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

Screenshot and save to file in Desktop folder:

• Screenshot whole screen → Press ⌘ command+Shift+3
• Screenshot current window → Press ⌘ command+Shift+4, then press Space

Screenshot and save to clipboard:

• Screenshot whole screen → Press Ctrl+⌘ command+Shift+3
• Screenshot current window → Press Ctrl+⌘ command+Shift+4, then press Space

Or, you can run the following in terminal:

screencapture -T 9 -P

Fullscreen. Delay 9 seconds. Open in Preview.

screencapture -T 9 tt.png

Fullscreen. Delay 9 seconds. Save file as tt.png.

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

mission control

Copy File Path in Finder

There are many ways.

• Click the file, then ⌘ command+⌥ option+c
• Drag the file to terminal.
• Right click on the file, then hold ⌥ option key.
• ⌥ option+⌘ command+p to show path bar. It is shown at bottom of window, Then, right click on the file in the path bar.

misc

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