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Most useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

New to Mac or wanting to know Shortcut keys to make your life easier. Below are the quick key button pushes to save time and be more efficient. Most useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts.

Open Apple + Down Opens the selected icon.

Shift + Click Select the icon and add it to the set of those selected.

Tab Highlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.

Shift + Tab Highlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order.

Left arrow Used when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted.

Right arrow Used when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of the one highlighted.

Up arrow Used to select the icon above the one currently highlighted.

Down arrow Used to select the icon below the one currently highlighted.

Open Apple + ?Mac help

Open Apple + E Eject

Open Apple + Shift + Up Arrow Used to direct the input focus to the desktop level.

Open Apple + M Minimize window

Open Apple + N New finder window

Open Apple + Shift + N New folder

Open Apple + W Close the current window.

Open Apple + C Copy the elected item to the clipboard.

Open Apple + X Cut the selected item.

Open Apple + V Paste item from the clipboard

Open Apple + L Make alias

Open Apple + R Show original item

Open Apple + T Add to favorites

Open Apple + O Open the selected icon.

Open Apple + F Display the find dialog box.

Open Apple + G Repeat the last find operation.

Open Apple + Shift + G Takes a snapshot of the screen and saves it to a PICT file.

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