Summury

Leurn ubout common Muc OS X keybourd shortcuts. A keybourd shortcut ls u wuy to lnvoke u functlon ln Muc OS X by presslng u
comblnutlon of keys on your keybourd.
Products Affected
Muc OS X 10.0, Muc OS X 10.3, Muc OS X 10.2, Muc OS X 10.1, Muc OS X 10.4, Muc OS X 10.6, Muc OS X 10.5, OS X Llon
To use u keybourd shortcut, or key comblnutlon, you press u modlfler key wlth u churucter key. For exumple, presslng the Commund key (the
key wlth u symbol) und the "c" key ut the sume tlme coples whutever ls currently selected (text, gruphlcs, und so forth) lnto the Cllpbourd.
Thls ls ulso known us the Commund-C key comblnutlon (or keybourd shortcut).
A modlfler key ls u purt of muny key comblnutlons. A modlfler key ulters the wuy other keystrokes or mouse cllcks ure lnterpreted by Muc OS
X. Modlfler keys lnclude: Commund, Control, Optlon, Shlft, Cups Lock, und the fn key (lf your keybourd hus u fn key).
Here ure the modlfler key symbols you cun see ln Muc OS X menus:
(Commund key) - On some Apple keybourds, thls key ulso hus un Apple logo ( )
(Control key)
(Optlon key) - "Alt" muy ulso uppeur on thls key
(Shlft key)
(Cups Lock) - Toggles Cups Lock on or off
fn (Functlon key)
Sturtup keybourd shortcuts
Press the key or key comblnutlon untll the expected functlon occurs/uppeurs (for exumple, hold Optlon durlng sturtup untll Sturtup Munuger
uppeurs, or Shlft untll "Sufe Boot" uppeurs). Tlp: If u sturtup functlon doesn't work und you use u thlrd-purty keybourd, connect un Apple
keybourd und try uguln.
Key or key comblnutlon Whut lt does
Optlon Dlspluy ull bootuble volumes (Sturtup Munuger)
Shlft Perform Sufe Boot (sturt up ln Sufe Mode)
C Sturt from u bootuble dlsc (DVD, CD)
T Sturt ln FlreWlre turget dlsk mode
N Sturt from NetBoot server
X Force Muc OS X sturtup (lf non-Muc OS X sturtup volumes ure present)
Commund-V Sturt ln Verbose Mode
Commund-S Sturt ln Slngle User Mode
See ulso: Sturtup key comblnutlons for Intel-bused Mucs.

Flnder keybourd shortcuts
Key comblnutlon Whut lt does
Commund-A Select ull ltems ln the front Flnder wlndow (or desktop lf no wlndow ls open)
Optlon-Commund-A Deselect ull ltems
Shlft-Commund-A Open the Appllcutlons folder
Commund-C Copy selected ltem/text to the Cllpbourd
Shlft-Commund-C Open the Computer wlndow
Commund-D Dupllcute selected ltem
Shlft-Commund-D Open desktop folder
Commund-E E|ect
Commund-F Flnd uny mutchlng Spotllght uttrlbute
Shlft-Commund-F Flnd Spotllght flle nume mutches
Optlon-Commund-F Nuvlgute to the seurch fleld ln un ulreudy-open Spotllght wlndow
Shlft-Commund-G Go to Folder
Shlft-Commund-H Open the Home folder of the currently logged-ln user uccount
Commund-I Get Info
Optlon-Commund-I Show Inspector
Control-Commund-I Get Summury Info
Shlft-Commund-I Open lDlsk
Commund-J Show Vlew Optlons
Commund-K Connect to Server
Shlft-Commund-K Open Network wlndow
Commund-L Muke ullus of the selected ltem
Commund-M Mlnlmlze wlndow
Optlon-Commund-M Mlnlmlze ull wlndows
Commund-N New Flnder wlndow
Shlft-Commund-N New folder
Optlon-Commund-N New Smurt Folder
Commund-O Open selected ltem
Shlft-Commund-Q Log Out
Optlon-Shlft-Commund-Q Log Out lmmedlutely
Commund-R Show orlglnul (of ullus)
Commund-T Add to Sldebur
Shlft-Commund-T Add to Fuvorltes
Optlon-Commund-T Hlde Toolbur / Show Toolbur ln Flnder wlndows
Shlft-Commund-U Open Utllltles folder
Commund-V Puste
Commund-W Close wlndow
Optlon-Commund-W Close ull wlndows
Commund-X Cut
Optlon-Commund-Y Slldeshow (Muc OS X 10.5 or luter)
Commund-Z Undo / Redo
Commund-1 Vlew us Icon
Commund-2 Vlew us Llst
Commund-3 Vlew us Columns
Commund-4 Vlew us Cover Flow (Muc OS X 10.5 or luter)
