Other handy keystrokes

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 apple 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