Fred Stluka's Mac keyboard cheat sheet: Mac Key Windows Key Function of Key ------------------- ------------------- ---------------------------------------- Delete Backspace Delete from the left fn-Delete Delete Delete from the right Ctrl-D Delete Delete from the right Fn-Up/Down PageUp/PageDn Page up/down Cmd-Up/Down Ctrl-Home/End Move to beginning/end of file Opt-Left/Right Ctrl-Left/Right Move one word left/right Cmd-Left/Right Ctrl-Left/Right Move one word left/right Cmd-Left/Right Home/End Move to beginning/end of line (Cmd-Left/Right differs per app) Fn-Left/Right Home/End Move to beginning/end of line Fn-Left/Right Ctrl-Home/End Move to beginning/end of file (Fn-Left/Right differs per app) Cmd-Tab Next non-minimized app Cmd-Tab Next window, minimized or not Cmd-Shift-Tab Cmd-Shift-Tab Previous, instead of next Cmd-Backtick Next non-minimized window of app (Backtick is the key above the Tab key, the shift of Tilde (~)) Ctrl-F4 Next non-minimized window of any app - System Settings | Desktop & Dock | Hot Corners... - Shows 4 corners that can be hot (dragging mouse to them will take action) - Sometimes clicking on them shows simple options like: - Mission Control - Application Windows - Desktop - Notification Center - Launchpad - QuickNote - Start Screen Saver - Disable Screen Saver - Put Display to Sleep - Lock Screen But other times it shows a much longer menu with all of the above with all combinations of 0-4 meta keys (Shift, Ctrl, Opt, Cmd). What triggers this behavior? Holding down any combination of meta keys after or while clicking the corner shows all of the above with that particular combination of meta keys. But sometimes it just shows ALL combinations. When and why? F8 Spaces (show up to 16 virtual desktops) Fn-F9 Launchpad (like Dock icon for it) 3-finger pinch Launchpad (like Dock icon for it) F9 Mission Control (show all windows of all apps shrunk to fit) - Mouse to top of window to see Spaces - Mavericks: F3 - Mavericks: Ctrl-Up Fn-F10 Mission Control (show all windows of all apps shrunk to fit) - Mouse to top of window to see Spaces - Mavericks: F3 - Mavericks: Ctrl-Up F10 Application Windows (App Expose -- show all windows of single app) - Tab = Next app - Mavericks: Ctrl-Down F11 Show Desktop icon Desktop (show it) Fn-H Desktop (show it) Fn-F11 Notification Center (Show gadgets, like clicking on date in menu bar) Fn-N Notification Center (Show gadgets, like clicking on date in menu bar) Fn-C Show Control Center (like clicking on toggles left of date in menu bar) F12 Show calender/clock/weather/calculator (May have to turn it on in System Preferences | Mission Control) Fn-F12 Start Screen Saver Power Lock Screen Cmd-Ctrl-Q Lock Screen Cmd-Opt-Eject Sleep until power button hit Shift-F8 Same as F8, but more slowly Shift-F9 Same as F9, but more slowly Shift-F10 Same as F10, but more slowly Shift-F11 Same as F11, but more slowly Shift-F12 Same as F12, but more slowly Ctrl-Arrow Next virtual desktop in arrow direction - Mavericks: F3, click ("+" to add) Cmd-Opt-Plus/Minus/8 Zoom entire screen in/out/toggle Ctrl-Scroll Zoom entire screen (May have to turn it on in System Preferences | Accessibility) Ctrl-Opt KeyDn/KeyUp toggle previously used Zoom level Ctrl-F2 Alt-Space Go to Mac menu Esc Esc Return from Mac menu Ctrl-F3 Go to Dock Esc Return from Dock Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-T Add selected item in Finder to Dock Drag Drag Move file Cmd-Drag Drag Move file Opt-Drag Ctrl-Drag Copy file Cmd-Opt-Drag Ctrl-Drag Create alias/shortcut Esc Esc Cancel Drag Cmd-Space Spotlight entry field Cmd-Opt-Space Spotlight window Cmd-M Alt-Space,M Minimize window Cmd-H Hide window Cmd-Ctrl-F Toggle window to/from fullscreen Cmd-Shift-5 Copy screen/window/selected region w/lots of options for screen captures or movies (screen