Command Lists For Mac
Finder Navigation
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General
New Finder window: Command N
Up one folder level: Command Up Arrow
Open selected folder: Command Down Arrow
Back: Command left bracket
Forward: Command right bracket
Direct Folder Access
Open the Applications folder: Command Shift A
Open the Computer folder: Command Shift C
Open desktop folder: Command Shift D
Go to Folder: Command Shift G
Open the Home folder of the currently logged-in user account: Command Shift H
Editing Commands
Select all (e.g. all text, or all items in the front Finder window): Command A
Copy selected item/text: Command C
Paste: Command V
Cut: Command X
Undo: Command Z
Redo: Command Shift Z
Move to Trash: Command Delete (or Command Backspace)
Miscellaneous
Move focus to the menu bar: Control-F2, or Control-Function-2 if you're using a Mac with a Touch Bar
Move focus to the Dock: Control F 3, or Control Function 3 if you're using a Mac with a Touch Bar
Move forward to the next most recently used application in a list of open applications: Command Tab
Minimize window: Command M
View as List: Command 2
Open selected item: Command O
Open Mac Help or current application help: Command question mark
Spotlight: Command Spacebar
Find any matching Spotlight attribute: Command F
Closing and Quitting
Close window: Command W
Eject: Command E
Force Quit (Equivalent of Ctrl-Alt-Delete): Command Option Esc
Force Quit front-most application: Command Shift Option Esc
Application and other MacOS keyboard commands
Note: Some applications may not support all of the below application key combinations.
File Commands
New document: Command N
Open document: Command O
Save the active document: Command S
Duplicate the active document: Command Shift S
Print dialog: Command P
Display a dialog for specifying printing parameters (Page Setup): Command Shift P
Quit application: Command Q
Cursor Movement
End of the current line: Command Right Arrow
Beginning of the current line: Command Left Arrow
Beginning of the document: Command Up Arrow
End of the document: Command Down Arrow
End of the current word: Option right arrow
Beginning of the current word: Option Left Arrow
End of the current paragraph: Option Down Arrow
Beginning of the current paragraph: Option Up Arrow
Pressing Shift with these shortcuts selects the text between where the cursor starts and ends.
Font Formatting
Decrease the size of the selected item: Command dash
Increase the size of the selected item: Command Shift equals
Boldface the selected text or toggle boldfaced text on and off: Command B
Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off: Command U
Italicize the selected text or toggle italic text on or off: Command I
Display the Fonts window: Command T
Mac Startup Commands
Alignment
Left-align a selection: Command left brace
Right-align a selection: Command right brace
Center-align a selection: Command Shift backslash
Miscellaneous
Command List For Microsoft Word
Command List For Mcpe
Mac Commands Cheat Sheet
Display the Spelling window: Command Shift semicolon
Open a Find window: Command F
Open an application's preferences window (if it supports this keyboard shortcut): Command comma
For a more comprehensive listing of shortcuts check out this Apple Support article.