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Reference
Cheat Sheet
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Cheat Sheet, print this. Keep it next to your Mac.
Click ⎙ Print at the top right, then choose Save as PDF or print to paper. Keep it visible.
The Big Five
- ⌘+C
- Copy
- ⌘+V
- Paste
- ⌘+X
- Cut
- ⌘+Z
- Undo (panic button)
- ⌘+S
- Save
Find Anything
- ⌘+Space
- Spotlight, search the whole Mac
- ⌘+F
- Find on this page
- ⌘+Tab
- Switch between open apps
- Space
- Quick Look, preview any file
Windows & Apps
- ⌘+N
- New window or document
- ⌘+T
- New tab in browser
- ⌘+W
- Close window or tab
- ⌘+Q
- Quit the app
- ⌘+M
- Minimize to Dock
- ⌘+H
- Hide app
If Things Go Wrong
- ⌘+Z
- Undo whatever just happened
- ⌘+⌥+Esc
- Force Quit a frozen app
- ⌘+Shift+T
- Reopen closed browser tab
- ⌘+Shift+Z
- Redo (undo your undo)
Screenshots
- ⌘+Shift+3
- Whole screen
- ⌘+Shift+4
- Drag to choose area
- ⌘+Shift+5
- Screenshot menu (record video)
- Screenshots save to your Desktop.
Files & Finder
- ⌘+N
- New Finder window
- ⌘+Delete
- Move to Trash
- ⌘+Shift+D
- Jump to Desktop
- ⌘+⌥+L
- Jump to Downloads
- ⌘+Shift+O
- Jump to Documents
- ⌘+Shift+H
- Jump to Home folder
Where Things Live
- Downloaded files
- Finder → Downloads
- Screenshots
- Desktop
- Saved Word/Excel
- Wherever you chose, usually Documents
- Trash
- Bottom-right of Dock
- All your apps
- Finder → Applications
The Special Keys
- ⌘
- Command, like Ctrl on Windows
- ⌥
- Option, like Alt on Windows
- ⌃
- Control, used in some shortcuts
- ⇧
- Shift
- fn
- Function, bottom left of keyboard