macOS is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac family of computers.
| ⌘ X | Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard. |
| ⌘ C | Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder. |
| ⌘ V | Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder. |
| ⌘ Z | Undo the previous ⌘ (In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple ⌘s). |
| ⌘ Shift Z | Reverse the undo ⌘ (In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple ⌘s). |
| ⌘ A | Select All items. |
| ⌘ F | Find items in a document or open a Find window. |
| ⌘ G | Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. |
| ⌘ Shift G | Find the previous occurrence. |
| ⌘ H | Hide the windows of the front app. |
| ⌘ ⌥ H | View the front app but hide all other apps. |
| ⌘ M | Minimize the front window to the Dock. |
| ⌘ ⌥ M | Minimize all windows of the front app. |
| ⌘ N | New: Open a new document or window. |
| ⌘ O | Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open. |
| ⌘ P | Print the current document. |
| ⌘ S | Save the current document. |
| ⌘ W | Close the front window. |
| ⌘ ⌥ W | Close all windows of the app. |
| ⌘ Q | Quit the app. |
| ⌥ ⌘ Esc | Force Quit: Choose an app to force quit. |
| Shift ⌥ Esc | Hold for 3 seconds to force the front app to quit. |
| ⌘ Space Bar | Show or hide the Spotlight search field (If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight). |
| ⌘ ⌥ Space Bar | Perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window (If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight). |
| Space Bar | Quick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item. |
| ⌘ Tab | Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps. |
| Shift ⌘ ~ | Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app. |
| Shift ⌘ 3 | Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts. |
| ⌘ | Preferences: Open preferences for the front app. |
| Power Button | Press to turn on your Mac or wake your Mac from sleep. Press and hold for 1.5 seconds while your Mac is awake to display a dialog asking if you want to sleep, restart, or shut down. Press and hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to turn off. |
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⌃ Power Button |
Press to turn on your Mac or wake your Mac from sleep. Press while your Mac is awake to display a dialog asking if you want to sleep, restart, or shut down (Doesn't apply to keyboards that have a Touch Bar). |
| ⌃ ⌘ Power Button | Force your Mac to restart (Doesn't apply to keyboards that have a Touch Bar). |
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⌃ Shift Power Button |
Put your displays to sleep (Doesn't apply to keyboards that have a Touch Bar). |
| ⌃ ⌘ Media Eject | Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them (Doesn't apply to keyboards that have a Touch Bar). |
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⌃ ⌥ ⌘ Power Button |
Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you'll be asked whether you want to save them (Doesn't apply to keyboards that have a Touch Bar). |
| Shift ⌘ Q | Log out of your macOS user account. You'll be asked to confirm. |
| ⌥ Shift ⌘ Q | Log out of your macOS user account immediately, without being asked to confirm. |
| ⌘ B | Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. |
| ⌘ I | Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off. |
| ⌘ U | Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off. |
| ⌘ T | Show or hide the Fonts window. |
| ⌘ D | Select the Desktop folder from within an Open dialog or Save dialog. |
| ⌃ ⌘ D | Show or hide the definition of the selected word. |
| Shift ⌘ : | Display the Spelling and Grammar window. |
| ⌘ ; | Find misspelled words in the document. |
| ⌥ Delete | Delete the word to the left of the insertion point. |
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⌃ H |
Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. |
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⌃ D |
Delete the character to the right of the insertion point. |
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Fn Delete |
Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. |
| ⌃ K | Delete the text between the insertion point and the end of the line or paragraph. |
| ⌘ Delete | Select Delete or Don't Save in a dialog that contains a Delete or Don't Save button. |
| Fn–Up Arrow | Page Up: Scroll up one page. |
| Fn–Down Arrow | Page Down: Scroll down one page. |
| Fn–Left Arrow | Home: Scroll to the beginning of a document. |
| Fn–Right Arrow | End: Scroll to the end of a document. |
| ⌘–Up Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document. |
| ⌘–Down Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the document. |
| ⌘–Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the current line. |
| ⌘–Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the current line. |
| ⌥–Left Arrow | Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. |
| ⌥–Right Arrow | Move the insertion point to the end of the next word. |
| Shift ⌘ Up Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document. |
| Shift ⌘ Down Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document. |
| Shift ⌘ Left Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line. |
| Shift ⌘ Right Arrow | Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line. |
| Shift–Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above. |
| Shift–Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line below. |
| Shift–Left Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the left. |
