Useful Mac Keyboard Commands

Command + H - Hide the current application (but leave it’s windows open, and be able to return to it without re-opening it)

Command + Options & Click App’s icon in Dock - Hide All applications but one

Command + Tab - Cycle between open windows

Command + A – Select All (works in most applications and in the Finder)

Command + C – Copy to the clipboard

Command + X – Cut text or items to the clipboard

Command + V – Paste items or text from the clipboard

Command + Z – Undo

Command + S – Save

Command + Q – Quit

Command + W – Close the current window

Command + Option + W – Close all open windows in the application that is open

Shift + Command + Q – Log out of the computer

Command + Delete – Send an item to the Trash (in the finder)

Command + Delete – Backspace an entire word at a time (in applications like Word)

Function + Delete – Deletes from in front of the cursor instead of backspace (for Mac laptops, function key is in lower left corner)

Function + up and down arrow – Page up & Down on a Mac laptop

Shift + Return – Non-breaking carriage return – useful for creating a gap in bulleted lists or in paragraphs, without adjusting line spacing.

Option + F1 (or F2) – Open display preferences

Option + F5 (or F6) – Open Keyboard preferences

Option + F10 (or F11 & F12) – Open Sound preferences