Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Below are important Mac keyboard shortcuts that I have gathered from the web and from my reading of the popular Mac Magazines, such as Macworld.

1. Cmd+shift+A: Opens Applications folder while in Finder
2. Cmd (double click): Opens a folders in a new Finder window
3. Option+drag: Copies a file instead of moving it in the Finder
4. Cmd+option+drag: Makes an alias of selected item(s)
5. Cmd+delete: Moves selected item to the Trash while in the Finder
6. Cmd+tab: Cycles through all open programs
7. F11: Shows the desktop
8. F9: Shows all windows related to the active window
9. F3: Activates Expose
10. F4: Activates Dashboard
11. Cmd+spacebar: Starts a spotlight search from anywhere
12. Cmd+A: Selects all text and figures in the active window
13. Cmd+C: Copies selected texts and/or figures
14. Cmd+V: Pastes copied text and/or figures
15. Cmd+Z: Undoes the last action
16. Cmd+Y: Redoes the last action
17. Cmd+O: Opens a file
18. Cmd+S: Saves the active window
19. Option+Cmd+F: Activates Google search
20. Option+Cmd+Esc: Force quit applications
21. Cmd+Shift+3: Screen capture of entire screen saved as a file on the Desktop
22. Cmd+Shift+4: Screen capture with crosschair to select area of screen and saved as a file on the Desktop
23. Cmd+Shift+4+Space bar: Screen capture any one of the open windows and saved as a file on the Desktop
24. Ctrl+Cmd+Shift+3 (or 4) (or 4+Space bar): Screen capture stored in Clipboard memory (equivalent to Print Screen function in Windows)
25. Shift+F3: Slow-motion Expose
26. Shift+F4: Slow-motion Dashboard
27. Cmd+Option+F+0 during boot: Enters Bios

28. Press and Hold "C" during boot to boot from CD

29. Cmd + V during boot to access the terminal

30. Restart, then immediately hold the option key for the display of the boot devices, then choose the CD drive and click on the eject key to eject the CD.
31. Cmd+option+C: Change case in MS Word