Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts

          Shortc Description
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Command-X Cut: Remove the selected item and copy it to
the Clipboard.
Command-C Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This
also works for files in the Finder.
Command-V Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the
current document or app. This also works for
files in the Finder.
Command-Z Undo the previous command. You can then
press Command-Shift-Z to Redo, reversing
the undo command. In some apps, you can
undo and redo multiple commands.
Command-A Select All items. 
Command-F Find: Open a Find window, or find items in a
document.
Command-G Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the
item previously found. To find the previous
occurrence, press Command-Shift-G.
Command-H Hide the windows of the front app. To view
the front app but hide all other apps, press
Command-Option-H.
Command-M Minimize the front window to the Dock. To
minimize all windows of the front app, press
Command-Option-M.
Command-N New: Open an new document or window.
Command-O Open the selected item, or open a dialog to
select a file to open.
Command-P Print the current document.
Command-S Save the current document.
Command-W Close the front window. To close all windows
of the app, press Command-Option-W.
Command-Q Quit the app.
Command- Force Quit: Choose an app to force quit. Or
Option-Esc press Command-Shift-Option-Esc and hold
for 3 seconds to force just the front app to
quit.
Command– Spotlight: Show or hide the Spotlight search
Space bar field. To perform a Spotlight search from a
Finder window, press Command–Option–
Space bar. 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.
Command- Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently
Tab used app among your open apps. 
Command- Switch windows: Switch to the next most
Shift- recently used window of the front app. 
Tilde (~)
Command- Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire
Shift-3 screen. Learn more screenshot shortcuts.
Command- Preferences: Open preferences for the front
Comma (,) app.
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
               Shortcut Description
              
Power button Tap to turn on your Mac or wake your
Mac from sleep.  
Hold for 1.5 seconds while your Mac is
awake to display a dialog asking if you
want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
Hold for 5 seconds to force your Mac to
turn off.
Command– Force your Mac to restart.
Control–
Power button
Command– Put your Mac to sleep.
Option–
Power button
Shift–Control– Put your displays to sleep.
Power button
Command– Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If
Control– any open documents have unsaved
Power button changes, you'll be asked whether you
want to save them.
Command– Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac.
Option–Control– If any open documents have unsaved
Power button changes, you'll be asked whether you
want to save them.
Command-Shift- Log out of your OS X user account. You'll
Q be asked to confirm.
Command-Shift- Log out of your OS X user account
Option-Q immediately, without being asked to
confirm.

Document shortcuts
               Shortcut Description
              
Command-B Boldface the selected text, or turn
boldfacing on or off. 
Command-I Italicize the selected text, or turn italics
on or off.
Command-U Underline the selected text, or turn
underlining on or off.
Command-T Show or hide the Fonts window.
Command-D Select the Desktop folder from within an
Open dialog or Save dialog.
Command- Show or hide the definition of the selected
Control-D word.
Command-Shift- Display the Spelling and Grammar
Colon (:) window.
Command- Find misspelled words in the document.
Semicolon (;)
Option-Delete Delete the word to the left of the insertion
point.
Control-H Delete the character to the left of the
insertion point. Or use Delete.
Control-D Delete the character to the right of the
insertion point. Or use Fn-Delete.
Fn-Delete Forward delete on keyboards that don't
have a Forward Delete   key. Or use
Control-D.
Control-K Delete the text between the insertion
point and the end of the line or
paragraph.
Command-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.
Command–Up Move the insertion point to the beginning
Arrow of the document.
Command–Down Move the insertion point to the end of the
Arrow document.
Command–Left Move the insertion point to the beginning
Arrow of the current line.
Command– Move the insertion point to the end of the
Right Arrow current line.
Option–Left Move the insertion point to the beginning
Arrow of the previous word.
Option–Right Move the insertion point to the end of the
Arrow next word.
Command–Shift– Select the text between the insertion point
Up Arrow and the beginning of the document.
Command–Shift– Select the text between the insertion point
Down Arrow and the end of the document.
Command–Shift– Select the text between the insertion point
Left Arrow and the beginning of the current line.
Command–Shift– Select the text between the insertion point
Right Arrow 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 Extend text selection to the nearest
Arrow character at the same horizontal location
on the line below.
Shift–Left Arrow Extend text selection one character to the
left.
Shift–Right Extend text selection one character to the
Arrow right.
Shift–Option– Extend text selection to the beginning of
Up Arrow the current paragraph, then to the
beginning of the following paragraph if
pressed again.
Shift–Option– Extend text selection to the end of the
Down Arrow current paragraph, then to the end of the
following paragraph if pressed again.
Shift–Option– Extend text selection to the beginning of
Left Arrow the current word, then to the beginning of
the following word if pressed again.
Shift–Option– Extend text selection to the end of the
Right Arrow current word, then to the end of the
following word if pressed again.
Control-A Move to the beginning of the line or
paragraph.
Control-E Move to the end of a line or paragraph.
Control-F Move one character forward.
Control-B Move one character backward.
Control-L Center the cursor or selection in the
visible area.
Control-P Move up one line.
Control-N Move down one line.
Control-O Insert a new line after the insertion point.
Control-T Swap the character behind the insertion
point with the character in front of the
insertion point.
Command– Left align.
Left Curly Brack
et ({)
Command– Right align.
Right Curly Brac
ket (})
Command–Shift– Center align.
Vertical bar (|)
Command- Go to the search field. 
Option-F
Command- Show or hide a toolbar in the app.
Option-T
Command- Copy Style: Copy the formatting settings
Option-C of the selected item to the Clipboard.
Command- Paste Style: Apply the copied style to the
Option-V selected item.
Command-Shift- Paste and Match Style: Apply the style of
Option-V the surrounding content to the item
pasted within that content.
Command- Show or hide the inspector window.
Option-I
Command-Shift- Page setup: Display a window for
P selecting document settings.
Command-Shift-S Display the Save As dialog, or duplicate
the current document.
Command–Shift– Decrease the size of the selected item.

