Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Here's the list of most useful macOS keyboard shortcuts.

new open close save print

• new ⌘command+n
• open ⌘command+o
• close ⌘command+w
• save ⌘command+s
• print ⌘command+p

copy cut paste undo redo

• cut ⌘command+x
• copy ⌘command+c
• paste ⌘command+v
• undo ⌘command+z
• redo ⌘command+Shift+z

Safari Browser Keys

• back ⌘command+[
• forward ⌘command+]

• next tab Ctrl+Tab
• previous tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab

• reload ⌘command+r

• zoom in ⌘command++
• zoom out ⌘command+-

• open last closed ⌘command+Shift+t
• empty cache ⌘command+⌥option+e
• fullscreen Ctrl+⌘command+f

Text Editing

• ⌥option+← → move cursor left by a word
• ⌥option+→ → move cursor right by a word
• ⌥option+↑ → move cursor to beginning of line
• ⌥option+↓ → move cursor to end of line

FullScreen

fullscreen Ctrl+⌘command+f

Finder

Show hidden file in finder ⌘command+⌥option+.

slide show

goto Finder. Select photos, ⌥option+⌘command+y

screenshot

they are saved in Desktop folder.

Screenshot whole screen. Press ⌘command+Shift+3

Screenshot current window. Press ⌘command+Shift+4, then press Space

Save screenshot without shadow, type this in terminal
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true killall SystemUIServer

Save screenshot in jpg format:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

Screenshot with delay. Run in terminal
screencapture -T 10 -w

mission control

misc

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