The OS X Keyboard Cheat Sheet

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Key Combo F10

Action

Key Combo

Action

F11 Cmd-o Cmd-a Cmd-x Cmd-c Cmd-v Cmd-h Cmd-m

Expose Show all Cmd-Up Arrow Top of box with curent cursor movement application Cmd-Down Arrow Bottom of box windows with cursor Expose Desktop movement Open Select All Cut Copy Paste Hide current apps windows Minimize window Remember you can actually set the shortcuts to your own key combinations both for a given app and globally! See Apple Help for how! Full Keyboard Access Key Combo Action CTRL-F1 CTRL-F2 CTRL-F3 CTRL-F4 Turn keyboard access on/off Access Menu Bar Highlight the Dock Highlight active window or next window behind it Hightlight the toolbar Highlight Tool Palette

Shortcuts to menu items are always on the right side of that on the menu. Key Combo Cmd-` Action Flip through windows of application Flip through applications Quit an application Close window of an application Expose Show all windows

Cmd-Tab Cmd-q Cmd-w F9

Cursor Movements In A Text Box Key Combo Home Action Top of box (no cursor movement) Bottom of box (no cursor movement) Start of line End of line

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CTRL-F5 CTRL-F6

Cmd-Left Arrow Cmd-Right Arrow

Key Combo CTRL-F7

Action Access all controls in the current dialog Select highlighted item Default button or action Cancel button Close menu without choosing an item Reverse order of moving the highlight Highlight the next control Highlight next control when text box is selected

Universal Access Key Combo Cmd-Option-8 Cmd-Option-= Cmd-Option-Cmd-OptionCTRL-8 Action Turn Zoom On/Off Zoom In Zoom Out Greyscale(s)

Key Combo Cmd-Option-A

Action Toggle Full Screen (When Preference Set)

Space Return Esc Esc

Screen Shots Use Grab found in your Applications area or these shortcut keys Snapz Pro from Ambrosia is more to my liking though (keyboard strokes below are different for SnapzPro) Key Combo Cmd-SHIFT-3 Cmd-SHIFT-4 Esc CTRL- previous strokes Action Picture of whole screen Part of the screen , drag and click Abort Store shot on clip board instead of PDF file on desktop

Mouse keys to control the pointer (Apple Menu > System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse > Mouse Keys on) Key 5 0 Action Click Click and hold

SHFT-Tab

Tab CTRL-Tab

Arrow Keys

Arrow Keys CTRL-Arrow

Move highlight in Coolest of all, you can create spoken list tab group or words for keyboard shortcuts see menu your Help off your Apple Menu Move sliders or spin buttons X-11 Highlight control adjacent to text X-11 Keys are often dependent on the X-11 Window Manager used box

Start Ups From the computer in off

Key Key Power Listen for beep Press SHIFT and release when you see progress bar T Option C N Cmd-S Cmd-V Cmd-. Firewire Target Mode Select other start-up disk Startup from CD Start up from default Netboot Single User Mode Console messages Open CD tray when selecting start up disk Eject Removeable Disks Reset Parameter RAM Close open finder windows Action Safe Mode SHIFT during progress bar Hold Left SHIFT and Mouse Button at progress bar

Action Prevent Startup Items from openning Prevent Automatic Login (if set so Automatic Login is a BIG SECURITY NO NO!)

Hold Mouse Button Cmd-Option-P-R SHIFT