Mac OS X Keybard Shortcuts
| Startup | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| Press X during startup | Force Mac OS X startup |
| Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup | Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk) |
| Press C during startup | Start up from a CD that has a system folder |
| Press N during startup | Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot) |
| Press R during startup | Force PowerBook screen reset |
| Press T during startup | Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode |
| Press Shift during startup | start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later) |
| Press Command-V during startup | Start up in Verbose mode. |
| Press Command-S during startup | Start up in Single-User mode (command line) |
| Hold down the mouse button during startup | In some cases holding down a connected mouse button at startup will cause a misbehaving optical drive to eject its media. |
| Finder window | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Command-W | Close Window |
| Option-Command-W | Close all Windows |
| Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder (list view) |
| Option-Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view) |
| Command-Left Arrow | Collapse Folder (list view) |
| Option-Command-Up Arrow | Open parent folder and close current window |
| Menu commands | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Shift-Command-Q | Apple MenuLog out |
| Shift-Option-Command-Q | Apple MenuLog out immediately |
| Shift-Command-Delete | Finder MenuEmpty Trash |
| Option-Shift-Command-Delete | Finder MenuEmpty Trash without dialog |
| Command-H | Finder MenuHide Finder |
| Option-Command-H | Finder MenuHide Others |
| Command-N | File MenuNew Finder window |
| Shift-Command-N | File MenuNew Folder |
| Command-O | File MenuOpen |
| Command-S | File MenuSave |
| Shift-Command-S | File MenuSave as |
| Command-P | File MenuPrint |
| Command-W | File MenuClose Window |
| Option-Command-W | File MenuClose all Windows |
| Command-I | File MenuGet Info |
| Option-Command-I | File MenuShow Attributes Inspector |
| Command-D | File MenuDuplicate |
| Command-L | File MenuMake Alias |
| Command-R | File MenuShow original |
| Command-T | File MenuAdd to Favorites |
| Command-Delete | File MenuMove to Trash |
| Command-E | File MenuEject |
| Command-F | File MenuFind |
| Command-Z | Edit MenuUndo |
| Command-X | Edit MenuCut |
| Command-C | Edit MenuCopy |
| Command-V | Edit MenuPaste |
| Command-A | Edit MenuSelect All |
| Command-1 | View MenuView as Icons |
| Command-2 | View MenuView as List |
| Command-3 | View MenuView as Columns |
| Command-B | View MenuHide Toolbar |
| Command-J | View MenuShow View Options |
| Command - [ | Go MenuBack |
| Command - ] | Go MenuForward |
| Shift-Command-C | Go MenuComputer |
| Shift-Command-H | Go MenuHome |
| Shift-Command-I | Go MenuiDisk |
| Shift-Command-A | Go MenuApplications |
| Shift-Command-F | Go MenuFavorites |
| Shift-Command-G | Go MenuGoto Folder |
| Command-K | Go MenuConnect to Server |
| Command-M | Window MenuMinimize Window |
| Option-Command-M | Window MenuMinimize All Windows |
| Command-? | Help MenuOpen Mac Help |
| Other Commands | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| Option-Command-D | Show/Hide Dock |
| Command-Tab | Switch application |
| Command-` | Switch windows within the current application |
| tab | Highlight next item |
| Command-Up Arrow | Move up one directory |
| Command-Down Arrow | Move down one directory |
| Page Up or Control-Up Arrow | Move up one page |
| Page Down or Control-Down Arrow | Move down one page |
| Option-Drag | Copy to new location |
| Option-Command-Drag | Make alias in new location |
| Command-Drag | Move to new location without copying |
| Shift-Command-C | Show Colors palette in application |
| Command-T | Show Font palette in application |
| Command-Shift-3 | Take a picture of the screen |
| Command-Shift-4 | Take a picture of the selection |
| Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting | Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar | Take a picture of the selected window |
| Option-Command-esc | Force Quit |
| Control-Eject | Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box |
| Control-Command-Eject | Quit all applications and restart |
| Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power | Sleep |
| Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) | Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window) |
| Universal Access | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Option-Command-* (asterisk) | Turn on Zoom |
| Option-Command-+ (plus) | Zoom in |
| Option-Command-- (minus) | Zoom out |
| Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk) | Switch to White on Black |
| Control-F1 | Turn on Full Keyboard Access When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder. |
| Control-F2 | Full Keyboard AccessHighlight Menu |
| Control-F3 | Full Keyboard AccessHighlight Dock |
| Control-F4 | Full Keyboard AccessHighlight Window (active) or next window behind it |
| Control-F5 | Full Keyboard AccessHighlight Toolbar |
| Control-F6 | Full Keyboard AccessHighlight Utility window (palette) |
The Universal Access preference pane allows you to turn on Mouse Keys. When Mouse Keys is on, you can use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. If your computer doesn't have a numeric keypad, use the Fn (function) key.
| Mouse Keys | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| 8 | Move Up |
| 2 | Move Down |
| 4 | Move Left |
| 6 | Move Right |
| 1, 3, 7, and 9 | Move Diagonally |
| 5 | Press Mouse Button |
| 0 | Hold Mouse Button |
| . (period on keypad) | Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0) |
