Open the folder that contains the current folder. View the items in a Finder window with Cover Flow. View the items in a Finder window in columns. View the items in a Finder window as a list.
View the items in the Finder window as icons. View a Quick Look slideshow of the selected files. Use Quick Look to preview the selected files.
Move: Move the files in the Clipboard from their original location to the current location. Show or hide the toolbar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. Show or hide the tab bar when a single tab is open in the current Finder window. Hide or show the status bar in Finder windows. Hide or show the Sidebar in Finder windows. Hide or show the path bar in Finder windows. Show or hide the tab bar in Finder windows.Īdd selected Finder item to the Dock (OS X Mavericks or later)Īdd the selected item to the sidebar (OS X Mavericks or later). Show or hide the Preview pane in Finder windows. Open the Home folder of the current macOS user account. Open the Recents window, showing all of the files you viewed or changed recently.
(3) In Software Update preferences, check for software updates again. (2) In some apps, such as Calendar or Safari, refresh or reload the page. (1) When an alias is selected the Finder: show the original file for the selected alias. Show the Get Info window for a selected file. Start a Spotlight search in the Finder window. To log out immediately without confirming, press Option + Shift + Command + Q. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
Press and hold for 1.5 seconds to put your Mac to sleep.* Continue holding to force your Mac to turn off.ĭisplay a dialog asking whether you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.įorce your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents. Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts power In earlier macOS versions, use Shift + Command + 3 or Shift + Command + 4 for screenshots. In macOS Mojave, take a screenshot or make a screen recording. Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.  Use Quick Look to preview the selected item
Use the app in full screen, if supported by the app Show the Character Viewer, from which you can choose emoji and other symbols
Learn how to change a conflicting keyboard shortcut. (If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command +Option +Space.
To close all windows of the app, press Option + Command + W Nbsp Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to openĬlose the front window. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Option + Command + M To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Option + Command + H To find the previous occurrence, press Shift + Command + G
In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commandsįind items in a document or open a Find windowįind Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. You can then press Shift + Command + Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. When she’s not writing or glued to her iPhone, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and creating her own tea blends.Cut, copy, paste, and other common shortcuts command + xĬut the selected item and copy it to the ClipboardĬopy the selected item to the Clipboard. The mix of usability and endless possibilities is what drew her to Apple products originally, and the more she learns, the more she loves.Īmy lives in New Hampshire with her husband and daughter. Writing everything from book reviews to skincare tips, Amy discovered a passion for bringing exciting and useful information to even the most casual researcher. Her debut novel Untold won the 2014 Chelson Award for Fiction. with a Bachelor’s in Literature and Writing, and has gone on to publish two novels and two short stories. Over the past decade, her work in the publishing industry has included live coverage of industry events including the Yale Publishing Course and Magazine Innovation’s ACT 9 Experience, providing editing services for several start-up publishing houses, and acting as newsstand consultant for magazines such as The Old Farmer’s Almanac and The New York Review of Books. Amy Spitzfaden Both is a Feature Writer at iPhone Life, an award-winning novelist, and an iPhone enthusiast.