Apple Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts play a key role in saving your valuable time. Instead of moving the hand to the mouse and placing the cursor position at a specific point, all the tasks can be done just with the help of keyboard shortcuts.
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Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
| Command | Description |
| Control + Media Eject/Eject | Opens the dialog with Restart/Sleep/Shut Down options |
| Shift + Control + Eject | All your displays will be put in to sleep |
| Command + Alt + Eject | Put computer in sleep mode |
| Command + Control + Eject | Restarts Mac after saving / Quitting applications |
| Command + Alt + Control + Eject | Quit all applications then shuts down the Mac |
| Command + Shift | Log out from your user account after your confirmation |
| Command + Shift + Alt + Q | Log out of your OS X user account immediately (you won’t be asked to confirm action) |
| Command + Shift + Question Mark (?) | Opens the help |
| Command + Shift + Delete | Empty the Trash contents |
Note: The following shortcut commands primarily applies to the Microsoft 365 applications for Mac:
| Command | Description |
| Command + A | Selects all the content in the app |
| Command + B | Makes the font bold |
| Command + C | Copy the selected content |
| Command + D | Font changes |
| Command + E | Aligns the center |
| Command + F | Find in the app |
| Command + G | Find next |
| Command + H | Replaces the content |
| Command + I | Italic font |
| Command + J | Justifies |
| Command + L | Aligns the left |
| Command + M | Minimize |
| Command + N | New document |
| Command + O | Open file |
| Command + P | Print the file |
| Command + Q | Quit the document |
| Command + R | Aligns the right |
| Command + S | Save the changes |
| Command + T | Indent will be hanged |
| Command + U | Underlines |
| Command + V | Paste |
| Command + X | Cut |
| Command + Y | Redo the changes done |
| Command + Z | Undo the changes done |
| Command | Description |
| Command + Option + Esc | Force quit window will open and choose the application to forcibly quit that |
| Command + Shift + Option + Esc | Force the front application to quit by pressing these keys and holding for three seconds |
| Command + tab | Runs through the Open applications, switches to the application used mostly |
| Command + Shift + Tilde (~) | Switch to the window of the applications used mostly |
| Command + Shift + 4 | Take the screenshot of selected area |
| Command + Shift + 3 | Take the screenshot of entire screen |
| Command + Spacebar | Open the spotlight search |
| Command + comma (,) | Front app preferences will be opened |
| Command + control + Media Eject | Front app preferences will be opened |
| Command + shift +: | Displays the window that has spelling and grammar |
| Command +; | Find misspelled words in the document |
| Spacebar | Quick look |
| Command + Up Arrow | Insertion point will be moved to the document beginning |
| Command + Down Arrow | Insertion point will be moved to the document end |
| Command + Left Arrow | Insertion point will be moved to the current line beginning |
| Command + Right Arrow | Insertion point will be moved to the current line end |
| Option + Left Arrow | The insertion point will be moved to the previous word beginning |
| Option + Right Arrow | Insertion point will be moved to the next word end |
| Command | Description |
| Shift + tab | Moves the cursor backward |
| Shift + Page up/Up Arrow | Moves cursor position to the beginning of the file |
| Shift + Page down/down Arrow | Moves cursor position to the end of the file |
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