50 Keyboard Shortcuts All Mac Users Should Know

    50 Keyboard Shortcuts All Mac Users Should Know

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    If you own a Mac and you're looking to maximise productivity as much as possible, it's a good idea to learn as many keyboard shortcuts as possible. You certainly won't need to memerize all of them but it might be a good idea to save some of the ones you know you'll be using regularly.

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    System Keyboard Shortcuts

    • Put your Mac to sleep: Option + Command + Power button
    • Put your display to sleep: Control + Shift + Power button
    • Log out of your Mac user account: Shift + Command + Q
    • Force restart without option to save open files: Control + Command + Power button
    • Quit all apps and shut down with option to save open files: Control + Option + Command + Power button
    • Display a dialog box to restart, sleep, or shut down: Control + Power button

    Show, Display, and Dock Shortcuts

    • Show and hide Spotlight Search: Command + Space bar
    • Show and hide the Dock: Option + Command + D
    • Show the Character Viewer: Control + Command + Space bar
    • Display the current app in full screen: Control + Command + F
    • Full display screenshot: Command + Shift + 3
    • Selection screenshot: Command + Shift + 4
    • Open Screen Utility: Command + Shift + 5

    Finder Keyboard Shortcuts

    • Open the Computer window: Shift + Command + C
    • Open the Desktop folder: Shift + Command + D
    • Open the Recents folder: Shift + Command + F
    • Open the Downloads folder: Option + Command + L
    • Open the Documents folder: Shift + Command + O
    • Open the Utilities folder: Shift + Command + U
    • Open the AirDrop window: Shift + Command + R
    • Open a Go To Folder window: Shift + Command + G
    • Open the iCloud Drive folder: Shift + Command + I (uppercase i)
    • View items in Finder as icons: Command + 1
    • View items in Finder as a list: Command + 2
    • View items in Finder as columns: Command + 3
    • Create a new folder: Shift + Command + N
    • Create a new Smart Folder: Option + Command + N
    • Show and hide the Sidebar: Option + Command + S
    • Show and hide the Path Bar: Option + Command + P
    • Show and hide the Status Bar: Option + Command + / (slash)

    Document Shortcuts

    • Bold and un-bold text: Command + B
    • Italicize or un-italicize text: Command + I (uppercase i)
    • Underline or un-underline text: Command + U
    • Page up: Fn + Up arrow
    • Page down: Fn + Down arrow
    • Go to beginning of document (Home): Fn + Left arrow
    • Go to end of document (End): Fn + Right arrow
    • Save document: Command + S
    • Print document: Command + P
    • Undo: Command + Z
    • Redo: Shift + Command + Z

    Miscellaneuous Shortcuts

    • Cut: Command + X
    • Copy: Command + C
    • Paste: Command + V
    • Select all items: Command + A
    • Find items: Command + F
    • Minimize the front window: Command + M
    • Close the front window: Command + W
    • Force quit an app: Option + Command + Esc
    • Switch to the next most recently-used app: Command + Tab