Common keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X

Below are the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X

Top eleven shortcuts

Mac key convention: ‘ Ctrl ‘ is used for ‘Control‘, ‘ Apple ‘ is used for ‘Command‘ and ‘ Alt ‘ is used for the ‘Option‘ key.

1. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ letter ‘ - Activates menu items where the letter and Apple key is shown next to the item in a menu for example in Word a new document would be ‘Apple‘ + ‘N‘.
2. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ Z ‘ - Undo the last action.
3. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ Tab ‘ - Quickly switch between current running programs.
4. ‘ Tab ‘ - Select the next icon or file alphabetically on the desktop or in a folder.
5. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ O ‘ - Open a highlighted folder, document or application icon
6. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ W ‘ - Closes current window.
7. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ C ‘ - Copies selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
8. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ V ‘ - Pastes text\graphics from the clipboard.
9. ‘ Apple ‘ + ‘ X ‘ - -Cuts selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
10. ‘ Ctrl ‘ + ‘ Mouse click ‘ - Right button mouse click.
11. ‘ Ctrl ‘ + ‘ F1 ‘ Turn on full keyboard access