Mac OS Sierra 10.12 (MacOS)

Common Shortcuts

Quit the app.

Command + Q

All hotkeys for Mac OS Sierra 10.12 (MacOS)

Common Shortcuts
Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.

Command + X

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

Command + C

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

Command + V

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.

Command + Z

Common Shortcuts
Select All items.

Command + A

Common Shortcuts
Find items in a document or open a Find window.

Command + F

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

Command + G

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

Command + H

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

Command + M

Common Shortcuts
New: Open an new document or window.

Command + N

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

Command + O

Common Shortcuts
Print the current document.

Command + P

Common Shortcuts
Save the current document.

Command + S

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

Command + W

Common Shortcuts
Quit the app.

Command + Q

Common Shortcuts
Force Quit: 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.

Option + Command + Esc

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

Command + Spacebar

Common Shortcuts
Quick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item.

Spacebar

Common Shortcuts
Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.

Command + Tab

Common Shortcuts
Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app.

Shift + Command + ~

Common Shortcuts
Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts.

Shift + Command + 3

Common Shortcuts
Preferences: Open preferences for the front app.

Command + ,

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Press to turn on your Mac or wake your Mac from sleep.Press and hold for 1.5 seconds while your Mac is awake to display a dialog asking if you want to sleep, restart, or shut down. If you don't want to wait 1.5 seconds, press Ctrl+Power button or Ctrl+Media Eject

Power button

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Force your Mac to restart.*

Ctrl + Command + Power button

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Put your displays to sleep

Ctrl + Shift + Power button

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them.*

Ctrl + Command + Media Eject

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
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.*

Ctrl + Option + Command + Power button

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Log out of your macOS user account. You'll be asked to confirm.

Shift + Command + Q

Sleep,Logout and Shutdown
Log out of your macOS user account immediately, without being asked to confirm.

Option + Shift + Command + Q

Document Shortcuts
Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off.

Command + B

Document Shortcuts
Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off.

Command + I

Document Shortcuts
Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.

Command + U

Document Shortcuts
Show or hide the Fonts window.

Command + T

Document Shortcuts
Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog.

Command + D

Document Shortcuts
Show or hide the definition of the selected word.

Ctrl + Command + D

Document Shortcuts
Display the Spelling and Grammar window.

Shift + Command + :

Document Shortcuts
Find misspelled words in the document.

Command + ;

Document Shortcuts
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point.

Option + Delete

Document Shortcuts
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete.

Ctrl + H

Document Shortcuts
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Or use Fn+Delete.

Ctrl + D

Document Shortcuts
Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Ctrl+D.

Fn + Delete

Document Shortcuts
Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + K

Document Shortcuts
Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button.

Command + Delete

Document Shortcuts
Page Up: Scroll up one page.

Fn + Up Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Page Down: Scroll down one page.

Fn + Down Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document.

Fn + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
End: Scroll to the end of a document.

Fn + Right Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document.

Command + Up Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the end of the document.

Command + Down Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line.

Command + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the end of the current line.

Command + Right Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

Option + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move the insertion point to the end of the next word.

Option + Right Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document.

Shift + Command + Up Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document.

Shift + Command + Down Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line.

Shift + Command + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line.

Shift + Command + Right Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above.

Shift + Up Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below.

Shift + Down Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection one character to the left.

Shift + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection one character to the right.

Shift + Right Arrow

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 + Up Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again.

Option + Shift + Down Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again.

Option + Shift + Left Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again.

Option + Shift + Right Arrow

Document Shortcuts
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + A

Document Shortcuts
Move to the end of a line or paragraph.

Ctrl + E

Document Shortcuts
Move one character forward.

Ctrl + F

Document Shortcuts
Move one character backward.

Ctrl + B

Document Shortcuts
Center the cursor or selection in the visible area.

Ctrl + L

Document Shortcuts
Move up one line.

Ctrl + P

Document Shortcuts
Move down one line

Ctrl + N

Document Shortcuts
Insert a new line after the insertion point.

Ctrl + O

Document Shortcuts
Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point.

Ctrl + T

Document Shortcuts
Left align.

Command + {

Document Shortcuts
Right align.

Command + }

Document Shortcuts
Center align.

Shift + Command + |

Document Shortcuts
Go to the search field.

Option + Command + F

Document Shortcuts
Show or hide a toolbar in the app.

Option + Command + T

Document Shortcuts
Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard.

Option + Command + C

Document Shortcuts
Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item.

Option + Command + V

Document Shortcuts
Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content.

Option + Shift + Command + V

Document Shortcuts
Show or hide the inspector window.

Option + Command + I

Document Shortcuts
Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings.

Shift + Command + P

Document Shortcuts
Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document.

Shift + Command + S

Document Shortcuts
Decrease the size of the selected item.

Shift + Command + -

Document Shortcuts
Increase the size of the selected item. Command+= performs the same function.

