MacOS X keyboard short cuts

Startup

C		start from CD
D		start from 1st partition
N		start from network server
T		put computer in FireWire Target Disk mode
X		start in OS X
⌥		show all startup disks
⌥⇧⌘⌫		start from external drive or CD
⌥⌘OF		open firmware
⌥⌘PR		zap PRAM (hold until 2nd chime)
⌘S		single user mode
⌘V		verbose
⇧		after power-up: turn off kernel extensions
⇧		after login: prevent startup items from opening

C start from CD
D start from 1st partition
N start from network server
T put computer in FireWire Target Disk mode
X start in OS X
⌥ show all startup disks
⌥⇧⌘⌫ start from external drive or CD
⌥⌘OF open firmware
⌥⌘PR zap PRAM (hold until 2nd chime)
⌘S single user mode
⌘V verbose
⇧ after power-up: turn off kernel extensions
⇧ after login: prevent startup items from opening

Power

⌥⌘-power		sleep
⌃⌘-power		restart
⌃⌥⌘-power		shut down

⌥⌘-power sleep
⌃⌘-power restart
⌃⌥⌘-power shut down

Application Management

⌘-tab			cycle forward through applications
⇧⌘-tab			cycle back through applications
⌘~			cycle forward through application windows
⇧⌘~			cycle back through application windows
⌥⌘-esc			Force Quit dialog
⌘-toolbar		cycle forward through toolbar displays
⇧⌘-toolbar		cycle backward through toolbar displays
⇧⌘3			screen dump (entire screen)
⇧⌘4			screen dump (drag a rectangle)
⇧⌘4,space,click	screen dump (highlighted window)
⌘-space			cycle forward through keyboard layouts
⇧⌘-space		cycle back through keyboard layouts
⌘-drag window title bar	adjust window in background
⌥-click Dock icon or window	switch to new program, hide previous one
⌥⌘-click Dock icon	switch to new program, hide all others
⌘-drag			rearrange or remove menulets or toolbar icons
⌘-click
window title		expose path in popup
⌥-zoom button		maximise window
⇧-minimise button	minimise window slowly
⇧-click minimised window in Dock	open window slowly
⇧-close button		close window slowly
⌥⌘W			close all application windows
⌥-close button		close all application windows
⌥⌘M			minimise all application windows
⌥-double-click title bar	minimise all application windows
⌥-click Dock icon	restore all application windows
⌥-minimise button	minimise all application windows
⌥⌘D			toggle appearance of Dock
⌘-drag onto Dock icon	prevent Dock icons from moving
⌥⌘-drag onto Dock	force program to open dragged item

⌘-tab cycle forward through applications
⇧⌘-tab cycle back through applications
⌘~ cycle forward through application windows
⇧⌘~ cycle back through application windows
⌥⌘-esc Force Quit dialog
⌘-toolbar cycle forward through toolbar displays
⇧⌘-toolbar cycle backward through toolbar displays
⇧⌘3 screen dump (entire screen)
⇧⌘4 screen dump (drag a rectangle)
⇧⌘4,space,click screen dump (highlighted window)
⌘-space cycle forward through keyboard layouts
⇧⌘-space cycle back through keyboard layouts
⌘-drag window title bar adjust window in background
⌥-click Dock icon or window switch to new program, hide previous one
⌥⌘-click Dock icon switch to new program, hide all others
⌘-drag rearrange or remove menulets or toolbar icons
⌘-click
window title expose path in popup
⌥-zoom button maximise window
⇧-minimise button minimise window slowly
⇧-click minimised window in Dock open window slowly
⇧-close button close window slowly
⌥⌘W close all application windows
⌥-close button close all application windows
⌥⌘M minimise all application windows
⌥-double-click title bar minimise all application windows
⌥-click Dock icon restore all application windows
⌥-minimise button minimise all application windows
⌥⌘D toggle appearance of Dock
⌘-drag onto Dock icon prevent Dock icons from moving
⌥⌘-drag onto Dock force program to open dragged item

Outline View

⌘←				Collapse
⌥⌘←				Collapse All
⌥-click disclosure triangle	Collapse All
⌘→				Expand
⌥⌘→				Expand All
⌥-click disclosure triangle	Expand All

⌘← Collapse
⌥⌘← Collapse All
⌥-click disclosure triangle Collapse All
⌘→ Expand
⌥⌘→ Expand All
⌥-click disclosure triangle Expand All

