Desktop
F10 » Exposé of all active windows for the current application
F11 » Reveals the Desktop by moving all windows aside temporarily
F12 » Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
Desktop (aluminum keyboard)
F3 » Exposé of all active windows for the current application
Control-F3 » show all windows from the current application
Command-F3 » Reveals the Desktop by moving all windows aside temporarily
F4 » Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
Dock
Command-Option-d » Show Dock (when Dock Hiding is on)
Command-Tab » Switch applications
Dialog box
Command-Option-esc » Force Quit dialog box
Hide/show cusor
Control-Option-d » hide cursor
Move the mouse » show the cursor again
Page navigation
Page Up or Control-Up Arrow » Move up one page
Page Down or Control-Down Arrow » Move down one page
Switch applications
Command-` or Command-~ » Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)
System
Control-Eject » Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
Command-Option-Eject or Command-Option-Power or Control-Option-Power » Sleep
Control-Command-Eject » Quit all applications and restart
Trash
Command-Backspace » Move selHide/show cusor
Control-Option-d » hide cursor
Move the mouse » show the cursor again
Window toolbar
Command-click window toolbar button (in the upper right corner, for instance Mail or FSwitch Trash
Command-Backspace » Move selHide/show cusor
Control-Option-d » hide cursor
Move the mouse » show the cursor again
Various
Command-Control-d » gets the definition of the word under the cursor
Remarks
- 'Command' also known as
'Apple
key' (⌘;
the Apple key symbol
disappeared from keyboards released
on august 7th 2007 and later) - 'Option' also known as 'Alt'
- Function also known as Fn
» Overview of the keyboard symbols