Mac Keyboard Shortcuts That Every User Should Know

Mac users can take ultimate advantage of your Mac desktop/laptop with the help of keyboard shortcuts. As the name goes, keyboard shortcuts are a shorter form of commands with which you can navigate or access any features within seconds. For instance, instead of clicking on the File menu and selecting the copy option, you can use Cmd+C as the shortcut to copy any item to the Clipboard. You need not rely on mouse or cursor to do any such functionalities on Mac. Just use Mac keyboard shortcuts to minimize your work while on the other hand, increase your productivity. With this, you can control your Mac, navigate quickly, work with your documents, and do more effortlessly.

Unlike Windows PC, the keyboard shortcuts for Mac is not the same except a very few. It is because of the variation in the OS. However, those Apple Mac PC users will get the most important and necessary keyboard shortcuts right from the section below.

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Basic Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Power Button	Turn on your Mac or wake up it from sleep mode/Press and hold for 1.5 sec to put Mac on Sleep mode. Continue holding to turn off it
Command-Tab	Switch to the next most used app among the open apps
Space Bar	Preview selected item using Quick look
Option+Cmd+Power Button	Put Mac to sleep
Control+Shift+Power Button	Put your display to sleep
Control+Power Button	Mac will restart without saving any open or unsaved documents
Control+Cmd+Media Eject	Closes all apps and restart Mac. If there is any unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save them
Shift+Cmd+Q	Log out of your user account on macOS. You will be asked to confirm
Option+Shift+Q	Log out of macOS user account without confirming

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing

Cmd + X	Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard
Cmd + C	Copy selected item to the Clipboard
Cmd + V	Paste the contents of Clipboard into the current app or document
Cmd + A	Select all items
Cmd + Z	Undo the Previous command

Common Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Cmd+F	Find items in the document/Open a Find window
Shift+Cmd+G	Find the previous occurrence
Cmd+G	Find Again. Search for the next occurrence of item found previously
Option+Cmd+H	View the front app but hides other apps
Cmd+H	Hide the window of the front app
Cmd+M	Minimize the front window to Dock.
Option+Cmd+M	Minimize all windows of the front app
Cmd+O	Open select item/Open a dialogue to select a file to open
Cmd+P	Print the current document
Cmd+ S	Save the current document
Cmd+T	Open the new tab
Cmd+W	Close the front window
Option+Cmd+W	Close all windows of the app
Option+Cmd+Esc	Force quit an app
Shift+Cmd+N	Create a new folder in Finder
Cmd+Comma(,)	Open preferences for the front app

Finder & System Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Cmd+D	Duplicate the selected files
Cmd+E	Eject the selected disk or volume
Cmd+I	Show Get info window of a selected file
Cmd+F	Start Spotlight search in Finder window
Cmd+J	Show View options
Cmd+K	Open Connect to Server window
Cmd+L	Make an alias of the selected item
Cmd+Y	Use Quick Look to preview selected files
Cmd+N	Open a new Finder window
Cmd+1	View items in Finder window as Icons
Cmd+2	View items in Finder window as List
Cmd+3	View items in Finder window as Columns
Cmd+3	View items in Finder window as Cover Flow
Right Arrow	Open the selected folder (works in list view)
Left Arrow	Close the selected folder (works in list view)
Cmd+Delete	Move selected items to trash
Open+Shift+Keyboard Brightness Up/Down	Adjust the keyboard brightness in smaller steps

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Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Documents

Cmd+B	Turn on/off boldfacing, boldface the selected text
Cmd+I	Turn on/off italics, italicize the selected text
Cmd+K	Add a weblink
Cmd+U	Turn on/off underlining, underline the selected text
Cmd+T	Show/hide Fonts window
Cmd+D	Select the Desktop folder from within the Open dialogue or Save dialogue
Cmd+Down Arrow	Move the insertion point to the end of the document
Cmd+Up Arrow	Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document
Cmd+Left Arrow	Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line
Cmd+ Right Arrow	Move the insertion point to the end of the current line
Control+A	Move to the start of the line/paragraph
Control+E	Move end of the line/paragraph
Control+B	Move one character backward
Control+F	Move one character forward
Control+L	Center the cursor/selection in the visible area
Control+P	Move up one line
Control+N	Move down one line
Control+O	Insert a new line after the insertion point
Control+T	Swap character behind the insertion point with a character in front of the insertion point

To Conclude

The most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts are discussed in this article. You can make use of these shortcuts to improve your productivity. On the other hand, mac shortcuts will considerably improve your workflow.

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