OS/X Shortcuts - My Favorite Apple Short-Cut Keys

Here are my favorite shortcut keys for OS/X.

F9: brings up expose
F11: shows the desktop

Control-Eject: evokes the shutdown window

Option+Command+Eject: sleep (no confirmation dialog)
Command+Control+Eject: restarts (no confirmation dialog)
Control + Option + Command + Eject: shut down (no confirmation dialog)

Command+Option+Shift+Q: Log-out current user

Command-W: Closes current window
Command-H: hides current window

Command-Q: quits the current application
Command-Tab followed by Q: enables you to quick any running application without bringing them to focus

Command-`: Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)

Fn-Delete: delete from left to right (i.e. forward delete)

Cristiano Pierry

Comments

[Brian G.]

I adore the basic implementation of EMACS key navigation in all text fields. The abreviated list includes:

Ctrl-F - Move right (forward)
Ctrl-B - Move left (back)
Ctrl-P - Move up (previous line)
Ctrl-V - Move down (next line)
Ctrl-E - End of Line
Ctrl-A - Beginning of Line

Ctrl-D - Delete at cursor
Ctrl-K - Kill line (Cut)
Ctrl-Y - Yank (Paste)

Anyway, you get the picture. The one reason I am a fan of these binding is that my hands never leave the core home row of the keyboard.

Brian G.