A master cheat sheet for Mac keyboard shortcuts.

There are two types of people in this world – the people who spend 30 seconds doing a simple task requiring three clicks, manual typing and switching applications four times. And then there’s the type who knows a keyboard shortcut and gets the same task done with a single command.

The best macOS keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are awesome. We all have our daily go-to shortcuts that are basically muscle memory at this point, but the best part is that there’s always more shortcuts that you never even knew existed. I’ve personally really enjoy discovering a shortcut that helps me speed up a task that I have to do on a regular basis. A good example of this is the Finder view on a Mac. Depending on the task I’m working on I’ll switch between list and column view, sometimes I might also use the icon view. And then I learned you can switch between these by hitting command + numbers 1 through 4. Mind blown.

Inspired by this we decided to collect our favorite shortcuts into a single video. This video will show you our top 65 keyboard shortcuts that help with file management, switching between applications and windows and a lot more. And in case you need a cheat sheet, we’ve got you covered.

Advanced Mac keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

• Command + R – rotate image or video
• Spacebar – page down in browser
• Option + click to change window size – change all sides at once
• Control + down – view windows in current app
• Command + minus – zoom out
• Command + plus – zoom in
• Command + Option + C – copy file’s pathname
• Command + Control + Q – lock your mac
• Command + Option + Click desktop – hides everything except what you’re clicking
• Command + L – activate address bar in browser
• Command + T – show fonts menu
• Command + U – underline
• Command + K – add link
• Command + I – make italic
• Command + B – make bold
• Option + Green Maximize button – maximize a window without going to full-screen mode
• Option while dragging a file – Copy the dragged item 
• Option + Brightness – Open display preferences
• Option + Shift + Brightness – change brightness in small fragments
• Shift + Option + Volume – change volume in small fragments
• Command + Delete – move item to trash
• Command + 1/2/3/4 – switch finder view
• Option + Command + D – show or hide dock
• Shift + Command + R – open airdrop window
• Command + E – eject
• Command + D – duplicate
• Command + , – open preferences
• Shift + Command + N – create new folder
• Shift + Command + 5 – open screenshot tools
• Shift + Command + 4 – screenshot a specific area of screen
• Shift + Command + 3 – screenshot the whole screen
• Command + Backtick` – switch between application windows
• Space – Quick look
• Control + Command + Space – emojis
• Option – Command – Esc – force quit applications
• Command + T – open new tab
• Command + S – save
• Command + P – print
• Command + A – select all
• Command + Z – Undo
• Enter (in Finder) – rename file
• Command + J – Show view options (in Finder)
• Command + Option + I – show info for multiple files
• Command + I – show info
• Command + F – search within a page
• Command + Space – Spotlight search
• Control + Arrow key – Switch between spaces
• Command + Q – quit application
• Command + W – close tab
• Command + N – New Window
• Option + Command + O – Open file and hide current window
• Command + O – Open file
• Option + Command + H – Hide everything except active window
• Command + H – Hide
• Option + Command + M – Minimize all windows (of that application)
• Command + M – Minimize window
• Command + Tab – Switch Apps
• Command + Shift + Tab – Switch Apps the other way
• Shift + Command + V – Paste without changing the font
• Command V – Paste
• Command C – Copy