The [Eventually] Definitive Keyboard Shortcut List for macOS

General OS Shortcuts

• Command + Space Bar : Open Spotlight Search [This is the biggest one!]

• Command + X : Cut

• Command + C : Copy

• Command + V : Paste

• Command + Shift + 3 : Full-screen screenshot

• Command + Shift + 4 : Selectable rectangular screenshot

• Command + Shift + 5 : Crop-able pre-selected screenshot with graphical options

• Option : Reveals extra options in most OS and app menus

• Command + Q : Quit an app. [Closing via the red ‘X’ in the top left corner closes the window while leaving the app open.]

• Command + Control + Q : Lock your laptop

• Command + Shift + . : Show / hide hidden files and folders in a Finder window

• Option + Drag & Drop : Create a copy of the file at the destination

• Command + Option + V : Move copied file to new location

Apple Mail

• Control + Command + A : Archive the highlighted mail [one or multiple].

Formatting Text

• Command + K : Insert a link into text
• Command + B : Bold / un-bold text
• Command + I : Italics text
• Command + U : Underline text
• Command + A : Select all
• Command + Z : Undo

Browser Shortcuts

• Command + T : Open a new tab
• Command + L : Jump to address bar
• Command + R : Refresh page
• Command + F : Search on page

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