80 Most Essential Apple Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts

The Option key performs the same function as the Alt key on PC
The Command key performs the same function as the Windows key on PC

The most common shortcuts on Mac

1. Command + C : Copy
2. Command + X : Cut
3. Command + V : Paste
4. Command + Z : Cancel the command
5. Command + Shift + Z : Restore command just canceled
6. Command + A : Select All
7. Command + F : Search
8. Command + G : Find next occurrence
9. Command + N : Open a new window or a new document
10. Command + S : Save a document
11. Command + P : Print a document
12. Command + Shift + 3 : Full Screen Shot
13. Command + Shift + 4 : Screen Shot with Selection Slider
14. Command + W : Close the active window
15. Command + Option + W : Close all windows
16. Command + Shift + Tilde (~) : Switch to the next most recently used window in the active application.
17. Command + H : Hide open application windows in the foreground
18. Command + Option + H : Hide windows of all open applications, except those of the application in the foreground
19. Command + Q : Exit an application
20. Command + Option + Esc : Force an application to close
21. Command + Tab : Return to the most recently used open application.
22. Spacebar : Previewing the selected item (at a glance)
23. Control the computer with Mac shortcuts
24. Command + Control + Power button : Force reboot
25. Shift + Control + Power Button or Eject Button : Standby
26. Command + Control + eject key : Closing and restarting the Mac
27. Command + Option + Control + power button or eject button : Closing applications and shutting down the Mac
28. Command + B : Bold or disable the bold text of the selected text
29. Command + I : Italicize or disable italic writing of selected text
30. Command + U : Underline or underline the underlining of the selected text
31. Command + T : Show or hide the Font window
32. Command + Option + F : Access the search field
33. Command + Option + T : Show or hide the toolbar of an application
34. Command + Shift + Colon (:) : Show Spelling and Grammar Window
35. Command + Semicolon (;) : Find misspelled words in the document
36. Command + Delete : Select the Delete or Do Not Save button in a dialog box with these options
37. Command + Shift + S : Show Save As dialog box or Duplicate Current Document
38. Check + A : Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
39. Control + E : Move to the end of the line or paragraph
40. Control + P : Move up a line
41. Control + N : Get off a line
42. Control + O : Insert a new line after the insertion point
43. Command + Shift + Up Arrow : Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the document
44. Command + Shift + Down Arrow : Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the document
45. Command + Shift + Left Arrow : Select the text between the insertion point and the start of the current line
46. Command + Shift + Minus (-) : Reduce the size of the selected element
47. Command + Shift + More (+) : Increase the size of the selected item
48. Order + Equal (=) : Same
49. Command + { : Align Left
50. Command +} : Align Right
51. Command + Shift + | (vertical bar) : Center
52. Fn + Arrow to the left : Go to the beginning of a document
53. Fn + Arrow to the right : Go to the end of a document
54. Command + Option + C : Copy style and save formatting settings for the selected item
55. Command + Option + V : Paste the previously copied style to the selected item
56. Command + Shift +? : Open the Help menu
57. Command + D : Duplicate selected files
58. Command + F : Start a Spotlight Search in the Finder Window
59. Command + Shift + D : Open Office Folder
60. Command + Shift + F : Show All Files window
61. Command + Shift + G : Open a Go To Folder window
62. Command + Shift + I : Open iCloud Drive
63. Command + Shift + K : Open Network Window
64. Command + Option + L : Open the Downloads folder
65. Command + Shift + O : Open the Documents folder
66. Command + Option + D : Show or hide the Dock
67. Command + Mission Control : Show Desktop
68. Command + Shift + N : Create a folder
69. Command + Shift + Delete : Empty Trash
70. Option key when dragging an item : Copy moved item (the cursor icon changes during this process)
71. Option + Click on an expansion triangle : Open all folders in the selected folder
72. Option+Apple+ * (asterisk)Turn on Zoom
73. Option+Apple+ =Zoom in
74. Option+Apple+ -Zoom out
75. Control+Option+Apple+ *Switch to White on Black
76. Apple+Shift+3Take a picture of the screen will leave a .png file on desktop
77. Apple+Shift+4Take a picture of the selection will leave a .png file on desktop
78. Apple+Shift+4, ControlTake a picture of the selection, place in clipboard
79. Apple+Shift+4, SpacebarTake a picture of the selected window
80. Apple+T New Tab If the Application supports Tabs
81. Command + T to open a new tab on an Internet browser]kk