Shift + Command + +

Document Shortcuts
Open the Help menu.

Shift + Command + ?

Finder Shortcuts
Duplicate the selected files.

Command + D

Finder Shortcuts
Eject the selected disk or volume.

Command + E

Finder Shortcuts
Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window.

Command + F

Finder Shortcuts
Show the Get Info window for a selected file.

Command + I

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Computer window.

Shift + Command + C

Finder Shortcuts
Open the desktop folder.

Shift + Command + D

Finder Shortcuts
Open the All My Files window.

Shift + Command + F

Finder Shortcuts
Open a Go to Folder window.

Shift + Command + G

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account.

Shift + Command + H

Finder Shortcuts
Open iCloud Drive.

Shift + Command + I

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Network window.

Shift + Command + K

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Downloads folder.

Option + Command + L

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Documents folder.

Shift + Command + O

Finder Shortcuts
Open the AirDrop window.

Shift + Command + R

Finder Shortcuts
Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mountain Lion or earlier)

Shift + Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later)

Ctrl + Shift + Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Utilities folder.

Shift + Command + U

Finder Shortcuts
Show or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder.

Option + Command + D

Finder Shortcuts
Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later).

Ctrl + Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows.

Option + Command + P

Finder Shortcuts
Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows.

Option + Command + S

Finder Shortcuts
Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows.

Command + /

Finder Shortcuts
Show View Options.

Command + J

Finder Shortcuts
Open the Connect to Server window.

Command + K

Finder Shortcuts
Make an alias of the selected item.

Command + L

Finder Shortcuts
Open a new Finder window.

Command + N

Finder Shortcuts
Create a new folder.

Shift + Command + N

Finder Shortcuts
Create a new Smart Folder.

Option + Command + N

Finder Shortcuts
Show the original file for the selected alias.

Command + R

Finder Shortcuts
Show or hide the Tab bar when a single Tab is open in the current Finder window.

Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Show or hide a Finder Tab.

Shift + Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Show or hide the toolbar when a single Tab is open in the current Finder window.

Option + Command + T

Finder Shortcuts
Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location.

Option + Command + V

Finder Shortcuts
View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files.

Option + Command + Y

Finder Shortcuts
Use Quick Look to preview the selected files.

Command + Y

Finder Shortcuts
View the items in the Finder window as icons.

Command + 1

Finder Shortcuts
View the items in a Finder window as a list.

Command + 2

Finder Shortcuts
View the items in a Finder window in columns.

Command + 3

Finder Shortcuts
View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow.

Command + 4

Finder Shortcuts
Go to the previous folder.

Command + {

Finder Shortcuts
Go to the next folder.

Command + }

Finder Shortcuts
Open the folder that contains the current folder.

Command + Up Arrow

Finder Shortcuts
Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window.

Command + Ctrl + Up Arrow

Finder Shortcuts
Open the selected item.

Command + Down Arrow

Finder Shortcuts
Turn Target Display Mode on or off.

Command + Brightness Up

Finder Shortcuts
Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display.

Command + Brightness Down

Finder Shortcuts
Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view.

Right Arrow

Finder Shortcuts
Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view.

Left Arrow

Finder Shortcuts
Move the selected item to the Trash.

Command + Delete

Finder Shortcuts
Empty the Trash.

Shift + Command + Delete

Finder Shortcuts
Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog.

Option + Shift + Command + Delete

Finder Shortcuts
Use Quick Look to preview the files.

Command + Y

Finder Shortcuts
Open Displays preferences. This works with either Brightness key.

Option + Brightness Up

Finder Shortcuts
Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys.

Option + Volume Up

Finder Shortcuts
Move the dragged item to another volume or location. The pointer changes while you drag the item.

Command and Drag

Finder Shortcuts
Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.

Option and Drag

Finder Shortcuts
Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item.

Option + Command and Drag

Finder Shortcuts
Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view.

Option + Click a disclosure triangle

Finder Shortcuts
See the folders that contain the current folder.

Command + Click a window title

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up in Safe Mode.

Shift

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up to Startup Manager.

Option

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from a bootable CD, DVD, or USB thumb drive (such as macOS install media).

C

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up to either Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics, depending on which Mac you're using.

D

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up to either Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics over the Internet.

Option + D

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from a compatible NetBoot server.

N

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.

Option + N

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from macOS Recovery.

Command + R

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from macOS Recovery over the Internet.

Option + Command + R

Start Up and Boot Options
Reset NVRAM.

Option + Command + P + R

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up in single+user mode.

Command + S

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up in target disk mode.

T

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up from an macOS startup disk when the Mac would otherwise start up from a non+macOS startup disk.

X

Start Up and Boot Options
Start up in verbose mode.

Command + V

Start Up and Boot Options
Eject removable media, such as an optical disc.

F12 / Eject

Lock Screen
Lock Screen

Ctrl + Shift +Power Button

Lock Screen

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