macOS favorite keyboard shortcuts

macos_keyboard_shortcuts.md

macOS keyboard shortcut favorites

Legend

Command (or Cmd)  - ⌘
Control (or Ctrl) - ^
Option (or Alt)   - ⌥
Shift             - ⇧
Fn (Function)     - 🌐

Reference

• macOS keyboard shortcuts: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102650
• macOS Terminal shortcuts: https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/keyboard-shortcuts-trmlshtcts/mac
• Chrome shortcuts: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179
• Slack shortcuts: https://slack.com/help/articles/201374536-Slack-keyboard-shortcuts
• GitHub shortcuts: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/accessibility/keyboard-shortcuts

General

• 🌐 (Fn) or 🌐 (Fn) + E: Open Emoji picker
• ^ (Ctrl) + A: Jump to beginning of line
• ^ (Ctrl) + E: Jump to end of line
• ⌥ (Option) + Left/Right: Jump to previous/next word
• ⌘ (Cmd) + Tab: Switch applications
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + Tab: Switch applications (backwards)
• ⌘ (Cmd) + `: Switch windows of current application
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + V: Paste text without formatting
• ⌘ (Cmd) + A: Select all items/text
• ⌘ (Cmd) + H: Hide windows of front app
• ⌘ (Cmd) + M: Minimize windows of front app
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⌥ (Option) + Esc: Open force quit dialog
• ⌘ (Cmd) + Space: Open Spotlight
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ^ (Ctrl) + F: Fullscreen app
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + 3: Full screen screenshot
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + 4: Screenshot selection
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + 5: Open screenshot dialog
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ^ (Ctrl) + Q: Lock screen
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⌥ (Option) + D or 🌐 (Fn) + A: Show/hide dock
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ,: Open settings for frontmost app
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ^ (Ctrl) + Power button: Force restart, without prompting.
• 🌐 (Fn) + Up Arrow: Page Up - Scroll up one page.
• 🌐 (Fn) + Down Arrow: Page Down - Scroll down one page.
• 🌐 (Fn) + Left Arrow: Home - Scroll to the beginning of a document.
• 🌐 (Fn) + Right Arrow: End - Scroll to the end of a document.

Browser

• ⌘ (Cmd) + T: New Tab
• ⌘ (Cmd) + W: Close Tab
• ⌘ (Cmd) + N: New Window
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + W: Close Window
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + T: Reopen last closed tab/window
• ⌘ (Cmd) + R: Refresh page
• Space or Page Down: Scroll down a screen
• ⇧ (Shift) + Space or Page Up: Scroll up a screen
• (Safari) ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + \ : Search tabs / open tab switcher, type tab you want and hit enter
• (Chrome) ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + A: Search tabs / open tab switcher, type tab you want and hit enter
• (Chrome) ⌘ (Cmd) + 1/2/3/4/n: Switch to tab number n
• (Chrome) ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + N: Open new incognito window
• (Chrome) ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + B: Show/hide bookmarks bar
• (Chrome) ⌘ (Cmd) + L: Jump to URL bar

Finder

• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + G: Go to Folder shortcut
• ⌘ (Cmd) + N: New Window
• ⌘ (Cmd) + T: New Tab
• ⌘ (Cmd) + O/down: Open file/folder
• ⌘ (Cmd) + Delete: Delete file/folder
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + N: New folder
• ⌘ (Cmd) + Up: Navigate to enclosing/parent folder
• ⌘ (Cmd) + I: Show file info
• ⌘ (Cmd) + E: Eject selected disk/volume
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⌥ (Option) + V: Move files in Clipboard from original location to the current location (aka cut/paste, vs copy/paste)

Terminal

• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + A: Selects output of last terminal command
• ⌘ (Cmd) + N: New window
• ⌘ (Cmd) + T: New tab
• ⌘ (Cmd) + L: Clear screen
• ⌘ (Cmd) + D: Split terminal pane
• ^ (Ctrl) + U: Delete the line
• ^ (Ctrl) + K: Delete to end of line
• ^ (Ctrl) + W: Delete backward to beginning of word
• ^ (Ctrl) + C: Cancel command
• ^ (Ctrl) + R: Search for a command
• ^ (Ctrl) + D: Exit/log out of terminal
• ^ (Ctrl) + S: Stop all output on screen
• ^ (Ctrl) + Q: Resume output to screen
• ^ (Ctrl) + Z: Suspend/stop running command. Resume with fg command for foreground or bg command for background.
• ⌥ (Option) + Left/Right arrow key: jump forward/backward a word
• ⌥ (Option) + mouse click: moves the cursor there, for easy command edits when you have a long command
• [Command] !!: Repeat the last command
• [Command] !n: Repeat the ntth command from history

Slack

• ⌘ (Cmd) + K: Open quick switcher
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + D: Show/hide left sidebar
• ⌘ (Cmd) + G: Open search
• ⌘ (Cmd) + ⇧ (Shift) + A: Show all unreads
• Esc: Mark all messages in current conversation as read
• ⇧ (Shift) + Esc: Clear all unread
• E (when focused on message): Edit message

GitHub

• S or /: Focus search bar
• .: Opens repo or pull request in editor
• t: Activate file finder
• l: Jump to line in code