Keyboard Shortcuts for the Mac and OS X
Thought I’d list a bunch of commonly used keyboard shortcuts for the intel macs and os x that I’ve found or read about.Intel Macs use EFI instead of Open Firmware, here are some keyboard commands. You’ll want to hold down the key until you see the spinny circle on the screen.
Boot up parameters
| <option> | bring up boot disk selection screen | |
| <x> | Force OS X startup | |
| <Option><Cmd><Shift><Delete> | Bypass start volume during boot. | |
| <c> | Boot off CD/DVD | |
| <t> | Start in Target disk Mode | |
| <shift> | Start up in Safe Mode | |
| <option>-<n> | Netboot | |
| <cmd>-<v> | Verbose boot. Shows you everything happening as it starts up. | |
| <cmd>-<s> | Single User Mode | Boots OS X into Single User Mode. |
OS X Keyboard Shortcuts
Desktop Management
| <F8> | Spaces view |
| <F9> | Expose all apps |
| <F10> | Expose selected app windows |
| <F11> | Desktop view |
| <F12> | Dashboard |
| <Ctrl>-<Number> | go to that spaces desktop |
Other Shortcuts
| <cmd>-<spacebar> | Access Spotlight |
| <cmd><shift><3> | Screen capture |
| <cmd><shift><4> | Screen capture selected area |
| <cmd><option><=> | Zoom screen in (requires universal access) |
| <cmd><option><-> | Zoom screen out (requires universal access) |
| <cmd><tab> | Application switcher |
| <cmd><~> | switch between application windows |
| <cmd><option><t> | show character palette |
| <cmd><h> | Hide application window |
| <cmd><w> | Close window (May quit some apps) |
| <cmd><q> | Quit application |
| <cmd><right arrow> | Expand folder list view |
| <cmd><left arrow> | Collapse folder list view |
| <cmd><?> | Open Help (some apps may not support) |
| <cmd><esc> | Open Front Row |
| <option><cmd><d> | show/hide dock |
| <option><cmd><esc> | Force Quit |
| <option><cmd><drag> | make alias at location |
Finding Safari’s keyboard shorcuts.
Under OS X you can go to the following link to bring up a listing of safari keyboard shortcuts. Cut and paste the url into safari to view. file:///Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Shortcuts.htmlIf you have any you’d like to add please comment!