- A short blog to share Mac keyboard shortcuts that i use on a day to day basis for better productivity
- The shortcuts that i have compiled in this list are primarily for
- Taking Screenshot
- To Lock . Logout , Close Open windows
- Navigating between open applications
- Some short cuts for Safari or other web browsers
- Finder window shortcuts
- Few miscellaneous
- Taking Screenshot
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Screenshot of the entire screen & saves on desktop | Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + 3 |
Shows crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture | Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + 4 |
Screenshot or screen recording tools | Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + 5 |
Lock your screen | Control (⌃) + Command(⌘) + Q |
Log out of your macOS user account | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + Q |
Close active window | Command (⌘) + W |
Close all windows of active app | Option (⌥) + Command (⌘) + W |
Force quit an app | Option (⌥) + Command (⌘) + Esc |
Opens the emoji window | Control (⌃) + Command (⌘) + Space |
Scroll through the open apps | Command (⌘) + Tab |
Switch between open windows of a single app | Command (⌘) + Tilde (~) |
View all open applications | Control (⌃) +Up Arrow |
View Windows in the Current App | Control (⌃) + Down Arrow |
Show Desktop | F11 or Fn+ F11 |
Open preferences of the active application | Command (⌘) + Comma (,) |
Minimize an application | Command (⌘) + M |
Safari: Reloads the page on Safari | Command (⌘) + R |
Safari: Hard refresh | Command (⌘) + Shift(⇧) + R |
Safari: Switch between open tabs in browser | Control (⌃) + Tab |
Switch the app to full screen if supported | Control (⌃) + Command (⌘) + F |
Show or hide the dock | Command (⌘) + Option (⌥) + D |
Finder : Show info about the selected file | Command (⌘) + I |
Finder : Quick preview of selected item | Command (⌘) + Y |
Finder : Show hidden files | Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + dot(.) |
Finder : Copy path name of selected item | Command (⌘) +Option (⌥) + C |
Finder : Opens the desktop folder | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + D |
Finder : Opens the Go to folder window | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + G |
Finder : Opens the Home folder of the user | Shift (⇧) + Command(⌘) + H |
Finder : Creates a new folder | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + N |
Finder : Empty Trash | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + Delete |
Document: Decrease the size | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + Minus (-) |
Document: Increase the size | Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + Plus (+) |
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