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Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts
Cut	⌘ X
Copy	⌘ C
Paste	⌘ V
Undo	⌘ Z
Redo	⌘ ⇧ Z
Select all	⌘ A
Search	⌘ F
Hide window	⌘ H
Minimize window	⌘ M
New	⌘ N
Open	⌘ O
Print	⌘ P
Save	⌘ S
Close window	⌘ W
Quit the app	⌘ Q
Force Quit	⌥ ⌘ Esc
Spotlight search	⌘ Space
Quick Look	Space
Switch apps	⌘ Tab
Switch windows	⇧ ⌘ Tilde (~)
Screenshot	⇧ ⌘ 3
Preferences	⌘ ,
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
Turn on, wake	Power button
Force restart	⌃ ⌘ Power button
Put your displays to sleep	⌃ ⇧ Power button
Quit all apps, shut down Mac	⌃ ⌥ ⌘ Power button
Log out of your account	⇧ ⌘ Q
Document shortcuts (some in Apple apps only)
Bold	⌘ B
Italic	⌘ I
Underline	⌘ U
Display the Spelling and Grammar window	⇧ ⌘ :
Find misspelled words in the document	⌘ ;
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point	⌥ Delete
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point Or use Delete	⌃ H
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point Or use Fn Delete	⌃ D
Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key Or use ⌃ D	Fn Delete
Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph	⌃ K
Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button	⌘ Delete
Page Up: Scroll up one page	Fn ↑
Page Down: Scroll down one page	Fn ↓
Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document	Fn ←
End: Scroll to the end of a document	Fn →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document	⌘ ↑
Move the insertion point to the end of the document	⌘ ↓
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line	⌘ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the current line	⌘ →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word	⌥ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the next word	⌥ →
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↑
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↓
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line	⇧ ⌘ ←
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line	⇧ ⌘ →
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above	⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below	⇧ ↓
Extend text selection one character to the left	⇧ ←
Extend text selection one character to the right	⇧ →
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↓
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ←
Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ →
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph	⌃ A
Move to the end of a line or paragraph	⌃ E
Move one character forward	⌃ F
Move one character backward	⌃ B
Center the cursor or selection in the visible area	⌃ L
Move up one line	⌃ P
Move down one line	⌃ N
Insert a new line after the insertion point	⌃ O
Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point	⌃ T
Left align	⌘ {
Right align	⌘ }
Center align	⇧ ⌘ \|
Go to the search field	⌥ ⌘ F
Show or hide a toolbar in the app	⌥ ⌘ T
Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard	⌥ ⌘ C
Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item	⌥ ⌘ V
Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V
Show or hide the inspector window	⌥ ⌘ I
Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings	⇧ ⌘ P
Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document	⇧ ⌘ S
Decrease the size of the selected item	⇧ ⌘ -
Increase the size of the selected item ⌘ Equal sign (=) performs the same function	⇧ ⌘ +
Open Help menu	⇧ ⌘ ?
Finder shortcuts
Duplicate	⌘ D
Eject disk or volume	⌘ E
Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window	⌘ F
Get info	⌘ I
Open the Computer window	⇧ ⌘ C
Open the desktop folder	⇧ ⌘ D
Open the All My Files window	⇧ ⌘ F
Open a Go to Folder window	⇧ ⌘ G
Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account	⇧ ⌘ H
Open iCloud Drive	⇧ ⌘ I
Open the Network window	⇧ ⌘ K
Open Downloads	⌥ ⌘ L
Open Documents	⇧ ⌘ O
Open AirDrop	⇧ ⌘ R
Add Finder item to the Dock	⌃ ⇧ ⌘ T
Open Utilities	⇧ ⌘ U
Show or hide the Dock	⌥ ⌘ D
Add the selected item to the sidebar	⌃ ⌘ T
Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ P
Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ S
Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows	⌘ /
Open the Connect to Server window	⌘ K
Make an alias of the selected item	⌘ L
Open a new Finder window	⌘ N
Create a new folder	⇧ ⌘ N
Create a new Smart Folder	⌥ ⌘ N
Show the original file for the selected alias	⌘ R
Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌘ T
Show or hide a Finder tab	⇧ ⌘ T
Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌥ ⌘ T
Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location	⌥ ⌘ V
View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files	⌥ ⌘ Y
Use Quick Look to preview the selected files	⌘ Y
View the items in the Finder window as icons	⌘ 1
View the items in a Finder window as a list	⌘ 2
View the items in a Finder window in columns	⌘ 3
View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow	⌘ 4
