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- Click 'Keyboard Shortcut' Type the shortcut you want to disable (for example, command-w) Set Trigger Predefined Action to 'No Action' (which is the default) Note that you can also set a keyboard shortcut for a specific application.
- Mar 03, 2011 Just start typing the filename you’re after and OS X will highlight it; press Tab to jump to the next file in alphabetical order. Then, a quick Command-O will open it right up.
The Finder is one of the most powerful and beneficial applications on the Mac; these shortcuts will help you to use it to its full potential. Command-A Select all items in the front Finder window (or desktop if no window is open).
Humanity should be grateful for the invention of Mac hotkeys. They probably saved us thousand years of time if put together. There is something addictive in using shortcuts - the quickness, the feeling of a keyboard, the geeky confidence in your fingers when you realize “hurray it works!” Once you get hooked on shortcuts, you’ll never go back to clicking again.
Basic Mac hotkeys combinations
1. Quit all apps
Sometimes an app that you thought you quit is still secretly running in the background. When your Mac lags and you need some fresh memory, you may choose to quit all apps. You probably heard of Force Quit (Cmd + Option + Esc), but it’s a too long way to do it.
Quit many apps in a row: Cmd + Tab
Then, holding down Cmd press Q to cycle between apps you need to close.
2. Delete a file completely
Dragging files to the Trash? Wait, this is not the only option. Here’s a shortcut to quickly delete unwanted files on a Mac, bypassing the Trash. Caution: there’s no way back.
To completely delete a file: Option + Cmd + Delete
Did you know, the Command key ? symbol was borrowed from a road sign that is used across Scandinavia? Its original use is to denote tourist attractions. Early Mac models had Apple key instead of Command, but it later was changed as Steve Jobs feared that there would be too many “apples” in the OS interface.
3. Copy and paste a screenshot directly
Cmd + Shift + 4 is an old classic way to make a screenshot on a Mac. But here comes the combination to take your screenshotting skills to the new level. Normally you would make a screenshot, pick it from your desktop, and only then paste it to the new location. It appears, all this time you could do it easier.
To copy-paste a screenshot: Shift + Control + Cmd + 4
4. Quickly switch to the desktop
Sometimes your screen is so obscured by windows it would take years to click through to the desktop. Thank goodness, there is a Mac keystroke combination designed for people like us: the folks who are drowning in an ocean of windows.
To remove window overload: Cmd + F3
5. Open Spotlight
Spotlight, your Mac’s internal search engine, can make your life 1000% easier. It finds files faster than Finder and intuitively predicts what are you after. To open Spotlight right on the spot (sorry for the pun), use this magic combo.
To launch Spotlight search: Cmd + Space bar
Cool shortcut keys for Mac
1. Invert display colors
A truly psychedelic key combination. This shortcut inverts all the colors on your Mac's screen to their opposites. Try it, and your world will never be the same. On the flip side, you can find a few practical applications for this command, for example, to adjust your screen to different lighting.
To invert colors on screen: ?md + Option + F5
2. Restore a recently closed tab
This one can be a real savior if you accidentally closed an important tab in a browser, like that pancake recipe or payment confirmation. There’s an easy Mac keyboard shortcut to restore it.
To restore a closed tab: Cmd + Shift + T
3. To shut down your Mac instantly
No, the following Mac shortcut is not about the force shutdown. It’s used when you need to quickly close all dialog windows and shut down your Mac in a legit way. Learn this one, quickly finish your work and finally go outside.
To quickly shut down a Mac: Control + Option + Command + Eject
4. Mac hot keys to invoke Siri
Among all Mac keyboard commands, this is the easiest. Since Siri’s arrival to macOS we got used to talk to Siri about weather and even ask her to play our favorite tracks on Mac. If you are using macOS Sierra or higher, you’ll enjoy the ability to summon Siri using just one hand.
To launch Siri: Cmd + Space bar
A shortcut to free up space on your Mac
Well, not exactly a shortcut, but indeed the quickest way to get more storage on your Mac.
Download CleanMyMac + Install + Click Smart Scan
This combination of actions will free up dozens of gigabytes of space taken by garbage: unwanted files, system junk, app leftovers, etc. CleanMyMac removes about 54 GB of junk on an average Mac. Try and see how it cleans your Mac.
CleanMyMac is available for a free download here.
Finder shortcuts
Finder is quite a resource-demanding tool. When you open a new Finder window it usually takes some time. For quicker access to your main destinations like Applications or Desktop, you can use the following shortcut combinations.
