Absolute Beginners > Keyboard Short Cuts

There are a range of keyboard shot cuts to save you time when using your Mac. Here are some to get your started.

1. •Command-? Mac Help
   

2. •Command-A Select All
   

3. •Command-C Copy
   

4. •Command-D Duplicates current item
   

5. •Command-E Ejects selected volume, media, or server
   

6. •Command-F Find
   

7. •Command-H Hide current application
   

8. •Command-I Opens Get Info dialog for selected item
   

9. •Command-J Toggles View Options Open & Closed
   

10. •Command-K Connect to server
    

11. •Command-L Creates Alias for selected item
    

12. •Command-M Minimize a Finder-folder to Dock
    

13. •Command-Option-M Save as above but minimizes all open Finder-folders
    

14. •Command-N Opens up new Finder window
    

15. •Command-O Opens selected item
    

16. •Command-Q Quits active application
    

17. •Command-V Paste
    

18. •Command-W Closes Finder-folder window
    

19. •Command-Option-W Same as above but closes all Finder-folders
    

20. •Command-X Cut
    

21. •Command-Z Undo
    

22. •Command-Del Moves selected item to Trash
    

23. •Command-Shift-A Opens the applications folder
    

24. •Command-Shift-N Creates a new folder in the selected workspace
    

25. •Command-Shift-Del Empty Trash
    

26. •Command-Tab Rotate through open applications and switch to highlighted app
    

27. •Command-~ Same as above but only flips through open windows in the selected application