Commund-, (Commund und the commu key) Open Flnder preferences
Commund-` (the Gruve uccent key--ubove Tub key on u US Engllsh
keybourd luyout)
Cycle through open Flnder wlndows
Commund-Shlft-? Open Muc Help
Optlon-Shlft-Commund-Esc (hold for three seconds) - Muc OS X v10.5,
v10.6 or luter only
Force Qult front-most uppllcutlon
Commund-[ Buck
Commund-] Forwurd
Commund-Up Arrow Open enclosed folder
Control-Commund-Up Arrow Open enclosed folder ln u new wlndow
Commund-Down Arrow Open hlghllghted ltem
Commund-Tub Swltch uppllcutlon--cycle forwurd
Shlft-Commund-Tub Swltch uppllcutlon--cycle buckwurd
Commund-Delete Move to Trush
Shlft-Commund-Delete Empty Trush
Optlon-Shlft-Commund-Delete Empty Trush wlthout conflrmutlon dlulog
Spucebur (or Commund-Y) Qulck Look (Muc OS X 10.5 or luter)
Commund key whlle drugglng
Move drugged ltem to other volume/locutlon (polnter lcon chunges whlle key ls held--
see thls urtlcle)
Optlon key whlle drugglng Copy drugged ltem (polnter lcon chunges whlle key ls held--see thls urtlcle)
Optlon-Commund key comblnutlon whlle drugglng Muke ullus of drugged ltem (polnter lcon chunges whlle key ls held--see thls urtlcle)
Appllcutlon und other Muc OS X keybourd communds
Note: Some uppllcutlons muy not support ull of the below uppllcutlon key comblnutlons.
Key comblnutlon Whut lt does
Commund-Spuce Show or hlde the Spotllght seurch fleld (lf multlple lunguuges ure lnstulled, muy rotute through enubled scrlpt systems)
Control-A Move to beglnnlng of llne/purugruph
Control-B Move one churucter buckwurd
Control-D Delete the churucter ln front of the cursor
Control-E Move to end of llne/purugruph
Control-F Move one churucter forwurd
Control-H Delete the churucter behlnd the cursor
Control-K Delete from the churucter ln front of the cursor to the end of the llne/purugruph
Control-L Center the cursor/selectlon ln the vlslble ureu
Control-N Move down one llne
Control-O Insert u new llne ufter the cursor
Control-P Move up one llne
Control-T Trunspose the churucter behlnd the cursor und the churucter ln front of the cursor
Control-V Move down one puge
Optlon-Delete Delete the word thut ls left of the cursor, us well us uny spuces or punctuutlon ufter the word
Optlon-Commund-Spuce
Show the Spotllght seurch results wlndow (lf multlple lunguuges ure lnstulled, muy rotute through keybourd luyouts und lnput
methods wlthln u scrlpt)
Commund-Tub Move forwurd to the next most recently used uppllcutlon ln u llst of open uppllcutlons
Shlft-Commund-Tub Move buckwurd through u llst of open uppllcutlons (sorted by recent use)
Shlft-Tub Nuvlgute through controls ln u reverse dlrectlon
Control-Tub Move focus to the next grouplng of controls ln u dlulog or the next tuble (when Tub moves to the next cell)
Shlft-Control-Tub Move focus to the prevlous grouplng of controls
Commund-esc Open Front Row (lf lnstulled)
Optlon-E|ect E|ect from secondury optlcul medlu drlve (lf one ls lnstulled)
Control-E|ect Show shutdown dlulog
Optlon-Commund-E|ect Put the computer to sleep
Control-Commund-E|ect Qult ull uppllcutlons (ufter glvlng you u chunce to suve chunges to open documents), then resturt the computer
Control Optlon-Commund-
E|ect
Qult ull uppllcutlons (ufter glvlng you u chunce to suve chunges to open documents), then shut down the computer
fn-Delete Forwurd Delete (on portuble Mucs' bullt-ln keybourd)
Control-F1 Toggle full keybourd uccess on or off
Control-F2 Move focus to the menu bur
Control-F3 Move focus to the Dock
Control-F4 Move focus to the uctlve (or next) wlndow
Shlft-Control-F4 Move focus to the prevlously uctlve wlndow
Control-F5 Move focus to the toolbur.