To quickly access Finder folders:
Cmd + Shift + A (for Applications)
Cmd + Shift + U (for Utilities)
Cmd + Shift + D (for Desktop)
Chrome shortcuts
Having hundreds of opened tabs in a browser has become a widespread syndrome nowadays. Closing tabs with a mouse is not only frustrating but also may freeze up your browser. Using a direct shortcut makes this job easy as a morning walk.
To close a current tab in Chrome: Cmd + W
To close a Chrome window: Cmd + Shift + W
To open a new Chrome tab: Cmd + T
Psychologists say you have to do something at least 3 times to put it in your long-term memory. Attach small sticky notes to the outlines of your Mac’s screen with 3 or 4 shortcuts you really want to master. Then, leave it all to your fingers.
Mac shortcuts for documents
1. Copy text without formatting
You want to copy a piece of the text, but the old formatting drags along with it. Now you spend more time formatting rather than actually creating a text. To strip the text from old styling, use the following Mac hotkeys combination. A very good one to stretch your fingers.
To paste text without formatting:
Hold down Shift + Option + Command and hit V
2. Paste special symbols and emojis
Probably this is the easiest documented shortcut key for a Mac. To enter special symbols, like those lamdas, tildas, and alfas, you need to press just one key. For instance, if you need to type a modified E, hold down the E key for one second and then choose among available variations that appear.
To enter an alternate character: Hold down the character key
To paste emojis in the text: Press Control + Command + Space
3. Enter a strikethrough text on a Mac
You won’t believe, but 8000 people are googling how to do a strikethrough text on a Mac everyday. Although some applications don’t support it, this combination well works in TextEdit and Word. Now you can use it in every second line to add some roughness to your writing.
To apply strikethrough formatting: Cmd + Shift + X
4. Quickly print documents
The next combination works for most apps that allow printing. You don’t need to figure out where the print dialogue is located in every case. Just memorize this quick combination and send your files to print from anywhere.
To invoke a print dialogue: Cmd + P
Mac shortcuts to delete many files at once
There comes a time when you need to do a spring cleaning on your Mac: sort out old garbage, move photos to an external drive, or clean up your old downloads. It is time-consuming and takes an immense willpower simply to start. But lucky you are: there are a few shortcuts to remove large heaps of files as quickly as if you had a machete.
To select folder contents: Cmd + A
To delete a group of files after selection: Cmd + Delete
To empty the Trash: Cmd + Shift + Delete
If you’ve got many files left after backing up, this will save you a good deal of time moving them to the Trash bin.
To save you from a headache, there are apps that will do the mundane deletion job in an instant. CleanMyMac is perhaps the most reliable one. It has a tool that specifically searches for Large & Old files on your drive for a quick cleanup. CleanMyMac is available for a free download. So, check it out.
This was our take on most useful keyboard shortcuts for Mac. Thanks for reading. Below you'll find a few more links about Mac and productivity.
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how about just creating a hot corner and setting the screensaver to that corner . . a swift movement of the mouse would start the screensaver!! That's what I do at work to stop students accessing my login!
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or try: SHIFT+CMD+Q
or better yet: SHIFT+OPTION+CMD+Q
that should bring you back to the login window...
These shortcuts will log out and quit all running apps. But the goal of this hint was to keep them running and prevent access to the computer so that one can easily resume work.
Logging out and locking screen is not the same thing.
Ahh, no they won't. Using Fast User Switching will not Close your account, but log out to the Login panel. Your app's keep running!
Only if you choose Log Out from the Apple menu, will you close your account and quit running apps...
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> Ahh, no they won't.
Yes, they do.
Shift-Cmd-Q and Option-Shift-Cmd-Q quit running apps and log out w/ and wo/confirmation dialog.
He's right Marook. Sorry man.
The only way to user switch with out logging out is by choosing a different user from the fsu menu.
Don't forget to make sure you command drag the keychain menu status item to be the leftmost item. This is the only way I could get this hint to work.
Is it me or is the OS X shortcut keys functionality lacking? Why do I need a 3rd party utility to bind cmd+opt+ctrl+t to launch the terminal app? You'd think we would have seen some improvement from Panther to Tiger in this area, but alas, nothing. If I'm missing something, please feel free to enlighten me. Don't know why someone would need this? Imagine being able to create a universal shortcut to an applescript or launching your address book from anywhere with cmd+opt+ctrl+a.