recordings) Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-3 PrintScreen Copy screen to clipboard Cmd-Shift-3 Copy screen to PNG file on desktop Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-4, Space, Click Alt-PrintScreen Copy window to clipboard Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-4, Drag Copy rectangular region to clipboard Cmd-Shift-4, Drag Copy rectangular region to PNG file on the desktop Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-6 Copy image of Touch Bar to clipboard Cmd-Shift-6 Copy image of Touch Bar to PNG file on the desktop Right-click on image | Quick Actions | Convert Image Convert image from JPG to PNG, etc. Cmd-Opt-Right/Left Ctrl-PageDn/PageUp Move right/left one notebook tab Ctrl-fn-Up/Down Ctrl-PageDn/PageUp Move right/left one notebook tab Cmd-Shift-[/] Ctrl-PageDn/PageUp Move right/left one notebook tab Cmd-{/} Ctrl-PageDn/PageUp Move right/left one notebook tab Ctrl-Tab / Ctrl-Shift-Tab Move right/left one notebook tab Cmd-Comma Preferences Cmd-W Ctrl-F4 Close window Cmd-Q Alt-F4 Close entire app Cmd-A Ctrl-A Select All Shift-Arrow Shift-Arrow Extend selection Cmd-C Ctrl-C Copy Cmd-V Ctrl-V Paste Cmd-X Ctrl-X Cut Cmd-Opt-Shift-V Paste w/o formatting Cmd-F Ctrl-F Find Cmd-G F3 (or Ctrl-G) Find Next Cmd-Shift-G Shift-F3 Find Previous (or Shift-Ctrl-G) Cmd-E Copy selected text to "Find Next" Cmd-Shift-E Copy selected text to replacement text (requires Snow Leopard?) Cmd-Z Ctrl-Z Undo Cmd-Shift-Z Ctrl-Y Redo Cmd-S Ctrl-S Save Cmd-P Ctrl-P Print Cmd-N Ctrl-N New Cmd-Opt-T Char map for inserting special chars Cmd-Opt-Volume Fine-tune volume up/down (64 levels) Finder keys ----------- Cmd-Up Move up to enclosing folder - Can navigate to Network shares Cmd-Down Open selected file/folder Cmd-Delete Delete file/folder Cmd-L Make Alias Cmd-D Make Duplicate Cmd-Shift-D Move to desktop directory Cmd-Shift-H Move to home directory Cmd-Shift-G Goto folder (type in the name) Terminal keys ------------- Tab Command or file name completion Ctrl-C Cancel Ctrl-D EOF Ctrl-Z Stop job (fg to resume job in foreground) (bg to resume job in background) Cmd-Up/Down Scroll up/down (Snow Leopard) Cmd-Up/Down Prev/next command (El Capitan) Opt-Click Move to clicked position in line Opt-Left/Right Move by word (like Opt-B/F) Opt-B Move one word back (left) Opt-F Move one word forward (right) Ctrl-A Move to start of line Ctrl-E Move to end of line Ctrl-V Escape (quote) next typed char Ctrl-W Delete to start of line Opt-D Delete word to right Opt-Delete Delete word to left Ctrl-U Delete to start of line Ctrl-K Delete to end of line Cmd-F Find Cmd-G Find Next Cmd-Shift-G Find Prev Cmd-E Find Selected Cmd-I Show inspector (set window size, title) Fn-Up/Down Page up/down Cmd-Up/Down Prev/next prompt line Opt-Left/Right Move one word left/right Cmd-Left/Right Prev/Next Terminal window Fn-Left/Right Top/Bottom Cmd-Opt-Up/Down Top/Bottom Fn-Cmd-Opt-Up/Down Scroll up/down Ctrl-T Swap chars left and right of cursor Drag Select Shift-Cick/Drag Extend selection Cmd-Click/Drag Multiple selection Opt-Drag Rectangular select DblCick Select word Cmd-Shift-DblCick Select entire file pathname or URL Cmd-DblClick Open URL Firefox keys ------------ Cmd-L Go to address bar Cmd-Left/Right Alt-Left/Right Previous/Next Web Page Fred's keys ----------- Cmd-Space Maximize/Restore To toggle whether you have to hold down "fn" key to use F1-F12 -------------------------------------------------------------- - System Preferences | Keyboard and Mouse | Keyboard: - Use F1, F2, etc w/o hitting Fn key See also: - System Preferences | Keyboard | Keyboard Shortcuts - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343 - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8564.html - https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/keyboard-shortcuts-trmlshtcts/mac