Thursday, December 25, 2008

Apple Macintosh shortcut keys

Please note that not all of the below shortcut keys will work in all versions of Mac OS.

Open Apple + Down - Opens the selected icon.
Shift + Click - Select the icon and add it to the set of those selected.
Tab - Highlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Shift + Tab - Highlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.
Left arrow - Used when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted.
Right arrow - Used when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of the one highlighted.
Up arrow - Used to select the icon above the one currently highlighted.
Down arrow - Used to select the icon below the one currently highlighted.
Open Apple + ? - Mac help
Open Apple + E - Eject
Open Apple + Shift + Up Arrow - Used to direct the input focus to the desktop level.
Open Apple + M - Minimize window
Open Apple + N - New finder window
Open Apple + Shirt + N - New folder
Open Apple + W - Close the current window.
Open Apple + C - Copy the elected item to the clipboard.
Open Apple + X - Cut the selected item.
Open Apple + V - Paste item from the clipboard
Open Apple + L - Make alias
Open Apple + R - Show original item
Open Apple + T - Add to favorites
Open Apple + O - Open the selected icon.
Open Apple + F - Display the find dialog box.
Open Apple + G - Repeat the last find operation.
Open Apple + Shift + G - Takes a snapshot of the screen and saves it to a PICT file.

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