AMAZING Best Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

If you are using a Mac Device, it's a good idea to learn some of its keyboard shortcuts to manage your desktop. To help you discover and memorize the most essential macOS shortcuts, we've compiled them in this article below.

The article contains key combinations to take screenshots, manage start-up modes and stop routines, and work with the Finder. You'll also find shortcuts to manage windows, force applications to close, empty the Trash folder, etc.

Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts	Action
Shift + Cmd + 3	Take a screenshot of the entire screen
Shift + Cmd + 4	Take a screenshot of the selected area
Shift + Cmd + 4 and Space	Take a screenshot of the selected window
Cmd + A	Select Everything
Cmd + F	Find
Cmd + H	Hide the current window
Option + Cmd + H	Hide all other windows
Cmd + M	Reducing the current window
Option + Cmd + M	Reduce all windows
Cmd + W	Close the current window
Option + Cmd + W	Close all windows
Cmd + O	Open
Cmd + P	Printing
Cmd + S	Save
Cmd + C	Copy
Cmd + V	Paste
Option + Cmd + V	Paste cut item
Shift+Option+Cmd+V	Paste and match style
Cmd + Z	Cancel
Cmd + ?	Help
Cmd + , (Comma)	Open preferences
Cmd + Space	Open Search Spotlight
Cmd + Tab	Switch to the next opened app
Cmd +  ~	Move to the next window
Control + Cmd + Q	Lock screen
Maj + Cmd + Q	Disconnect
Option+Maj+Cmd+Q	Sign out instantly
Cmd + Option + Esc	Force to Leave
Cmd + Option + Eject	Activate Sleep Mode
Shift + Control + Eject	Putting screens to sleep
Cmd + Control + Eject	Close all apps and restart
Control + Eject	Choose Reboot or Stop options

Finder Shortcuts

Finder Shortcuts	Action
Enter	Renaming the selected file or folder
Space	Open preview of selected file
Option + Space	Full-Screen Preview
Shift + Cmd + G	G Go to the folder
Shift + Cmd + N	Create a New File
Shift + Cmd + Delete	Empty The Trash Folder
Option+Shift+Cmd+Delete	Delete and Empty The Trash
Cmd + 1	icons View
Cmd + 2	List View
Cmd + 3	Column View
Cmd + D	Duplicate the selected file or folder
Cmd + I	Get information
Cmd + J	Show Options
Cmd + N	Open a new Finder window
Cmd + T	Open a new Finder tab
Cmd + [	Back
Cmd + ]	Forward
Cmd + Delete	Move to Trash
Cmd + Up	Up Folder
Cmd + Down	Down Folder
Cmd + Option + I	Attribute Inspector
Cmd + Control + N	Create a new folder With selected files in it

Start-up Shortcuts

Start-up Shortcuts	Action
D	Start Apple Diagnostics
N	Start from a network server
T	Start Target disk mode
Shift	Safe Mode
Cmd + R	MacOS Recovery
Option + Cmd + R	MacOS Recovery on Internet
Cmd + S	Single-user mode
Cmd + V	Start mode
Option	Choose starting disc
Cmd+Option+P+R	Reset NVRAM or PRAM
F12	Eject removable device

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