add to Favorites)

Command-Delete

File Menu > Move to Trash

Command-E

File Menu > Eject

Command-F

File Menu > Find

Command-Z

Edit Menu > Undo

Command-X

Edit Menu > Cut

Command-C

Edit Menu > Copy

Command-V

Edit Menu > Paste

Command-A

Edit Menu > Select All

Command-1

View Menu > View as Icons

Command-2

View Menu > View as List

Command-3

View Menu > View as Columns

Command-B

View Menu > Hide Toolbar

Command-J

View Menu > Show View Options

Command - [

Go Menu > Back

Command - ]

Go Menu > Forward

Shift-Command-C

Go Menu > Computer

Shift-Command-H

Go Menu > Home

Shift-Command-I

Go Menu > iDisk

Shift-Command-A

Go Menu > Applications

Shift-Command-F

Go Menu > Favorites

Shift-Command-G

Go Menu > Goto Folder

Command-K

Go Menu > Connect to Server

Command-M

Window Menu > Minimize Window

Option-Command-M

Window Menu > Minimize All Windows

Command-?

Help Menu > Open Mac Help

Command-Space

Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Keyboard shortcut

Description

Option-Command-8

Turn on Zoom

Option-Command-+ (plus)

Zoom in

Option-Command-- (minus)

Zoom out

Control-Option-Command-8

Switch to White on Black

Control-F1

Turn on Full Keyboard Access
When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder.

Control-F2

Full Keyboard Access > Highlight Menu

Control-F3

Full Keyboard Access > Highlight Dock

Control-F4

Full Keyboard Access > Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it

Control-F5

Full Keyboard Access > Highlight Toolbar

Control-F6

Full Keyboard Access > Highlight Utility window (palette)

Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5

Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8

Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7

Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Control-Option-;
or fn-Control-option-;

Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Keystroke

Description

8

Move Up

2

Move Down

4

Move Left

6

Move Right

1, 3, 7, and 9

Move Diagonally

5

Press Mouse Button

0

Hold Mouse Button

. (period on keypad)

Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)

Keystroke

Description

Option-Command-D

Show/Hide Dock

Command-Tab

Switch application

tab

Highlight next item

Command-Up Arrow

Move up one directory

Command-Down Arrow

Move down one directory

Page Up or Control-Up Arrow

Move up one page

Page Down or Control-Down Arrow

Move down one page

Option-Drag

Copy to new location

Option-Command-Drag

Make alias in new location

Command-Drag

Move to new location without copying

Shift-Command-C

Show Colors palette in application

Command-T

Show Font palette in application

Command-Shift-3

Take a picture of the screen

Command-Shift-4

Take a picture of the selection

Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting

Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard

Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar

Take a picture of the selected window

Option-Command-esc

Force Quit

Control-Eject

Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box

Control-Command-Eject

Quit all applications and restart

Option-Command-Eject or
Option-Command-Power

Sleep

Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner)

Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)

Command-`

Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)

Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only)

Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)