Go to the previous folder	⌘ [
Go to the next folder	⌘ ]
Open the folder that contains the current folder	⌘ ↑
Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window	⌘ ⌃ ↑
Open the selected item	⌘ ↓
Show the desktop This works even when you're not in the Finder	⌘ Mission Control
Turn Target Display Mode on or off	⌘ Brightness Up
Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display	⌘ Brightness Down
Open the selected folder This works only when in list view	→
Close the selected folder This works only when in list view	←
Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window	⌥ double click
Open a folder in a separate tab or window	⌘ double click
Move the selected item to the Trash	⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash	⇧ ⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ Delete
Use Quick Look to preview the files	⌘ Y
Open Displays preferences This works with either Brightness key	⌥ Brightness Up
Open Mission Control preferences	⌥ Mission Control
Open Sound preferences This works with any of the volume keys	⌥ Volume Up
Move the dragged item to another volume or location The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌘ key while dragging
Copy the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ key while dragging
Make an alias of the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ ⌘ while dragging
Open all folders within the selected folder This works only when in list view	⌥ click a disclosure triangle
See the folders that contain the current folder	⌘ click a window title

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts
Cut	⌘ X
Copy	⌘ C
Paste	⌘ V
Undo	⌘ Z
Redo	⌘ ⇧ Z
Select all	⌘ A
Search	⌘ F
Hide window	⌘ H
Minimize window	⌘ M
New	⌘ N
Open	⌘ O
Print	⌘ P
Save	⌘ S
Close window	⌘ W
Quit the app	⌘ Q
Force Quit	⌥ ⌘ Esc
Spotlight search	⌘ Space
Quick Look	Space
Switch apps	⌘ Tab
Switch windows	⇧ ⌘ Tilde (~)
Screenshot	⇧ ⌘ 3
Preferences	⌘ ,
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
Turn on, wake	Power button
Force restart	⌃ ⌘ Power button
Put your displays to sleep	⌃ ⇧ Power button
Quit all apps, shut down Mac	⌃ ⌥ ⌘ Power button
Log out of your account	⇧ ⌘ Q
Document shortcuts (some in Apple apps only)
Bold	⌘ B
Italic	⌘ I
Underline	⌘ U
Display the Spelling and Grammar window	⇧ ⌘ :
Find misspelled words in the document	⌘ ;
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point	⌥ Delete
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point Or use Delete	⌃ H
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point Or use Fn Delete	⌃ D
Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key Or use ⌃ D	Fn Delete
Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph	⌃ K
Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button	⌘ Delete
Page Up: Scroll up one page	Fn ↑
Page Down: Scroll down one page	Fn ↓
Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document	Fn ←
End: Scroll to the end of a document	Fn →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document	⌘ ↑
Move the insertion point to the end of the document	⌘ ↓
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line	⌘ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the current line	⌘ →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word	⌥ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the next word	⌥ →
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↑
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↓
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line	⇧ ⌘ ←
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line	⇧ ⌘ →
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above	⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below	⇧ ↓
Extend text selection one character to the left	⇧ ←
Extend text selection one character to the right	⇧ →
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↓
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ←
Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ →
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph	⌃ A
Move to the end of a line or paragraph	⌃ E
Move one character forward	⌃ F
Move one character backward	⌃ B
Center the cursor or selection in the visible area	⌃ L
Move up one line	⌃ P
Move down one line	⌃ N
Insert a new line after the insertion point	⌃ O
Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point	⌃ T
Left align	⌘ {
Right align	⌘ }
Center align	⇧ ⌘ \|
Go to the search field	⌥ ⌘ F
Show or hide a toolbar in the app	⌥ ⌘ T
Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard	⌥ ⌘ C
Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item	⌥ ⌘ V
Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V
Show or hide the inspector window	⌥ ⌘ I
Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings	⇧ ⌘ P
Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document	⇧ ⌘ S
Decrease the size of the selected item	⇧ ⌘ -
Increase the size of the selected item ⌘ Equal sign (=) performs the same function	⇧ ⌘ +
Open Help menu	⇧ ⌘ ?