Minus sign (-)    
Command–Shift– Increase the size of the selected item.
Command–Equal sign (=) performs the
Plus sign (+)
same function.
Command–Shift– Open the Help menu.

Question mark (?
)

Finder shortcuts
          Shortcu Description
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Command-D Duplicate the selected files.
Command-E Eject the selected disk or volume.
Command-F Start a Spotlight search in the Finder
window.
Command-I Show the Get Info window for a selected file.
Command- Open the Computer window.
Shift-C
Command- Open the desktop folder.
Shift-D
Command- Open the All My Files window.
Shift-F
Command- Open a Go to Folder window.
Shift-G
Command- Open the Home folder of the current OS X
Shift-H user account.
Command- Open iCloud Drive.
Shift-I
Command- Open the Network window.
Shift-K
Command- Open the Downloads folder.
Option-L
Command- Open the Documents folder.
Shift-O
Command- Open the AirDrop window.
Shift-R
Command- Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X
Shift-T Mountain Lion or earlier)
Command- Add selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X
Shift-Control- Mavericks or later)
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Command- Open the Utilities folder.
Shift-U
Command- Show or hide the Dock. This often works
Option-D even when you're not in the Finder.
Command- Add the selected item to the sidebar (OS X
Control-T Mavericks or later).
Command- Hide or show the path bar in Finder
Option-P windows.
Command- Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder
Option-S windows.
Command– Hide or show the status bar in Finder
Slash (/) windows.
Command-J Show View Options.
Command-K Open the Connect to Server window.
Command-L Make an alias of the selected item.
Command-N Open a new Finder window.
Command- Create a new folder.
Shift-N
Command- Create a new Smart Folder.
Option-N
Command-R Show the original file for the selected alias.
Command-T Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is
open in the current Finder window.
Command- Show or hide a Finder tab.
Shift-T
Command- Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is
Option-T open in the current Finder window.
Command- Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from
Option-V their original location to the current
location.
Command- View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected
Option-Y files.
Command-Y Use Quick Look to preview the selected files.
Command-1 View the items in the Finder window as
icons.
Command-2 View the items in a Finder window as a list.
Command-3 View the items in a Finder window in
columns. 
Command-4 View the items in a Finder window with
Cover Flow.
Command– Go to the previous folder.
Left Bracket (
[)
Command– Go to the next folder.
Right Bracket 
(])
Command– Open the folder that contains the current
Up Arrow folder.
Command– Open the folder that contains the current
Control– folder in a new window.
Up Arrow
Command– Open the selected item.
Down Arrow
Command– Show the desktop. This works even when
Mission Contr you're not in the Finder.
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Command– Turn Target Display Mode on or off.
Brightness Up
Command– Turn display mirroring on or off when your
Brightness Do Mac is connected to more than one display.
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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.
Option– Open a folder in a separate window and
double-click close the current window.
Command– Open a folder in a separate tab or window.
double-click
Command- Move the selected item to the Trash.
Delete
Command- Empty the Trash.
Shift-Delete
Command- Empty the Trash without confirmation
Shift-Option- dialog.
Delete
Command-Y Use Quick Look to preview the files.
Option– Open Displays preferences. This works with
Brightness Up either Brightness key.
Option– Open Mission Control preferences.
Mission
Control
Option– Open Sound preferences. This works with
Volume Up any of the volume keys.
Command key Move the dragged item to another volume or
while location. The pointer changes while you drag
dragging the item.
Option key Copy the dragged item. The pointer changes
while while you drag the item.
dragging
Command- Make an alias of the dragged item. The
Option while pointer changes while you drag the item.
dragging
Option-click a Open all folders within the selected folder.
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Command- See the folders that contain the current
click a folder.
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