Top 50 useful keyboard shortcuts for Mac users

Not all computer owners use keyboard shortcuts. Some simply do not know about them, while others simply do not see the need for them.

However, using keyboard shortcuts on Mac can be done much faster. You can easily and conveniently manage the system, work with documents and much more.

Fortunately, now you can bookmark this article and always have access to as many as 50 useful keyboard shortcuts for Mac.

Top 50 useful keyboard shortcuts for Mac users

System combinations

• Put Mac into sleep mode: Option + Command + power button


• Enter the display in sleep mode: Control + Shift + power button


• Sign out of your Mac account: Shift + Command + Q


• Forced reboot without saving files: Control + Command + power button


• Closing programs and shutting down with saving files: Control + Option + Command + power button


• Display a window with a reboot, sleep mode and shutdown: Control + power button

Display combinations

• Show and hide Spotlight Search: Command + Spacebar


• Show and hide Dock: Option + Command + D


• Display Character Viewer: Control + Command + Space


• Open the current program to full screen: Control + Command + F


• Screenshot of the entire display: Command + Shift + 3


• Selective screenshot: Command + Shift + 4


• Open Screen Utility: Command + Shift + 5

Finder combinations

• Open Computer window: Shift + Command + C


• Open desktop: Shift + Command + D


• Open Recent folder: Shift + Command + F


• Open the Downloads folder: Option + Command + L


• Open Documents folder: Shift + Command + O


• Open the Utilities folder: Shift + Command + U


• Open AirDrop window: Shift + Command + R


• Open the folder Transition: Shift + Command + G


• Open iCloud Drive folder: Shift + Command + I


• Display objects in the Finder as icons: Command + 1


• Display objects in the Finder as a list: Command + 2


• Display objects in the Finder as columns: Command + 3


• Create a new folder: Shift + Command + N


• Create a new smart folder: Option + Command + N


• Show or hide side menu: Option + Command + S


• Show or hide the address bar: Option + Command + P


• Show or hide the status bar: Option + Command + /

Combinations for documents

• Bold text: Command + B


• Italics: Command + I


• Underline: Command + U


• Page up: Fn + up arrow


• Page down: Fn + Down arrow


• To top of document: Fn + Left Arrow


• At the end of the document: Fn + Right Arrow


• Save Document: Command + S


• Print this document: Command + P


• Cancel: Command + Z


• Restore: Shift + Command + Z

Other shortcuts

• Cut: Command + X


• Copy: Command + C


• Paste: Command + V


• Select all: Command + A


• Find: Command + F


• Collapse first window: Command + M


• Close first window: Command + W


• Forcibly close the program: Option + Command + Esc


• Go to the recent program: Command + Tab

Keyboard shortcuts become great tools after you get used to them. You will not notice how you will begin to use them regularly.

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