Safari

⌫		Back
⇧⌫		Forward
⌘/		Page Load Test Window
⌘[		Back
⌘\		Status Bar
⌘]		Forward
⌘|		Address Bar
⇧⌘A		Autofill Form
⌥⌘A		Activity
⌥⌘B		Bookmarks Bar
⌥⌘E		Empty Cache
⌥⌘F		Google Search
⇧⌘G		Find Previous
⇧⌘H		Home
⌘K		Block Popups
⌘L		Open Location
⌥⌘L		Downloads
⇧⌘N		Add Bookmark Folder
⌥⌘P		Snapback
⌥⌘S		Search Results Snapback
⌥⌘U		View Source
⇧⌘→		Next Tab
⇧⌘←		Previous Tab
⌘↑		Page Upper Left
⌘↓		Page Bottom Left

⌫ Back
⇧⌫ Forward
⌘/ Page Load Test Window
⌘[ Back
⌘\ Status Bar
⌘] Forward
⌘| Address Bar
⇧⌘A Autofill Form
⌥⌘A Activity
⌥⌘B Bookmarks Bar
⌥⌘E Empty Cache
⌥⌘F Google Search
⇧⌘G Find Previous
⇧⌘H Home
⌘K Block Popups
⌘L Open Location
⌥⌘L Downloads
⇧⌘N Add Bookmark Folder
⌥⌘P Snapback
⌥⌘S Search Results Snapback
⌥⌘U View Source
⇧⌘→ Next Tab
⇧⌘← Previous Tab
⌘↑ Page Upper Left
⌘↓ Page Bottom Left

Text

⌃A		move to beginning of paragraph
⌃B		move one character back
⌃D		delete character to right
⌃E		move to end of paragraph
⌃F		move one character forward
⌃K		delete text to end of paragraph
⌃N		move to next line
⌃O		insert newline
⌃P		move to previous line
⌃T		transpose characters
⌥⌫		delete word to left
⌥⌦		delete word to right

⌃A move to beginning of paragraph
⌃B move one character back
⌃D delete character to right
⌃E move to end of paragraph
⌃F move one character forward
⌃K delete text to end of paragraph
⌃N move to next line
⌃O insert newline
⌃P move to previous line
⌃T transpose characters
⌥⌫ delete word to left
⌥⌦ delete word to right

Text Field

⌥←		move one word left
⌥→		move one word right
⌘←		move to beginning of line
⌘→		move to end of line

⌥← move one word left
⌥→ move one word right
⌘← move to beginning of line
⌘→ move to end of line

Text View

⌥↑		move up one page
⌥↓		move down one page
⌘←		move to beginning of line
⌘→		move to end of line
⌘↑		move to beginning of view
⌘↓		move to end of view

⌥↑ move up one page
⌥↓ move down one page
⌘← move to beginning of line
⌘→ move to end of line
⌘↑ move to beginning of view
⌘↓ move to end of view

Terminal

⌃A		move to beginning of line
⌃E		move to end of line
⌃T		transpose characters
⌃U		erase line
esc,B		move one word back
esc,C		capitalise next word
esc,D		erase next word
esc,F		move one word forward
esc,L		make next word lowercase
esc,U		make next word uppercase
esc,⌫		erase previous word

⌃A move to beginning of line
⌃E move to end of line
⌃T transpose characters
⌃U erase line
esc,B move one word back
esc,C capitalise next word
esc,D erase next word
esc,F move one word forward
esc,L make next word lowercase
esc,U make next word uppercase
esc,⌫ erase previous word