>Why do I need a 3rd party utility to bind cmd+opt+ctrl+t to launch the terminal app?
You can use One Key, Spark, Quicksilver, etc. to do this.
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Ian
Yes. And all of those are third-party utilities.
The problem with a hot corner is that (and try as they might, I don't think Apple will get round it) screens have just four corners, and there are 5 expose features including dashboard. Plus on a laptop it can be tough to nail hot corners - as well as activating them accidentally being really annoying.
I recently came up with my own way around this, which was to go to
System/Library/Frameworks/Screensaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
Then opt-command drag the app to the desktop. Cmd-i it to enter something like 'sss' (start screen saver) in the spotlight info, now ctrl-space, sss, cmd-enter and bingo, screensaver is up. Might save some people out there valuable menu bar space if you don't want Keychain Access up there.
I only aliased the app as I don't think Spotlight will search the System folder, but I guess you can move it anywhere in your home folder.
On 'start screen saver', 'not using Hot Corners', keyboard shortcut, one-click, quick-start, easy access:
Drag the ( System/Library/Frameworks/Screensaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app ) to the Dock.
Click on shortcut in Dock to start Screen Saver.
I was able to use this tip to make Mighty Mouse activate the screen saver.
I wanted to use the side buttons, since I don't use them for anything else.
I simply assigned that app to the side buttons and it works perfectly fine in addition to the lower right corner that I use to activate it as well.
I can move my mouse or I can simply now use the side buttons.
Or, when setting a screen corner in Exposé, you can use any modifier keys you like on your hot corner.
My screen saver only activates when I hold down the command key and put the mouse in the upper right corner.
With modifiers, there are something like 64 possible combinations.
You could just hit Windows Key + L to lock your windows box.
That seems easier to me.
I think I read this here, but I can't find it in the archives. Perhaps it was some place else.
Anyway, for ths you need Quicksilver and this little apple script:
tell application 'ScreenSaverEngine'
activate
end tell
1) Save that in an applescript somewhere.
2) Then open the Quicksilver preferences and go to Triggers.
3) Add a new trigger by clicking on the plus Icon
4) Type in the name of your script and select it (you might need to rerun your indexing for quicksilver so it gets the script)
5) You can now add any keyboard shortcut you like (I have ctrl+cmd+L).
Thats it, now you can lock your screen with a shortcut.
But I agree having a hot corner is the quickesway. :)
Couldn't you just set up the same keyboard shortcut through the keyboard preference panel? Just save your script as an app.
Doc
Unless I'm missing something about what you're saying, you can't set Keyboard Preferences to launch an app. You can only set it to execute a menu item by name of an already running app.
I guess the third-party guys are happy with the current state, but it seems that Apple already has a nice GUI for assigning keystrokes globally or per Application, but the implementation is pretty weak. When they first introduced it I thought they were going to make it a full blown centralized keystroke assignment/action customization system, but instead you've got a hodgepodge of things like Keyboard Prefs bindings (weak), the global AppleScript menu (can do just about anything, but no keyboard assignments), and Automator workflows (good for adding contextual menus, but again, no keyboard assignments). All of these should interoperate better.
Enable the Script menu, and make sure that your applescript is in the menu. Then Keyboard shortcuts can launch the app.
I'll admit I haven't tried this, but it should work.
Doc
I don't know. For me it always has side effects. I set a zoom global shortcut, but instead of zooming only the front window, like the menu point does when going throught the menu, it zooms all windows.
So I don't even bother with these settings anymore.
Ok, I don't know why this hasn't been mentioned yet, but if you have Quicksilver installed one of the default apple script actions is 'Fast Logout' as in fast user switch to the login screen. So in less than four key strokes my computer is locked at the login screen and all my programs stay running. Plus its more secure than the screen saver.
I can't recommend enough the Quicksilver program. It saves me so much time and I am constantly learning of new functionality. I hardly use the finder or spotlight, but I use QS all the time.
same here. I never use spotlight, because I know where my stuff is and for starting programs QS is just 1000 times faster. plus it lets my type in stuff and doesn't need to search an endless time.
Why should fast logout be more secure than a screensaver? If I turn of fast user switching and I lock my PC with the screensaver than only I can access it and nobody can login with some other account that might be there.
I agree. Quicksilver is probably the most useful app around. I've solved this issue for myself by having it the launch the Screen Saver Engine by typing 'SS'.
