Top macOS Shortcuts

 

Shortcut

Mnemonic

Applications

Finder

command-o

Open

Open document

Open selected

command-n

New

New document

New Finder window

command-w

Close

Close document

Close Finder window

command-s

Save

Save document

n/a

command-f

Find

Find within document

Find/Search for file

command-g

Find again

Find next within document

n/a

command-p

Print

Print document

Print selected file

command-c

Copy

Copy selection

Copy selected file

command-x

Cut

Cut selection

n/a

command-v

Paste

Paste from copy

Paste from copy

command-i

Info/Inspector

Inspector/Info on document

Get Info on Selection

command-a

Select All

Select all objects/text

Select all files/folders

command-z

Undo

Undo last action

Undo last action

    

command-tab

App Switcher

n/a

Switches between open Applications

command-tab-shift

App Switcher

n/a

Switches between open Applications

command-i

Info/Inspector

Inspector/Info on document

Get Info on Selection

command-e

Eject

 

Eject volume (flash drive, server volume)

command-spacebar

Spotlight

 

Spotlight Search

spacebar

Quicklook

 

Quicklook of file selected