Menu

⌘+		Make Bigger
⌘,		Preferences
⌘-		Make Smaller
⌘.		Stop
⌘:		Spelling
⌘;		Check Spelling
⌘?		Application Help
⌘A		Select All
⌘B		Bold
⌘B		Toggle Toolbar
⌘C		Copy
⇧⌘C		Show Colors
⌘D		Add Bookmark
⌘D		Don't Save
⌘D		Find Previous
⌘E		Eject
⌘E		Use Selection for Find
⇧⌘E		Export
⌘F		Find
⌘G		Find Next
⇧⌘G		Go to Folder
⌘H		Hide Application
⌥⌘H		Hide Others
⌘I		Get Info
⌘I		Italic
⇧⌘I		Import
⌘J		Scroll to Selection
⌘K		Connect to Server
⌘K		Erase Deleted Messages
⌘L		Link
⇧⌘L		Lower Case
⌘M		Minimize
⌥⌘M		Minimize All
⌘N		New (Window)
⌘O		Open
⌘P		Print
⇧⌘P		Page Setup
⌘Q		Quit Application
⇧⌘Q		Log Out
⌥⇧⌘Q		Log Out Without Confirmation
⌃⌥⇧⌘Q		Force Log Out Without Confirmation
⌘R		Refresh
⌘S		Save
⇧⌘S		Save As
⌘T		New Tab
⌘T		Show Fonts
⌘U		Underline
⇧⌘U		Upper Case
⌥⌘U		Capitals
⌘V		Paste
⌘W		Close Tab
⌘W		Close Window
⇧⌘W		Close Window
⌥⌘W		Close All Windows
⌘X		Cut
⌘Z		Undo
⇧⌘Z		Redo

⌘+ Make Bigger
⌘, Preferences
⌘- Make Smaller
⌘. Stop
⌘: Spelling
⌘; Check Spelling
⌘? Application Help
⌘A Select All
⌘B Bold
⌘B Toggle Toolbar
⌘C Copy
⇧⌘C Show Colors
⌘D Add Bookmark
⌘D Don’t Save
⌘D Find Previous
⌘E Eject
⌘E Use Selection for Find
⇧⌘E Export
⌘F Find
⌘G Find Next
⇧⌘G Go to Folder
⌘H Hide Application
⌥⌘H Hide Others
⌘I Get Info
⌘I Italic
⇧⌘I Import
⌘J Scroll to Selection
⌘K Connect to Server
⌘K Erase Deleted Messages
⌘L Link
⇧⌘L Lower Case
⌘M Minimize
⌥⌘M Minimize All
⌘N New (Window)
⌘O Open
⌘P Print
⇧⌘P Page Setup
⌘Q Quit Application
⇧⌘Q Log Out
⌥⇧⌘Q Log Out Without Confirmation
⌃⌥⇧⌘Q Force Log Out Without Confirmation
⌘R Refresh
⌘S Save
⇧⌘S Save As
⌘T New Tab
⌘T Show Fonts
⌘U Underline
⇧⌘U Upper Case
⌥⌘U Capitals
⌘V Paste
⌘W Close Tab
⌘W Close Window
⇧⌘W Close Window
⌥⌘W Close All Windows
⌘X Cut
⌘Z Undo
⇧⌘Z Redo

Numeric Pad

fn0		Button Hold
fn1		Mouse NW
fn2		Mouse NN
fn3		Mouse NE
fn4		Mouse WW
fn5		Button Click
fn6		Mouse EE
fn7		Mouse SW
fn8		Mouse WW
fn9		Mouse SE
fn.		Button Release

fn0 Button Hold
fn1 Mouse NW
fn2 Mouse NN
fn3 Mouse NE
fn4 Mouse WW
fn5 Button Click
fn6 Mouse EE
fn7 Mouse SW
fn8 Mouse WW
fn9 Mouse SE
fn. Button Release

Universal Access

⌥⌘*		Toggle Zoom
⌥⌘+		Zoom In
⌥⌘-		Zoom Out
⌥⌘\		Toggle Zoom Antialiasing
⌃⌥⌘*		Toggle Monochrome
⌃F1		Toggle Full Keyboard Access
⌃F2		Highlight Menu
⌃F3		Highlight Dock
⌃F4		Highlight Active Window
⌃F5		Highlight Toolbar
⌃F6		Highlight Utility Window

⌥⌘* Toggle Zoom
⌥⌘+ Zoom In
⌥⌘- Zoom Out
⌥⌘\ Toggle Zoom Antialiasing
⌃⌥⌘* Toggle Monochrome
⌃F1 Toggle Full Keyboard Access
⌃F2 Highlight Menu
⌃F3 Highlight Dock
⌃F4 Highlight Active Window
⌃F5 Highlight Toolbar
⌃F6 Highlight Utility Window

VoiceOver

⌘F5		Toggle VoiceOver
⌃F7		Toggle '⌃⌥' Lock
⌃⌥F7		Show VoiceOver Menu
⌃⌥F8		Open VoiceOver Utility

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