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Seamus
Couldn't you launch the script with One Key or Spark or some other keyboard file-launching utility? I have One Key and Quicksilver but I have never even opened Quicksilver.
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Ian
I know that this is a Mac site, but I couldn't help but provide a Windows tip. Instead of Ctrl+Alt+Del+Space to lock your WinXP machine, you can just use windows+L.
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I have been looking for something to do this ever since I bought my first Mac. Coming from windows, I used to use Win-key-L to lock the screen, which is separate from the screen-saver password. I expected this hint to do that, but it doesn't... =/
When I tried this hint I had my screensaver password enabled since I just use a hot-corner to lock my system right now. I put the lock thing up there, hit 'lock screen' and sure enough, it worked. Woohoo, right? Well, since I didn't need to lock with the screen-saver activation anymore, I turned off needing a Password to wake from sleep or screensaver. All the sudden locking the screen does not lock the screen. It simply turns on the screensaver... So, basically it seems to have the same function as the hot-corner. Very lame...
1. In System Pref 'Security', choose 'Require password to wake'
2. When you leave the desk, press the power button, followed by 's'
Cheers :-)
If you still need processes to run but need the computer locked, if you have fast user switching enabled:
1. click on fast user switching icon/name on menu screen
2. select login window
And there ya go. You'll then have to select your username and enter a password (if you have one) in order to get back into your system.
BTW, the hint claims it's a keyboard shortcut, but if one is lifiting one's hand off of the keyboard to click on something, that's not really a keyboard shortcut now, is it?
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This only works on laptops. To get the same dialog on a desktop Mac, press Control-Eject. On desktops, the power button instantly puts the computer to sleep.
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Ian
Actually, that behavior can be changed in Energy Saver. On non-laptops, there's an option to have the Power button Sleep the computer - just uncheck that option. Now, the Power button will function the way it does on laptops; it'll bring up the Sleep, Restart, Shutdown or Cancel dialog.
'Open the Preferences panel (menu: Keychain Access->Preferences).'
I don't see a 'Preferences' menu option ....
Is this possible a Tiger-only hint? (I am using Panther, 10.3.9).
Yes, those are Tiger-only steps. Sorry.
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In Panther, choose 'Show Status in Menu Bar' from the View menu in Keychain Access.
I think what is meant is that the Keychain Access application has preferences to set — and, BTW, the essential Keychain check and repair.
Nice tip. Just a quick note on the Windows lock, by the way... if you have a keyboard with the Windows key on it, just the Windows key plus L to lock the display. Much simpler than doing the Ctrl-Alt-Del and then L.
Oh yeah, and since everyone else is saying it: windows key + L will also lock your screen in windows (not that I knew that before reading it four times in the comments, but I wanted to sound like all the other kids).
Building on the above hint, get the application OnMyCommand and create a contextual menu item that runs the command
open /System/Library/Frameworks/Screensaver.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app
Then you can lock the screen (assuming you have set it to do so) with a click of the right mouse button (or control-click for a one-button mouse).
Here's another one.
If you use FUS, get WinSwitch, and it also have a [assignable] hot-key to move to the Login-panel.
Works nicely..
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This is what I do! I use FruitMenu to redo my Apple menu, changing Log Out to Command-Option-Shift-Q. Then I set up WinSwitch to go to the login window with Command-Shift-Q. It is great!
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there is nothing special about equal rights.
or try: SHIFT+CMD+Q
or better yet: SHIFT+OPTION+CMD+Q
that should bring you back to the login window...
These shortcuts will log out and quit all running apps. But the goal of this hint was to keep them running and prevent access to the computer so that one can easily resume work.
Logging out and locking screen is not the same thing.
If not, you've installed some haxie and you're spacing out. If so, you're not understanding the hint.
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makeinu, thanks for that link to 'LockTight'. That's the perfect solution. System-wide, the hotkey works and engages the screen saver [which I've set to require a password]. Perfect!
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just a quick tip for your XP Laptop in stead of <ctrl>-<alt><delete> then Space you could just use <windowskey> + <L> to lock it
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Why not just use apple-shift-Q?
And I lock my windoze box with the windowskey-L...
Heh heh heh!
:-)
http://www.gkoya.com/2006/11/23/locktight-for-mac-os-x-intel/
Has anyone on a laptop ever tried closing the lid? That puts the computer to sleep.
CMD+OPTION+EJECT puts system to sleep. Combine this with 'Enable password on awake' in Prefs->Security and there you go!