Adventure Adjusting to the New Family Computer

Well…the home PC in the living room died last week.  It was a SAD day in the GROOVY home.  After a quick Service,  I decided to try something NEW, so I picked up a new MacBook Pro from the local Apple store.  After a quick setup, we got it rolling and wow!  For a groovy Geek, it’s been taking me longer than expected to feel comfortable on the new Machine.  That being said, there’s a LOT about it that I like.

Perhaps I’ll do a full write-up on my Apple experiences, but for now, I want to begin documenting one of the most important things for any Groovy Geek —  KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!

This list is going to be a “work-in-progress” so you might want to check it from time to time, as I find more Shortcuts and add to it.

MAC OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

Clipboard

• Cmd-C = Copy
• Cmd-V = Paste
• Cmd-X = Cut
• Cmd-A = Select All
• Cmd-Shift-Arrow = Select

Menu Commands

• Shift-Cmd-Q = Log out
• Shift-Opt-Cmd-Q = Log out immediately
• Shift-Cmd-Delete = Empty Trash
• Opt-Shift-Cmd-Delete = Empty Trash without dialog
• Cmd-H = Hide window
• Opt-Cmd-H = Hide Others
• Cmd-N = File New window
• Shift-Cmd-N = New Folder
• Cmd-O = Open
• Cmd-S = Save
• Shift-Cmd-S = Save as
• Cmd-P = Print
• Cmd-W = Close Window
• Opt-Cmd-W = Close all Windows
• Cmd-I = Get Info
• Opt-Cmd-I = Show Attributes Inspector
• Cmd-D = Duplicate
• Cmd-L = Make Alias
• Cmd-R = Show original
• Cmd-T = Add to Favorites
• Cmd-Delete = Move to Trash
• Cmd-E = Eject
• Cmd-F = Find
• Cmd-Z = Undo
• Cmd-B = Hide Toolbar
• Cmd-J = Show View Opts
• Cmd = [ = Go Back
• Cmd = ] = Go Forward
• Shift-Cmd-C = Go to Computer
• Shift-Cmd-H = Go to your Home folder
• Shift-Cmd-I = Go to iDisk
• Shift-Cmd-A = Go to Applications folder
• Shift-Cmd-G = Go to Go-To Folder
• Cmd-K = Connect to Server
• Cmd-M = Minimize Window
• Cmd-? = Open Mac Help
• Cmd-Space = Open Spotlight (OS X 10.4)

Window Management

• Cmd-W = Close window
• Cmd-Opt-W = Close all windows
• Cmd-M = Minimise window
• Cmd-Opt-M = Minimise all windows
• Cmd-H = Hide Application
• Cmd-~ = Cycle through windows for current application
• Ctrl-F4 = Cycle through every open window
• Cmd-Tab = Bring up the Application Switcher
• Cmd-Tab = Cycle Forwards
• Cmd-~ = Cycle Backwards
• Cmd-Shift-Tab = Cycle Backwards
• Cmd-Q = Quit application

Finder Navigation

• Cmd-N = New Finder window
• Cmd-W = Close Window
• Opt-Cmd-W = Close all Windows
• Cmd-Down = Open File/Folder
• Cmd-Up = Navigate to parent
• Cmd-Right = Expand folder (in list view)
• Cmd-Left = Collapse Folder (in list view)
• Opt-Cmd-Right = Expand folder and its subfolders (in list view)
• Opt-Cmd-Up = Open parent folder and close current window
• Cmd-Shift-H = Jump to your Home folder
• Cmd-Shift-A = Jump to your Applications folder
• Cmd-Shift U = Jump to your Utilities folder
• Cmd-Shift K = Jump to the Network browser
• Cmd-Shift G = Goto Folder
• Cmd-1 = View as Icons
• Cmd-2 = View as List
• Cmd-3 = View as Columns
• Cmd-Space = Open Spotlight (OS X 10.4)
• Cmd-Delete = Move file/folder to trash
• Cmd-Click window title = Display the file path

MAC OS X Keyboard Shortcuts during System Startup

• Press X @ Startup = Force Mac OS X startup
• Option-Command-Shift-Delete @ Startup = Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)
• Press C @ Startup = Start up from a CD that has a system folder
• Press N @ Startup = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
• Press T @ Startup = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
• Press Shift @ Startup = Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)
• Command-V @ Startup = Start up in Verbose mode.
• Command-S @ Startup = Start up in Single-User mode

As I mentioned earlier, check back later for more Groovy Shortcuts!
Tags: apple, mac, keyboard, shortcuts