Total Mac-Keyboard Shortcuts

Apple Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts:

Getting out of freezes

Turns your computer on and off.

Your work will be saved before the
computer shuts down.

Cancels an operation in progress.

Forces a program to quit. Unsaved

work will be lost.

Restarts or shuts down the

computer (on some models).
Unsaved work will be lost.

Forces the computer to restart

when the pointer is frozen (on
some models). Unsaved work will
be lost.

Starting up

To start up the computer with one of the options in the right column below,
hold down these keys while starting up.

Rebuilds the Desktop file.

Turns off extensions in the

Extensions folder.

Resets Chooser and control panel

settings stored in parameter RAM.

Starts up the computer from a CD.

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Bypasses the startup disk when

starting up.

Working with icons

Letter keys Selects the icon whose name

begins with the letters typed.

Selects the icon above, below, to

the left, or to the right of the
selected icon.

Selects the next icon

alphabetically.

Click icons Selects all of the icons clicked.

Drag across icons Selects all icons in the group.

Opens the icon and closes its

Double-click icon
window.

Drag icon to folder Copies the icon to the folder.

Highlights the name of the selected

icon.

Drag icon Cleans up the icon.

Drag icon Creates an alias of the icon.

Moves selected icons to the Trash.

Working with windows

Close close box Closes all disk and folder windows.

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Collapses all disk and folder

Click collapse box
windows.

Zooms a window to the full size of

Click zoom box
the screen.

Hides the windows of the previous

Switch programs
program.

Moves a window without making it

Drag window
active.

Displays a pop-up menu of folders

Press the title of the window
to which the current folder belongs.

In a list view, expands the contents

of the selected folder(s).

In a list view, collapses the

contents of the selected folder(s).

In a list view, expands the contents

Expand folder of the folder and all folders
contained within it.

In a list view, collapses the

Collapse folder contents of the folder and all
folders contained within it.

Saving files

These shortcuts work in "Save" dialog boxes.

Letter keys Selects an item in the active list

whose name begins with the letters
typed.

Selects the item above or below the

selected item.

Changes which list is active.

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Moves up one level in the file

hierarchy.

Moves up to the Desktop level.

Creates a new folder.

Shows the original of the alias

Open alias
(rather than opening it).

Taking pictures of your screen

Creates a picture file of the entire

screen.

Creates a picture file of a

rectangular selection of the screen.
(After pressing and releasing the
key combination, drag across the
part of the screen you want to take
a picture of.)

Creates a picture file of a window.

(After pressing and releasing the
key combination, click the window
you want to take a picture of.)

Note: To copy a rectangle or

window to the Clipboard instead of
saving it as a file, press the Control
key as you select the part of the
screen you want.

Working with languages

These shortcuts work on systems with WorldScript installed.

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Rotates through enabled script

systems.

Rotates through keyboard layouts

and input methods within a script.

Changes the keyboard layout to the

current layout of Roman script.

Changes the keyboard layout to the

current layout of the system script.