A complete list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts under macOS

Many users who are new to macOS may find that their operating habits are different from those they used to do with Windows.。Understand and become proficient in using the following commonly used macOS keyboard shortcuts,Can help you improve work efficiency:

cut、copy and paste

Command-X:Cut selected items and copy to clipboard。

Command-C:Copy selected items to clipboard。

Command-V:Paste the contents of the clipboard into the current document or application。

Command-Z:Undo the previous command,available Shift-Command-Z to redo。

Command-A:Select all。

Command-F:Find an item in a document or open a Find window。

window management

Command-M:Minimize the frontmost window to the Dock。

Command-W:Close the frontmost window。

Command-Tab:Switch between open applications。

Screen capture and recording

Shift-Command-5:In macOS Mojave or later,Take a screenshot or record your screen。

Shift-Command-3:Take a screenshot of the entire screen。

Shift-Command-4:Take a screenshot of the selected area。

File operations and navigation

Command-N:Open a new window or tab。

Command-Delete:Move selected items to Trash。

Command-D:Copy selected files or folders。

System operation

Command-Q:Exit current application。

Option-Command-Esc:Force quit current application。

Control-Command-Q:Lock screen now。

View and adjust

Command-Spacebar:Show or hide the focused search bar。

Command-Comma (,):Open the preferences for the front application。

Command–Dispatch Center:Show desktop。

Text editing and formatting

Command-B:Bold selected text。

Command-I:Italicize selected text。

Command-U:Underline selected text。

Finder and file operations

Command-O:Open selected item or file。

Command-Delete:Move selected items to Trash。

Shift-Command-G:Go to folder path。

Other useful shortcut keys

Control-Command-Space:Show character viewer,Choice of emojis and other symbols。

Control-Command-F:Go full screen in supported apps。

By mastering these shortcut keys,You can use macOS more efficiently,and enjoy its powerful operating system features。

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