Hotkeys and shortcuts for Apple macOS

(Total 142)

`⌘ Cmd` + `X`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard
`⌘ Cmd` + `C`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder
`⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder
`⌘ Cmd` + `Z`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Undo the previous command. You can then press Command + Shift + Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands
`⌘ Cmd` + `A`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Select All items
`⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Finder Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window
`⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Command + Shift + G
`⌘ Cmd` + `H`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command + Option + H
`⌘ Cmd` + `M`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Command + Option + M
`⌘ Cmd` + `N`	Finder Open a new Finder window
`⌘ Cmd` + `O`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open
`⌘ Cmd` + `P`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Print the current document
`⌘ Cmd` + `S`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Save the current document
`⌘ Cmd` + `W`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command + Option + W.
`⌘ Cmd` + `Q`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Quit the app
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Esc`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Choose an app to force quit. Or press Command + Shift + Option + Esc and hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit
`⌘ Cmd` + `Space`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command + Option + Space. If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight
`Space`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Use Quick Look to preview the selected item
`⌘ Cmd` + `⭾ Tab`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `~`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `3`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Take a screenshot of the entire screen
`⌘ Cmd` + `,`	Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts Open preferences for the front app
`Power`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Press and hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to turn off
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Power`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Force your Mac to restart
`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `Power`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Put your displays to sleep
`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `Media`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Put your displays to sleep
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Eject`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Power`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them
`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Media`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Q`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Log out of your macOS user account. You'll be asked to confirm
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Q`	Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts Log out of your macOS user account immediately, without being asked to confirm
`⌘ Cmd` + `B`	Document shortcuts Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off
`⌘ Cmd` + `I`	Finder Show the Get Info window for a selected file
`⌘ Cmd` + `U`	Document shortcuts Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off
`⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Finder Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window
`⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Finder Duplicate the selected files
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Document shortcuts Show or hide the definition of the selected word
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `:`	Document shortcuts Display the Spelling and Grammar window
`⌘ Cmd` + `;`	Document shortcuts Find misspelled words in the document
`⌥ Option` + `Del`	Document shortcuts Delete the word to the left of the insertion point
`Control` + `H`	Document shortcuts Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete
`Control` + `D`	Document shortcuts Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn + Delete
`Fn` + `Del`	Document shortcuts Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control + D
`Control` + `K`	Document shortcuts Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph
`⌘ Cmd` + `Del`	Finder Move the selected item to the Trash
`Fn` + `↑`	Document shortcuts Scroll up one page
`Fn` + `↓`	Document shortcuts Scroll down one page
`Fn` + `←`	Document shortcuts Scroll to the beginning of a document
`Fn` + `→`	Document shortcuts Arrow Scroll to the end of a document
`⌘ Cmd` + `↑`	Document shortcuts Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document
`⌘ Cmd` + `↓`	Finder Open the selected item
`⌘ Cmd` + `←`	Document shortcuts Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line
`⌘ Cmd` + `→`	Document shortcuts Move the insertion point to the end of the current line
`⌥ Option` + `←`	Document shortcuts Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
`⌥ Option` + `→`	Document shortcuts Move the insertion point to the end of the next word
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↑`	Document shortcuts Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `↓`	Document shortcuts Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `←`	Document shortcuts Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `→`	Document shortcuts Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line
`↑ Shift` + `↑`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above
`↑ Shift` + `↓`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below
`↑ Shift` + `←`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection one character to the left
`↑ Shift` + `→`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection one character to the right
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↑`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `↓`	Document shortcuts Arrow Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `←`	Document shortcuts Arrow Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `→`	Document shortcuts Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again
`Control` + `A`	Document shortcuts Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
`Control` + `E`	Document shortcuts Move to the end of a line or paragraph
`Control` + `F`	Document shortcuts Move one character forward
`Control` + `B`	Document shortcuts Move one character backward
`Control` + `L`	Document shortcuts Center the cursor or selection in the visible area
`Control` + `P`	Document shortcuts Move up one line
`Control` + `N`	Document shortcuts Move down one line
`Control` + `O`	Document shortcuts Insert a new line after the insertion point
`Control` + `T`	Document shortcuts Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point
`⌘ Cmd` + `{`	Document shortcuts Left align
`⌘ Cmd` + `}`	Document shortcuts Right align
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `\|`	Document shortcuts Center align
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Document shortcuts Go to the search field
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Finder Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `C`	Document shortcuts Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Finder Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `V`	Document shortcuts Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `I`	Document shortcuts Show or hide the inspector window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `P`	Document shortcuts Display a window for selecting document settings
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `S`	Document shortcuts Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `-`	Document shortcuts Decrease the size of the selected item
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `+`	Document shortcuts Increase the size of the selected item. Command–Equal sign (=) performs the same function.
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `?`	Document shortcuts Open the Help menu
`⌘ Cmd` + `E`	Finder Eject the selected disk or volume
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `C`	Finder Open the Computer window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Finder Open the desktop folder
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `F`	Finder Open the All My Files window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `G`	Finder Open a Go to Folder window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `H`	Finder Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `I`	Finder Open iCloud Drive
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Finder Open the Network window
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `L`	Finder Open the Downloads folder
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `O`	Finder Open the Documents folder
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `R`	Finder Open the AirDrop window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Finder Show or hide a Finder tab
`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Finder Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later)
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `U`	Finder Open the Utilities folder
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`	Finder Show or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder
`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `T`	Finder Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later)
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `P`	Finder Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `S`	Finder Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows
`⌘ Cmd` + `/`	Finder Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows
`⌘ Cmd` + `J`	Finder Show View Options
`⌘ Cmd` + `K`	Finder Open the Connect to Server window
`⌘ Cmd` + `L`	Finder Make an alias of the selected item
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `N`	Finder Create a new folder
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `N`	Finder Create a new Smart Folder
`⌘ Cmd` + `R`	Finder Show the original file for the selected alias
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Y`	Finder View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files
`⌘ Cmd` + `Y`	Finder Use Quick Look to preview the files
`⌘ Cmd` + `1`	Finder View the items in the Finder window as icons
`⌘ Cmd` + `2`	Finder View the items in a Finder window as a list
`⌘ Cmd` + `3`	Finder View the items in a Finder window in columns
`⌘ Cmd` + `4`	Finder View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow
`⌘ Cmd` + `[`	Finder Go to the previous folder
`⌘ Cmd` + `]`	Finder Go to the next folder
`⌘ Cmd–↑`	Finder Open the folder that contains the current folder.
`⌘ Cmd` + `Control` + `↑`	Finder Arrow Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mission`	Finder Control Show the desktop. This works even when you're not in the Finder
`⌘ Cmd` + `BrightnessUp`	Finder Turn Target Display Mode on or off
`⌘ Cmd` + `BrightnessDown`	Finder Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display
`→`	Finder Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view
`←`	Finder Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view
`⌥ Option` + `Mouse double click`	Finder Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse double click`	Finder Open a folder in a separate tab or window
`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Del`	Finder Empty the Trash
`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Del`	Finder Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog
`⌥ Option` + `BrightnessUp`	Finder Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key
`⌥ Option` + `MissionControl`	Finder Open Mission Control preferences
`⌥ Option` + `VolumeUp`	Finder Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	Finder Move the dragged item to another volume or location. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
`⌥ Option` + `Mouse movement`	Finder Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.
`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse movement`	Finder Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item
`⌥ Option` + `Mouse left click`	Finder (on a disclosure triangle) Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view
`⌘ Cmd` + `Mouse left click`	Finder (on a window title) See the folders that contain the current folder