Finder shortcuts
Duplicate	⌘ D
Eject disk or volume	⌘ E
Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window	⌘ F
Get info	⌘ I
Open the Computer window	⇧ ⌘ C
Open the desktop folder	⇧ ⌘ D
Open the All My Files window	⇧ ⌘ F
Open a Go to Folder window	⇧ ⌘ G
Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account	⇧ ⌘ H
Open iCloud Drive	⇧ ⌘ I
Open the Network window	⇧ ⌘ K
Open Downloads	⌥ ⌘ L
Open Documents	⇧ ⌘ O
Open AirDrop	⇧ ⌘ R
Add Finder item to the Dock	⌃ ⇧ ⌘ T
Open Utilities	⇧ ⌘ U
Show or hide the Dock	⌥ ⌘ D
Add the selected item to the sidebar	⌃ ⌘ T
Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ P
Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ S
Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows	⌘ /
Open the Connect to Server window	⌘ K
Make an alias of the selected item	⌘ L
Open a new Finder window	⌘ N
Create a new folder	⇧ ⌘ N
Create a new Smart Folder	⌥ ⌘ N
Show the original file for the selected alias	⌘ R
Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌘ T
Show or hide a Finder tab	⇧ ⌘ T
Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌥ ⌘ T
Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location	⌥ ⌘ V
View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files	⌥ ⌘ Y
Use Quick Look to preview the selected files	⌘ Y
View the items in the Finder window as icons	⌘ 1
View the items in a Finder window as a list	⌘ 2
View the items in a Finder window in columns	⌘ 3
View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow	⌘ 4
Go to the previous folder	⌘ [
Go to the next folder	⌘ ]
Open the folder that contains the current folder	⌘ ↑
Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window	⌘ ⌃ ↑
Open the selected item	⌘ ↓
Show the desktop This works even when you're not in the Finder	⌘ Mission Control
Turn Target Display Mode on or off	⌘ Brightness Up
Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display	⌘ Brightness Down
Open the selected folder This works only when in list view	→
Close the selected folder This works only when in list view	←
Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window	⌥ double click
Open a folder in a separate tab or window	⌘ double click
Move the selected item to the Trash	⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash	⇧ ⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ Delete
Use Quick Look to preview the files	⌘ Y
Open Displays preferences This works with either Brightness key	⌥ Brightness Up
Open Mission Control preferences	⌥ Mission Control
Open Sound preferences This works with any of the volume keys	⌥ Volume Up
Move the dragged item to another volume or location The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌘ key while dragging
Copy the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ key while dragging
Make an alias of the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ ⌘ while dragging
Open all folders within the selected folder This works only when in list view	⌥ click a disclosure triangle
See the folders that contain the current folder	⌘ click a window title

Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts
Cut	⌘ X
Copy	⌘ C
Paste	⌘ V
Undo	⌘ Z
Redo	⌘ ⇧ Z
Select all	⌘ A
Search	⌘ F
Hide window	⌘ H
Minimize window	⌘ M
New	⌘ N
Open	⌘ O
Print	⌘ P
Save	⌘ S
Close window	⌘ W
Quit the app	⌘ Q
Force Quit	⌥ ⌘ Esc
Spotlight search	⌘ Space
Quick Look	Space
Switch apps	⌘ Tab
Switch windows	⇧ ⌘ Tilde (~)
Screenshot	⇧ ⌘ 3
Preferences	⌘ ,
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
Turn on, wake	Power button
Force restart	⌃ ⌘ Power button
Put your displays to sleep	⌃ ⇧ Power button
Quit all apps, shut down Mac	⌃ ⌥ ⌘ Power button
Log out of your account	⇧ ⌘ Q
Document shortcuts (some in Apple apps only)
Bold	⌘ B
Italic	⌘ I
Underline	⌘ U
Display the Spelling and Grammar window	⇧ ⌘ :
Find misspelled words in the document	⌘ ;
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point	⌥ Delete
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point Or use Delete	⌃ H
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point Or use Fn Delete	⌃ D
Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key Or use ⌃ D	Fn Delete
Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph	⌃ K
Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button	⌘ Delete
Page Up: Scroll up one page	Fn ↑
Page Down: Scroll down one page	Fn ↓
Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document	Fn ←
End: Scroll to the end of a document	Fn →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document	⌘ ↑
Move the insertion point to the end of the document	⌘ ↓
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line	⌘ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the current line	⌘ →
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word	⌥ ←
Move the insertion point to the end of the next word	⌥ →