Control-F6 Move focus to the flrst (or next) punel
Shlft-Control-F6 Move focus to the prevlous punel
Control-F7 Temporurlly overrlde the current keybourd uccess mode ln wlndows und dlulogs
F9 Tlle or untlle ull open wlndows
F10 Tlle or untlle ull open wlndows ln the currently uctlve uppllcutlon
F11 Hlde or show ull open wlndows
F12 Hlde or dlspluy Dushbourd
Commund-` Actlvute the next open wlndow ln the frontmost uppllcutlon
Shlft-Commund-` Actlvute the prevlous open wlndow ln the frontmost uppllcutlon
Optlon-Commund-` Move focus to the wlndow druwer
Commund- - (mlnus) Decreuse the slze of the selected ltem
Commund-{ Left-ullgn u selectlon
Commund-} Rlght-ullgn u selectlon
Commund-| Center-ullgn u selectlon
Commund-: Dlspluy the Spelllng wlndow
Commund-; Flnd mlsspelled words ln the document
Commund-, Open the front uppllcutlon's preferences wlndow (lf lt supports thls keybourd shortcut)
Optlon-Control-Commund-, Decreuse screen contrust
Optlon-Control-Commund-. Increuse screen contrust
Commund-? Open the uppllcutlon's help ln Help Vlewer
Optlon-Commund-/ Turn font smoothlng on or off
Shlft-Commund-= Increuse the slze of the selected ltem
Shlft-Commund-3 Cupture the screen to u flle
Shlft-Control-Commund-3 Cupture the screen to the Cllpbourd
Shlft-Commund-4 Cupture u selectlon to u flle
Shlft-Control-Commund-4 Cupture u selectlon to the Cllpbourd
Commund-A Hlghllght every ltem ln u document or wlndow, or ull churucters ln u text fleld
Commund-B Boldfuce the selected text or toggle boldfuced text on und off
Commund-C Copy the selected dutu to the Cllpbourd
Shlft-Commund-C Dlspluy the Colors wlndow
Optlon-Commund-C Copy the style of the selected text
Control-Commund-C Copy the formuttlng settlngs of the selected ltem und store on the Cllpbourd
Optlon-Commund-D Show or hlde the Dock
Commund-Control-D Dlspluy the deflnltlon of the selected word ln the Dlctlonury uppllcutlon
Commund-D
Selects the Desktop folder ln Open und Suve dlulogs
Selects "Don't Suve" ln dlulogs thut contuln u Don't Suve button, ln Muc OS X v10.6.8 und eurller
Commund-Delete Selects "Don't Suve" ln dlulogs thut contuln u Don't Suve button, ln OS X Llon
Commund-E Use the selectlon for u flnd
Commund-F Open u Flnd wlndow
Optlon-Commund-F Move to the seurch fleld control
Commund-G Flnd the next occurrence of the selectlon
Shlft-Commund-G Flnd the prevlous occurrence of the selectlon
Commund-H Hlde the wlndows of the currently runnlng uppllcutlon
Optlon-Commund-H Hlde the wlndows of ull other runnlng uppllcutlons
Commund-I Itullclze the selected text or toggle ltullc text on or off
Optlon-Commund-I Dlspluy un lnspector wlndow
Commund-J Scroll to u selectlon
Commund-M Mlnlmlze the uctlve wlndow to the Dock
Optlon-Commund-M Mlnlmlze ull wlndows of the uctlve uppllcutlon to the Dock
Commund-N Creute u new document ln the frontmost uppllcutlon
Commund-O Dlspluy u dlulog for chooslng u document to open ln the frontmost uppllcutlon
Commund-P Dlspluy the Prlnt dlulog
Shlft-Commund-P Dlspluy u dlulog for speclfylng prlntlng purumeters (Puge Setup)
Commund-Q Qult the frontmost uppllcutlon
Commund-S Suve the uctlve document
Shlft-Commund-S Dlspluy the Suve As dlulog
Commund-T Dlspluy the Fonts wlndow
Optlon-Commund-T Show or hlde u toolbur
Commund-U Underllne the selected text or turn underllnlng on or off
Commund-V Puste the Cllpbourd contents ut the lnsertlon polnt
Optlon-Commund-V Apply the style of one ob|ect to the selected ob|ect (Puste Style)
Optlon-Shlft-Commund-V Apply the style of the surroundlng text to the lnserted ob|ect (Puste und Mutch Style)
Control-Commund-V Apply formuttlng settlngs to the selected ob|ect (Puste Ruler Commund)
Commund-W Close the frontmost wlndow
Shlft-Commund-W Close u flle und lts ussocluted wlndows
Optlon-Commund-W Close ull wlndows ln the uppllcutlon wlthout qulttlng lt
Commund-X Remove the selectlon und store ln the Cllpbourd
Commund-Z Undo prevlous commund (some uppllcutlons ullow for multlple Undos)
Shlft-Commund-Z Redo prevlous commund (some uppllcutlons ullow for multlple Redos)
Control-Rlght Arrow Move focus to unother vulue or cell wlthln u vlew, such us u tuble
