Keyboard Shortcuts
Key Combination | Action |
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Power Shortcuts |   |
Power Button | Tap to Power On Once powered on, tap the power button once to wake or sleep in Mavericks |
Hold down the power button for 1.5 seconds | Show the restart / sleep / shutdown dialogue in Mavericks |
Hold down the power button for 5 seconds | Force the Mac to Restart |
Screen Capture Shortcuts |   |
Command - Control - Power Button | Capture the screen to a file |
Command - Shift - 3 | Capture the screen to the Clipboard |
Command - Control - Shift - 3 | Capture the selection of the screen to a file |
Command - Shift - 4 | Capture a selection of the window to a file |
Command - Shift 4 and Space Bar | Capture the window to a file |
Command - Control - Shift - 4 | Capture a selection of the screen to the Clipboard |
Command - Control - 4 and Space Bar | Capture the window to the clipboard |
Command - Control - Power Button | Capture the screen to a file |
Command - Tab | Move forward to the next application in the list of open applications |
Command - Shift - Tab | Move backward to the next application in the list of open applications |
Command - F1 | Toggle between Mirror Displays on multi monitor configuration |
Command - F3 | Show Desktop |
Option - F1 | Open Displays System Preference |
Command - Colon (:) | Display the Spelling and Grammar window |
Command - SemiColon (;) | Find misspelled words in the document |
Command - Comma (,) | Open the front application's preferences window |
Command - A | Highlight all items in a document or window or all characters in a text field |
Command - B | Bold face the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off |
Command - C | Copy the selected data / text / image to the Clipboard |
Command - Option - C | Copy the formatting settings of the selected item and store on the Clipboard |
Command - Option - V | Apply the formatting settings from the Clipboard to the selected item |
Command - Option - D | Show or Hide the Dock |
Command - Control - D | Display the definition of the selected word |
Command - I | Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text off or on |
Command - M | Minimize the active window to the Dock |
Command - N | Create a new document in the front most application |
Command - O | Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the front most application |
Command - P | Display the Print dialog |
Command - Q | Quit the front most application |
Command - S | Save the active document |
Command - Shift - S | Display the Save As dialog or duplicate the current document |
Command - U | Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off |
Command - V | Paste the Clipboard content at the insertion point |
Command - Option - V | Apply the style of one object to the selected object |
Command - Shift - Option - V | Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted object (Paste and Match Style) |
Command - W | Close the front most window |
Command-Z | Undo previous command |
Command - Shift - Z | Redo previous command |
Command - Option - ESC | Choose an application to Force Quit |
Command-Shift-Option-Esc (hold for three seconds) Force Quit the front-most application | Move forward to the next application in the list of open applications |
Command - Tab | Move forward to the next application in the list of open applications |
Command - Tab | Move forward to the next application in the list of open applications |
Command - Tab | Move forward to the next application in the list of open applications |