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↑
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document	⇧ ⌘ ↓
Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line	⇧ ⌘ ←
Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line	⇧ ⌘ →
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above	⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below	⇧ ↓
Extend text selection one character to the left	⇧ ←
Extend text selection one character to the right	⇧ →
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↑
Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ↓
Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ ←
Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again	⌥ ⇧ →
Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph	⌃ A
Move to the end of a line or paragraph	⌃ E
Move one character forward	⌃ F
Move one character backward	⌃ B
Center the cursor or selection in the visible area	⌃ L
Move up one line	⌃ P
Move down one line	⌃ N
Insert a new line after the insertion point	⌃ O
Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point	⌃ T
Left align	⌘ {
Right align	⌘ }
Center align	⇧ ⌘ \|
Go to the search field	⌥ ⌘ F
Show or hide a toolbar in the app	⌥ ⌘ T
Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard	⌥ ⌘ C
Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item	⌥ ⌘ V
Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ V
Show or hide the inspector window	⌥ ⌘ I
Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings	⇧ ⌘ P
Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document	⇧ ⌘ S
Decrease the size of the selected item	⇧ ⌘ -
Increase the size of the selected item ⌘ Equal sign (=) performs the same function	⇧ ⌘ +
Open Help menu	⇧ ⌘ ?
Finder shortcuts
Duplicate	⌘ D
Eject disk or volume	⌘ E
Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window	⌘ F
Get info	⌘ I
Open the Computer window	⇧ ⌘ C
Open the desktop folder	⇧ ⌘ D
Open the All My Files window	⇧ ⌘ F
Open a Go to Folder window	⇧ ⌘ G
Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account	⇧ ⌘ H
Open iCloud Drive	⇧ ⌘ I
Open the Network window	⇧ ⌘ K
Open Downloads	⌥ ⌘ L
Open Documents	⇧ ⌘ O
Open AirDrop	⇧ ⌘ R
Add Finder item to the Dock	⌃ ⇧ ⌘ T
Open Utilities	⇧ ⌘ U
Show or hide the Dock	⌥ ⌘ D
Add the selected item to the sidebar	⌃ ⌘ T
Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ P
Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows	⌥ ⌘ S
Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows	⌘ /
Open the Connect to Server window	⌘ K
Make an alias of the selected item	⌘ L
Open a new Finder window	⌘ N
Create a new folder	⇧ ⌘ N
Create a new Smart Folder	⌥ ⌘ N
Show the original file for the selected alias	⌘ R
Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌘ T
Show or hide a Finder tab	⇧ ⌘ T
Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window	⌥ ⌘ T
Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location	⌥ ⌘ V
View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files	⌥ ⌘ Y
Use Quick Look to preview the selected files	⌘ Y
View the items in the Finder window as icons	⌘ 1
View the items in a Finder window as a list	⌘ 2
View the items in a Finder window in columns	⌘ 3
View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow	⌘ 4
Go to the previous folder	⌘ [
Go to the next folder	⌘ ]
Open the folder that contains the current folder	⌘ ↑
Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window	⌘ ⌃ ↑
Open the selected item	⌘ ↓
Show the desktop This works even when you're not in the Finder	⌘ Mission Control
Turn Target Display Mode on or off	⌘ Brightness Up
Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display	⌘ Brightness Down
Open the selected folder This works only when in list view	→
Close the selected folder This works only when in list view	←
Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window	⌥ double click
Open a folder in a separate tab or window	⌘ double click
Move the selected item to the Trash	⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash	⇧ ⌘ Delete
Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog	⌥ ⇧ ⌘ Delete
Use Quick Look to preview the files	⌘ Y
Open Displays preferences This works with either Brightness key	⌥ Brightness Up
Open Mission Control preferences	⌥ Mission Control
Open Sound preferences This works with any of the volume keys	⌥ Volume Up
Move the dragged item to another volume or location The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌘ key while dragging
Copy the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ key while dragging
Make an alias of the dragged item The pointer changes while you drag the item	⌥ ⌘ while dragging
Open all folders within the selected folder This works only when in list view	⌥ click a disclosure triangle
See the folders that contain the current folder	⌘ click a window title

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