Hotkeys and shortcuts for Apple macOS

(Total 142)

⌘ Cmd + X

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard

⌘ Cmd + C

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder

⌘ Cmd + V

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder

⌘ Cmd + Z

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Undo the previous command. You can then press Command + Shift + Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands

⌘ Cmd + A

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Select All items

⌘ Cmd + F

Finder

Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window

⌘ Cmd + G

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Command + Shift + G

⌘ Cmd + H

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command + Option + H

⌘ Cmd + M

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Command + Option + M

⌘ Cmd + N

Finder

Open a new Finder window

⌘ Cmd + O

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open

⌘ Cmd + P

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Print the current document

⌘ Cmd + S

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Save the current document

⌘ Cmd + W

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command + Option + W.

⌘ Cmd + Q

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Quit the app

⌥ Option + ⌘ Cmd + Esc

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Choose an app to force quit. Or press Command + Shift + Option + Esc and hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit

⌘ Cmd + Space

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command + Option + Space. If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight

Space

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Use Quick Look to preview the selected item

⌘ Cmd + ⭾ Tab

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps

↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + ~

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app

↑ Shift + ⌘ Cmd + 3

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Take a screenshot of the entire screen

⌘ Cmd + ,

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

Open preferences for the front app

Power

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

Press and hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to turn off

Control + ⌘ Cmd + Power

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

Force your Mac to restart

Control + ↑ Shift + Power

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

Put your displays to sleep

Control + ↑ Shift + Media

Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts

Put your displays to sleep

`⌘ Cmd` + `X`

`⌘ Cmd` + `C`

`⌘ Cmd` + `V`

`⌘ Cmd` + `Z`

`⌘ Cmd` + `A`

`⌘ Cmd` + `F`

`⌘ Cmd` + `G`

`⌘ Cmd` + `H`

`⌘ Cmd` + `M`

`⌘ Cmd` + `N`

`⌘ Cmd` + `O`

`⌘ Cmd` + `P`

`⌘ Cmd` + `S`

`⌘ Cmd` + `W`

`⌘ Cmd` + `Q`

`⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Esc`

`⌘ Cmd` + `Space`

`Space`

`⌘ Cmd` + `⭾ Tab`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `~`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `3`

`⌘ Cmd` + `,`

`Power`

`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Power`

`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `Power`

`Control` + `↑ Shift` + `Media`

`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Eject`

`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Power`

`Control` + `⌥ Option` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Media`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Q`

`⌥ Option` + `↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `Q`

`⌘ Cmd` + `B`

`⌘ Cmd` + `I`

`⌘ Cmd` + `U`

`⌘ Cmd` + `T`

`⌘ Cmd` + `D`

`Control` + `⌘ Cmd` + `D`

`↑ Shift` + `⌘ Cmd` + `:`

`⌘ Cmd` + `;`

`⌥ Option` + `Del`

`Control` + `H`

`Control` + `D`

`Fn` + `Del`

`Control` + `K`

`⌘ Cmd` + `Del`

`Fn` + `↑`

`Fn` + `↓`

`Fn` + `←`

`Fn` + `→`

`⌘ Cmd` + `↑`