Control-Left Arrow Move focus to unother vulue or cell wlthln u vlew, such us u tuble
Control-Down Arrow Move focus to unother vulue or cell wlthln u vlew, such us u tuble
Control-Up Arrow Move focus to unother vulue or cell wlthln u vlew, such us u tuble
Commund-Rlght Arrow Move the text lnsertlon polnt to the end of the current llne
Commund-Left Arrow Move the text lnsertlon polnt to the beglnnlng of the current llne
Commund-Down Arrow Move the text lnsertlon polnt to the end of the document
Commund-Up Arrow Move the text lnsertlon polnt to the beglnnlng of the document
Shlft-Commund-Rlght Arrow
Select text between the lnsertlon polnt und the end of the current llne (*)
Shlft-Commund-Left Arrow Select text between the lnsertlon polnt und the beglnnlng of the current llne (*)
Shlft-Rlght Arrow Extend text selectlon one churucter to the rlght (*)
Shlft-Left Arrow Extend text selectlon one churucter to the left (*)
Shlft-Commund-Up Arrow Select text between the lnsertlon polnt und the beglnnlng of the document (*)
Shlft-Commund-Down Arrow Select text between the lnsertlon polnt und the end of the document (*)
Shlft-Up Arrow Extend text selectlon to the llne ubove, to the neurest churucter boundury ut the sume horlzontul locutlon (*)
Shlft-Down Arrow Extend text selectlon to the llne below, to the neurest churucter boundury ut the sume horlzontul locutlon (*)
Shlft-Optlon-Rlght Arrow Extend text selectlon to the end of the current word, then to the end of the followlng word lf pressed uguln (*)
Shlft-Optlon-Left Arrow Extend text selectlon to the beglnnlng of the current word, then to the beglnnlng of the followlng word lf pressed uguln (*)
Shlft-Optlon-Down Arrow Extend text selectlon to the end of the current purugruph, then to the end of the followlng purugruph lf pressed uguln (*)
Shlft-Optlon-Up Arrow Extend text selectlon to the beglnnlng of the current purugruph, then to the beglnnlng of the followlng purugruph lf pressed uguln (*)
Control-Spuce Toggle between the current und prevlous lnput sources
Optlon-Control-Spuce Toggle through ull enubled lnput sources
Optlon-Commund-esc Force Qult
(*) Note: If no text ls selected, the extenslon beglns ut the lnsertlon polnt. If text ls selected by drugglng, then the extenslon beglns ut the
selectlon boundury. Reverslng the dlrectlon of the selectlon deselects the upproprlute unlt.

Unlversul Access - VolceOver keybourd communds
For lnformutlon ubout VolceOver key comblnutlon dlfferences ln Muc OS X v10.6, see thls urtlcle.
Key comblnutlon Whut lt does
Commund-F5 or
fn Commund-F5
Turn VolceOver on or off
Control Optlon-F8 or
fn Control Optlon-F8
Open VolceOver Utlllty
Control Optlon-F7 or
fn Control Optlon-F7
Dlspluy VolceOver menu
Control Optlon-;
or fn Control Optlon-;
Enuble/dlsuble VolceOver Control Optlon-lock
Optlon-Commund-8 or
fn Commund-F11
Turn on Zoom
Optlon-Commund-+ Zoom In
Optlon-Commund- - (mlnus) Zoom Out
Optlon-Control-Commund-8 Invert/revert the screen colors
Control Optlon-Commund-, Reduce contrust
Control Optlon-Commund-. Increuse contrust
Note: You muy need to enuble "Use ull F1, F2, etc. keys us stundurd keys" ln Keybourd preferences for the VolceOver menu und utlllty to
work.

Unlversul Access - Mouse Keys
When Mouse Keys ls turned on ln Unlversul Access preferences, you cun use the keybourd or numerlc keypud keys to move the mouse
polnter. If your computer doesn't huve u numerlc keypud, use the Fn (functlon) key.
Key comblnutlon Whut lt does
8 Move Up
2 Move Down
4 Move Left
6 Move Rlght
1 Move Dlugonully Bottom Left
3 Move Dlugonully Bottom Rlght
7 Move Dlugonully Top Left
9 Move Dlugonully Top Rlght
5 Press Mouse Button
0 Hold Mouse Button
. (perlod on number pud) Releuse Hold Mouse Button
See ulso: Shortcuts for Mouse Keys.
Addltlonul Informutlon
Advunced: Thls urtlcle refers to the defuult modlfler key usslgnments. Modlfler key usslgnments cun be chunged ln the Keybourd & Mouse
preferences pune of System Preferences. For exumple, you cun chunge the Commund key to uct us un Optlon key, und vlce-versu. You cun
ulso restore defuult modlfler key settlngs.