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Mac OSX Shortcut Keys
Mac OSX Shortcut Keys
Questions Addressed
- What are some of the shortcut keys for navigating through the Finder?
Shortcuts for the Finder
Use these shortcuts to work with the Finder.
Action | Shortcut |
---|---|
Jump to the search field in a Finder window | ⌘-Option-F |
Define a search using multiple criteria | ⌘-F |
Open your home folder | ⌘-Shift-H ⌘-Up Arrow (in some cases) |
Open your iDisk | ⌘-Shift-I |
Open the Desktop folder | ⌘-Shift-D |
Open the Computer area | ⌘-Shift-C |
Open the Network browser | ⌘-Shift-K |
Open the Applications folder | ⌘-Shift-A |
Open the Utilities folder | ⌘-Shift-U |
Select the next icon | Arrow keys |
Select an icon by the first letter of its name | Letter key |
Select the next alphabetic item in a window | Tab |
Select the previous alphabetic item in a window | Shift-Tab |
Select a group of icons | Drag the pointer across the icons |
Add an icon to the selection | Shift-click |
Select adjacent icons in a list | Shift-click |
Select or deselect non-adjacent icons in a list | ⌘-click |
Select the name of the icon | Return |
Align icons as you drag them | ⌘-drag |
Copy a file instead of moving it | Option-drag the file's icon to new location |
Make an alias to a file instead of moving it | ⌘-Option-drag the file's icon |
See the pathname of the current window | ⌘-click window's title Choose an item from the pop-up menu to open it |
Open a folder in a separate window | ⌘-double-click |
In list view, open the selected folder | Right arrow |
In list view, open each level of folders within the selected folder | ⌘-Option-Right Arrow |
In list view, open all folders within the selected folder | Option-click the disclosure triangle |
In list view, close the selected folder | Left Arrow |
In list or icon view, open the selected folder | ⌘-Down Arrow |
In list or icon view, show the folder containing the current folder | ⌘-Up Arrow If no Finder windows are open, opens a window showing your home folder |
Open a new window showing the folder that contains the current folder and close the current window | ⌘-Option-Up Arrow |
Open a new window showing the contents of the current folder and close the current window | ⌘-Option-Down Arrow |
Make the desktop active | ⌘-Option-Shift-Up Arrow |
Move the selected item to the Trash | ⌘-Delete |
Empty the Trash | ⌘-Shift-Delete |
Empty the Trash without any warning or when it contains locked files | ⌘-Shift-Option-Delete Hold down the Option key, then choose Finder > Empty Trash |
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