A list of 97 Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts
| Startup | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| 1. Press X during startup | Force Mac OS X startup |
| 2. Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup |
Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk) |
| 3. Press C during startup | Start up from a CD that has a system folder |
| 4. Press N during startup | Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot) |
| 5. Press T during startup | Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode |
| 6. Press Shift during startup | start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later) |
| 7. Press Command-V during startup | Start up in Verbose mode. |
| 8. Press Command-S during startup | Start up in Single-User mode |
| Finder window | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| 9. Command-W | Close Window |
| 10. Option-Command-W | Close all Windows |
| 11. Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder (list view) |
| 12. Option-Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view) |
| 13. Command-Left Arrow | Collapse Folder (list view) |
| 14. Option-Command-Up Arrow | Open parent folder and close current window |
| Menu commands | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| 15. Shift-Command-Q | Apple Menu Log out |
| 16. Shift-Option-Command-Q | Apple Menu Log out immediately |
| 17. Shift-Command-Delete | Finder Menu Empty Trash |
| 18. Option-Shift-Command-Delete | Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog |
| 19. Command-H | Finder Menu Hide Finder |
| 20. Option-Command-H | Finder Menu Hide Others |
| 21. Command-N | File Menu New Finder window |
| 22. Shift-Command-N | File Menu New Folder |
| 23. Command-O | File Menu Open |
| 24. Command-S | File Menu Save |
| 25. Shift-Command-S | File Menu Save as |
| 26. Command-P | File Menu |
| 27. Command-W | File Menu Close Window |
| 28. Option-Command-W | File Menu Close all Windows |
| 29. Command-I | File Menu Get Info |
| 30. Option-Command-I | File Menu Show Attributes Inspector |
| 31. Command-D | File Menu Duplicate |
| 32. Command-L | File Menu Make Alias |
| 33. Command-R | File Menu Show original |
| 34. Command-T | File Menu Add to Favorites (Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier), Add to Sidebar (Mac OS X 10.3 or later—use Shift-Command-T for Add to Favorites) |
| 35. Command-Delete | File Menu Move to Trash |
| 36. Command-E | File Menu Eject |
| 37. Command-F | File Menu Find |
| 38. Command-Z | Edit Menu Undo |
| 39. Command-X | Edit Menu Cut |
| 40. Command-C | Edit Menu Copy |
| 41. Command-V | Edit Menu Paste |
| 42. Command-A | Edit Menu Select All |
| 43. Command-1 | View Menu View as Icons |
| 44. Command-2 | View Menu View as List |
| 45. Command-3 | View Menu View as Columns |
| 46. Command-B | View Menu Hide Toolbar |
| 47. Command-J | View Menu Show View Options |
| 48. Command – [ | Go Menu Back |
| 49. Command - ] | Go Menu Forward |
| 50. Shift-Command-C | Go Menu Computer |
| 51. Shift-Command-H | Go Menu Home |
| 52. Shift-Command-I | Go Menu iDisk |
| 53. Shift-Command-A | Go Menu Applications |
| 54. Shift-Command-F | Go Menu Favorites |
| 55. Shift-Command-G | Go Menu Goto Folder |
| 56. Command-K | Go Menu Connect to Server |
| 57. Command-M | Window Menu Minimize Window |
| 58. Option-Command-M | Window Menu Minimize All Windows |
| 59. Command-? | Help Menu Open Mac Help |
| 60. Command-Space | Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| Universal Access and VoiceOver | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| 61. Option-Command-* (asterisk) | Turn on Zoom |
| 62. Option-Command-+ (plus) | Zoom in |
| 63. Option-Command– (minus) | Zoom out |
| 64. Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk) | Switch to White on Black |
| 65. Control-F1 | Turn on Full Keyboard Access When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder. |
| 66. Control-F2 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu |
| 67. Control-F3 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock |
| 68. Control-F4 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it |
| 69. Control-F5 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar |
| 70. Control-F6 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette) |
| 71. Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5 | Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| 72. Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8 | Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| 73. Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7 | Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| 74. Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-; |
Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later |
| Other Commands | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| 75. Option-Command-D | Show/Hide Dock |
| 76. Command-Tab | Switch application |
| 77. tab | Highlight next item |
| 78. Command-Up Arrow | Move up one directory |
| 79. Command-Down Arrow | Move down one directory |
| 80. Page Up or Control-Up Arrow | Move up one page |
| 81. Page Down or Control-Down Arrow | Move down one page |
| 82. Option-Drag | Copy to new location |
| 83. Option-Command-Drag | Make alias in new location |
| 84. Command-Drag | Move to new location without copying |
| 85. Shift-Command-C | Show Colors palette in application |
| 86. Command-T | Show Font palette in application |
| 87. Command-Shift-3 | Take a picture of the screen |
| 88. Command-Shift-4 | Take a picture of the selection |
| 89. Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting | Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard |
| 90. Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar | Take a picture of the selected window |
| 91. Option-Command-esc | Force Quit |
| 92. Control-Eject | Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box |
| 93. Control-Command-Eject | Quit all applications and restart |
| 94. Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power |
Sleep |
| 95. Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) | Cycle through available views for the window’s toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window) |
| 96. Command-` | Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open) |
| 97. Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only) | Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor) |
