Some handy shortcuts for Mac

Symbol Comparison Table Tip

• Holding the option or command key in some options menu displays the hidden options.
• If you copy text, click at the start point, and then hold down SHIFT and click at the end point, this is also useful, sometimes more convenient than dragging.

Basic

Command + A	Select All
Command + C	Copy
Command + V	Paste
Command + F	Find
Command + O	Open the selected item
Command + N	New Window
Command + H	Hide Current Window
Command + M	Minimize the current window
Command + W	Close the current window
Command + OPTION + W	Close all windows
Command + Q	Exit Current App
Command + Z	Undo Action
Command + SHIFT + Z	Redo Operation
Command + SHIFT + G	Go to Folder
Command + SHIFT + a/d/h/u	Open the Applications/desktops/Personal/Utilities folder
Command + OPTION + L	Open the Downloads folder
SHIFT + DELETE	Put the selected items in the Trash
Shift +option + COMMAND + DELETE	Emptying the wastepaper basket
Command + Right-click the Trash	Safely emptying the Trash

General

Command + F3	Show Desktop
Command + '	Switch to the next window of the app
Command + SHIFT + '	Switch to the previous window of the app
Command + T	New tab page
CONTROL + SHIFT + TAB	Show Previous tab page
Control + Tab	Show Next tab page
Command + P	Print/Save as PDF
Command +,	Open settings
Command + OPTION + H	Hide other program windows
Command + click Dock App/File	Open the path to your app/file in the Finder
OPTION + click the WiFi icon	Show WiFi Details
OPTION + click Finder to go to	The asset library is displayed in the menu
Command + OPTION + D	Hide/Show Dock bar
Command + SHIFT + 3 + (Control)	Capture entire screen (save to clipboard)
Command + SHIFT + 4 + space + (control)	Intercept selected window (Save to clipboard)
Command + control + Space	Expressions and Symbols
Command + SHIFT + W	Closes all windows of the app and does not exit the app
Command + D	Select the Desktop folder in the Open and Save dialog box

Finder

Command 1/2/3/4	Display in icon/list/column/coverflow
Command + click the window title	Popup Current Path Menu
Right-click + option	You can quickly change the default way files are opened
OPTION + COMMAND + V	Shear
Option + drag and drop files	Move files, keep source files
COMMAND + dragging files	Move files without preserving source files
Control + COMMAND + N	Create a new folder with the selected item
SHIFT + COMMAND + N	New Folder
Command + R	Show/refresh pages in the upper folder
Option + Tab	Switch between files of the same prefix
Command + E	Eject disk
Command + Drag the window	Dragging a window in the background
Command + option +→	Expand the selected folder and all subfolders
Command + option +←	To close the selected folder and all subfolders
Command + OPTION + A	Cancel Select All
OPTION + Double-click Folder	Open a folder in a new window
Command + double-click Folder	Open a folder in a new tab

system

SHIFT + COMMAND + Q	Log off the current user
CONTROL + Power Key	Display the restart/Sleep/Shutdown dialog box
Command + OPTION + Power key	Sleep
Command + CONTROL + Power key	Restart
Command + CONTROL + OPTION + Power key	Shutdown
SHIFT + CONTROL + Power key	Turn off the monitor
OPTION + COMMAND + ESC	Force quit an app
OPTION + COMMAND + SHIFT + ESC	Press and hold for three seconds to force exit the current app

text

Control + L	Displays the text position where the cursor is located
Control + T	Swap character positions on both sides of the cursor
Control + B/←	The cursor moves forward one character
Control + F/→	Move the cursor backward one character
Control + P/↑	Move the cursor up one line
Control + N/↓	Move the cursor down one line
Control + O/return	Insert a row after the cursor
Control + V	Move the cursor down one page
Control + A	Cursor moves to the beginning of the paragraph
Control + E	Cursor moves to the end of a paragraph
CONTROL + SHIFT + A	Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the paragraph
CONTROL + SHIFT + E	Select the text between the cursor and the end of the paragraph
Command +←	Cursor moves to the beginning of the line
Command +→	Cursor moves to end of line
Command +↑	Cursor moves to the beginning of the text
Command +↓	Cursor moves to the end of text
Shift +←	Select a character before the cursor
Shift +→	Select a character after the cursor
Shift +↑	Move the cursor up one line and select the text between
Shift +↓	Move the cursor down one line and select the text between
Command + Shift +←	Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the line
Command + Shift +→	Select the text between the cursor and the end of the line
Command + Shift +↑	Select the text between the cursor and the beginning of the text
Command + Shift +↓	Select text between the end of the cursor and the text
Control + H/delete	Delete a character before the cursor
OPTION + DELETE	Delete a word before the cursor
Control + D/FN + DELETE	Delete a character after the cursor
Control + K	Delete all content after cursor until end of paragraph
Command + DELETE	Delete all content before the cursor until the beginning of the line
Command + T	Display Font window
Command + SHIFT + C	Show Color window
Command +-	Decrease Font Size
Command + =	Increase Font Size
Command + B	Bold body
Command + I	Italic body
Command + U	Underline
Command + control + K	Delete Line
Command + SHIFT + (option) + V	Paste Plain Text
Command + SHIFT + L	Search for selected text using Safari

Some handy shortcuts for Mac