Comprehensive Shortcuts for Mac
Keys:
- Fn⌫ (⌦) forward delete
- Fn↑ (⇞) page up
- Fn↓ (⇟) page down
- Fn← (↖) home
- Fn→ (↘) end
- ⏏ Eject: power buttom
Systemwide:
- Hold ⌘ and click other windows in back layer
- ⇧⌘/ open Help -> Search
- ⌃⌘␣ open Emoji panel
- ⌘H hide the windows of the front app
- ⌥⌘H view the front app but hide all other apps
- ⌘M minimize the front window to the Dock
- ⌥⌘M minimize all windows of the front app
- ⇧⌥⌘V paste without formatting
- ⌃⌘D look up in Dictionary
- ⌥⎋ pronounce selected text (Accessibility settings)
- ⌃⌘Q lock screen
- ⌥⌘␣ open Finder
- ⇧⌥+volup ⌥+voldown adjust the sound volume in smaller steps
- ⌥+volup ⌥+voldown open Sound settings
- ⌥+brightup ⌥+brightdown open Displays settings
- ⌥⌘D toggle Dock
- Hold ⌘ to drag & drop menu bar icons
- Hold ⌥ when click Wi-Fi, Bluetooth button in menu bar to get extra info
Apps:
- ⌘G repeatedly search after ⌘F
- ⌘J scroll to a selection
- ⌘[ ⌘] go to previous / next spot
- ⌥← ⌥→ jump a word backward forward
Built-in IME:
- ⇧⌫ forget candidate word
- ⇧⌥B show facemarks & punctuation
- ⇧⌥L find input code
RIME:
- ⇧⌦ forget candidate word
- ⌃⌥` reload configuration
- ⌃` open configuration
- /Library/Input Methods/Squirrel.app/Contents/MacOS/Squirrel --sync
- rime-install iDvel/rime-ice:others/recipes/all_dicts
Finder:
- ⌘↑ go to the parent folder
- ⇧⌘. toggle hidden files
- ⌘⌫ move files to Trash
- ⌥⌘⌫ delete files directly
- ⇧⌘G goto specified directory
- ⇧⌘D open Desktop
- ⇧⌘C open Computer
- ⇧⌘H open Home
- ⌥⌘L open Download
- ⇧⌘I open iCloud
- Hold ⌥ and drag & drop to copy files
- Hold ⌥⌘ and drag & drop to make an alias
Terminal:
- ⌘R to select text in a pager
- `pbcopy`, `pbpaste` clipboard
iTerm2:
- Hold ⇧⌥⌘ when dragging the body of the tab
VS Code:
- ⌃- ⌃_ (⇧⌃-) to navigate to the last / next position, similar to Windows alt← / alt→
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