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Get familiar with the basic shortcut keys on a mac. Work faster and with less physical stress. (91 cards)

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When you press:

Command-option-esc

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You:

Force quit

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When you press:

Command-option-eject

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You:

Sleep now

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command-shift-Q

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log out

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command-shift-option-Q

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log out without confirmation

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command-control-eject

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restart

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control-shift-eject

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sleep displays

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command-option-control-eject

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shut down

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command-tab

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cycle between open applications

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command-`

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*after* having pressed command-tab, it will cycle between open applications in reverse

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command-shift-tab

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cycle between open applications in reverse direction

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command-`

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cycle between open windows in the selected application

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command-shift-`

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cycle between open windows in the selected application in reverse direction

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control-F4

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cycle between open windows in all applications

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control-shift-F4

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cycle between open windows in all applications in reverse direction

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15
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F8

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Spaces (Leopard only)

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16
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F9

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Expos� for all windows (Panther and newer)

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F10

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Expos� for all windows in selected application

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18
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F11

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Expos� to reveal desktop

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19
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F12

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Dashboard (Tiger and newer)

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20
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control-#

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Jump to a space (10.5+)

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21
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control-arrow

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Cycle through spaces (10.5+)

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22
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control-F2

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activate keyboard control of the menu bar

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23
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control-F3

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activate keyboard control of the Dock

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24
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control-F8

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activate keyboard control of the Menu Extras (right side of menu bar)

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command-space
activate Spotlight (Tiger) or switch between keyboard layouts (pre-Tiger systems)
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command-option-control-,
decrease the screen contrast
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command-option-control-.
increase the screen contrast
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command-option-8
turn screen zooming on or off
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command-option-=
zoom in (if screen zooming is on)
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command-option--
zoom out
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command-option-control-8
invert the screen colors
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command-delete
send file to trash
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command-space
open a Spotlight search
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command-option-space
open a Spotlight search in a finder "Find" window
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spacebar
when dragging file onto folder it will spring open without the usual delay
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shift-volume
Change volume without sound effect
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option-shift-volume
Fine-grained volume control (10.5+ ?)
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option-volume
Sound Preference Pane
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option-brightness
Display Preference Pane
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command-decrease-brightness
Change display mode (only on revised fn keyboard layout on Alu. keyboards, newer MBP/MBs?)
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enter
choose blue button in dialogue box (usually "enter" or "accept")
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spacebar
simulate a mouse click on focused object (i.e., the button or control that has a blue halo around it)
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command-shift-?
Search application help. As of 10.5, this also FAYT searches available menu items. It also activates the menu bar as keyboard navigable if the search string is empty.
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command-d
don't save
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command-,
preferences
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command-?
help
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command-:
spelling
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command-;
check spelling
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command-A
select all
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command-C
copy
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command-shift-C
show colors
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command-F
find
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command-G
find next
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command-H
hide
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command-option-H
hide others
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command-M
minimize
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command-N
new
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command-O
open
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command-P
print
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command-Q
quit
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command-S
save
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command-T
show fonts
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command-V
paste
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command-W
close
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command-X
cut
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command-Z
undo
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How does control-A manipulate text?
move to start of current paragraph
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How does control-B manipulate text?
move left one character
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How does control-D manipulate text?
forwards delete
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How does control-E manipulate text?
move to end of current paragraph
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How does control-F manipulate text?
move right one character
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How does control-H manipulate text?
delete
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How does control-K manipulate text?
delete remainder of current paragraph
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How does control-N manipulate text?
move down one line
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How does control-O manipulate text?
insert new line after cursor
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How does control-P manipulate text?
move up one line
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How does control-T manipulate text?
transpose (swap) two surrounding character
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How does control-V manipulate text?
move to end, then left one character
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How does control-Y manipulate text?
paste text previously deleted with control-K
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Hold down C to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot from CD or DVD
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Hold down T to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
start up in FireWire target mode (the Mac temporarily becomes a very expensive external FireWire drive)
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Hold down X to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
force boot into Mac OS X (older Macs that dual-boot into OS 9 and X)
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Hold down N to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
start from Network drive
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Hold down shift to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into safe mode
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Hold down the mouse button to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
eject CD before booting normally
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Hold down command-S to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into single user mode; type exit when done
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Hold down command-option-O-F to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
boot into the Open Firmware prompt
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Hold down command-option-P-R to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
reset PRAM
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Hold down command-option-V to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
verbose boot; show the Unixy text goodness at boot time
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Hold down command-option-shift-delete to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
bypass internal harddrive on boot
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Hold down option to cause a Mac to perform what at startup time.
choose startup disk at boot time

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