Craig Maas

MacKeys

Mac OS X Keystroke List

This list of every keystroke in Mac OS X, including all of the keys you can press during startup. Clip and post to your monitor—unless, of course, you got this book from the library.

• Apple's List
• Dan Rodney's List- very good

Startup Keystrokes

Keys to Hold Down Effect

C Start up from a CD

D Start up from the first partition

N Start up from network server

T Puts the Mac into FireWire Target Disk mode

X Starts up in Mac OS X (if 9 is on the same disk)

Shift Prevents startup items from opening

Option Shows icons of all startup disks, so you can choose one for starting up.

Cmd-Option-Shift-Delete Starts up from external drive (or CD)

Cmd-Option-P-R Zaps the parameter RAM (PRAM). (Hold down until second chime.)

Cmd-Option-O-F Brings up Open Firmware screen.

Cmd-V Show Unix console messages during startup

Cmd-S Start up in single user mode

mouse down Ejects a stuck CD or DVD

Shift Just after powering up: turns off kernel extensions (see Section B.10)

Shift Later, after logging in: Prevents Finder windows from opening and startup items from opening. (They'll return the next time you start up.)

In the Finder

Cmd-Option-W Closes all Finder windows

right arrow, left arrow Expands or collapses a selected folder in list view

Option-right arrow Expands a folder in a list view and all folders inside it

Option-left arrow Collapses folder and all folders inside it

Cmd-up arrow Opens parent folder

Cmd-Option-Shift-up arrow Selects the Desktop

Cmd-down arrow Opens the selected icon

Option-click the flippy triangle Expands or collapses all folders within that window

Tab Selects next icon alphabetically

Shift-Tab Selects previous icon alphabetically

Cmd-Delete Moves highlighted icons to the Trash

Space bar Opens the disk or folder under mouse immediately (during a spring-loaded folder drag)

Option (when inserting a CD) Show each session (on a multisession, ISO-9660 CD) as a separate icon

Power Keys

If the keyboard lacks an Eject key, substitute F12. In all of these keystorkes, hold the Eject or F12 key for a moment- don't just tap it.)

Control-Eject Brings up dialog box for shutdown, sleep, or restart

Option-Cmd-Eject Puts the Mac to sleep

Control-Option-Cmd-Eject Shut down

Control-Cmd-Power Force a restart

Managing Programs

Cmd-H Hide this program's windows (works in most apps)

Option-N-H Hide all other programs' windows (most apps)

Cmd Shrinks and tiles all windows in all programs (Expose)

Shift-F9 Shrinks and tiles all windows in slow motion

F10 Shrinks and tiles all windows in frontmost program

F11 Flings all windows in all programs to edges of screen, revealing desktop

F12 Summons the Dashboard widgets (Chapter 5)

Cmd-Tab Press and release: Switches back and forth between current and previous open program

Cmd-Tab Hold down Cmd: Displays floating icons of open programs. Press Tab repeatedly to cycle through them. (Add Shiftto cycle backwardthrough open programs on the Dock.)

Cmd-~ Switches to next open window in this program (add Shift to cycle in the opposite direction)

Option-Cmd-Esc Opens the Force Quit dialog box (to close a stuck program)

Shift-Option- Cmd-Esc Force quits frontmost program (no dialog box)

Shift-Cmd-3 Captures the screen image as a PDF file on your desktop

Shift-Cmd-4 Produces a crosshair; drag to capture a selected portion of the screen as a PDF graphics file. (Press Space to get the "camera" cursor that snips out just a menu, icon, or window.)

Cmd-Space Opens Spotlight menu

Cmd-Space Switches keyboard layout (if more than one is installed). (If you use Spotlight, you must choose a different keystroke for it.)

Option-click a Dock icon Switches to new program and hides previous one

Option-click in a window Switches to new program and hides previous one

Cmd-drag Rearranges or removes menulets or toolbar icons

Cmd-click window title Opens a pop-up menu showing the folder path

Option-click the Minimize button Minimizes all windows (works in most programs)

Shift-click Displays the animation in slow motion (works when minimizing a window, triggering Expose, opening Dashboard, and so on)

Option-Cmd-D Hides/shows the Dock

Cmd-click a Dock icon Reveals its actual Finder icon

Option-Cmd-click a Dock icon Switches to this program and hides all others

Control-click a Dock icon Opens a shortcut menu

Cmd-drag an icon onto a Dock icon Prevents Dock icons from moving, so you can drop your icon onto one of them

Cmd-drag a Dock icon Drags the actual item

Option-Cmd-drag an icon onto the Dock Forces a Dock program icon to open the icon you're dropping

Dialog Boxes

Cmd-comma Opens Preferences dialog box (any Apple program)

Esc "Clicks" the Cancel button in a dialog box

Enter "Clicks" the OK button (or other blue, highlighted button) in a dialog box

Option-Cmd-F Moves insertion point to the Search box in most Apple programs