| Shift–Right Arrow | Extend text selection one character to the right. |
| ⌥ Shift Up Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again. |
| ⌥ Shift Down Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again. |
| ⌥ Shift Left Arrow | Extend text selection to the beginning of the current word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again. |
| ⌥ Shift Right Arrow | Extend text selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the following word if pressed again. |
| ⌃ A | Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| ⌃ E | Move to the end of a line or paragraph. |
| ⌃ F | Move one character forward. |
| ⌃ B | Move one character backward. |
| ⌃ L | Center the cursor or selection in the visible area. |
| ⌃ P | Move up one line. |
| ⌃ N | Move down one line. |
| ⌃ O | Insert a new line after the insertion point. |
| ⌃ T | Swap the character behind the insertion point with the character in front of the insertion point. |
| ⌘ { | Left align. |
| ⌘ } | Right align. |
| Shift ⌘ | | Center align. |
| ⌥ ⌘ F | Go to the search field. |
| ⌥ ⌘ T | Show or hide a toolbar in the app. |
| ⌥ ⌘ C | Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings of the selected item to the Clipboard. |
| ⌥ ⌘ V | Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the selected item. |
| ⌥ Shift ⌘ V | Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of the surrounding content to the item pasted within that content. |
| ⌥ ⌘ I | Show or hide the inspector window. |
| Shift ⌘ P | Page setup: Display a window for selecting document settings. |
| Shift ⌘ S | Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate the current document. |
| Shift ⌘ | Decrease the size of the selected item. |
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Shift ⌘ |
Increase the size of the selected item. |
| Shift ⌘ | Open the Help menu. |
| ⌘ D | Duplicate the selected files. |
| ⌘ E | Eject the selected disk or volume. |
| ⌘ F | Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window. |
| ⌘ I | Show the Get Info window for a selected file. |
| Shift ⌘ C | Open the Computer window. |
| Shift ⌘ D | Open the desktop folder. |
| Shift ⌘ F | Open the All My Files window. |
| Shift ⌘ G | Open a Go to Folder window. |
| Shift ⌘ H | Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account. |
| Shift ⌘ I | Open iCloud Drive. |
| Shift ⌘ K | Open the Network window. |
| ⌥ ⌘ L | Open the Downloads folder. |
| Shift ⌘ O | Open the Documents folder. |
| Shift ⌘ R | Open the AirDrop window. |
| Shift ⌘ T | Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mountain Lion or earlier) |
| ⌃ Shift ⌘ T | Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later) |
| Shift ⌘ U | Open the Utilities folder. |
| ⌥ ⌘ D | Show or hide the Dock. This often works even when you're not in the Finder. |
| ⌃ ⌘ T | Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later). |
| ⌥ ⌘ P | Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows. |
| ⌥ ⌘ S | Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows. |
| ⌘ / | Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows. |
| ⌘ J | Show View ⌥s. |
| ⌘ K | Open the Connect to Server window. |
| ⌘ L | Make an alias of the selected item. |
| ⌘ N | Open a new Finder window. |
| Shift ⌘ N | Create a new folder. |
| ⌥ ⌘ N | Create a new Smart Folder. |
| ⌘ R | Show the original file for the selected alias. |
| ⌘ T | Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. |
| Shift ⌘ T | Show or hide a Finder tab. |
| ⌥ ⌘ T | Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. |
| ⌥ ⌘ V | Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location. |
| ⌥ ⌘ Y | View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files. |
| ⌘ Y | Use Quick Look to preview the selected files. |
| ⌘ 1 | View the items in the Finder window as icons. |
| ⌘ 2 | View the items in a Finder window as a list. |
| ⌘ 3 | View the items in a Finder window in columns. |
| ⌘ 4 | View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow. |
| ⌘ [ | Go to the previous folder. |
| ⌘ ] | Go to the next folder. |
| ⌘ Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder. |
| ⌘ ⌃ Up Arrow | Open the folder that contains the current folder in a new window. |
| ⌘ Down Arrow | Open the selected item. |
| ⌘ Mission ⌃ | Show the desktop. This works even when you're not in the Finder. |
| ⌘ Brightness Up | Turn Target Display Mode on or off. |
| ⌘ Brightness Down | Turn display mirroring on or off when your Mac is connected to more than one display. |
| Right Arrow | Open the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| Left Arrow | Close the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| ⌥–Double Click | Open a folder in a separate window and close the current window. |
| ⌘–Double Click | Open a folder in a separate tab or window. |
| ⌘ Delete | Move the selected item to the Trash. |
| Shift ⌘ Delete | Empty the Trash. |
| ⌥ Shift ⌘ Delete | Empty the Trash without confirmation dialog. |
| ⌘ Y | Use Quick Look to preview the files. |
| ⌥ Brightness | Open Displays preferences. |
| ⌥ Mission Control | Open Mission Control preferences. |
| ⌥ Volume Up | Open Sound preferences. This works with any of the volume keys. |
| ⌘ Key While Dragging | 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. |
| ⌥ ⌘ While Dragging | Make an alias of the dragged item. The pointer changes while you drag the item. |
| ⌥ Click A Disclosure Triangle | Open all folders within the selected folder. This works only when in list view. |
| ⌘ Click A Window Title | See the folders that contain the current folder. |
