Mac OSX Shortcut Keys

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