13 Major Mac Keyboard Shortcuts You Probably Aren't Using

[@Larry77777]

Hey Gary: Excellent. Until I can memorize these, I made a Note that your viewers may want to copy and paste somewhere too: Keyboard commands (command and a single key): command X to cut command C to copy command V to paste command comma to bring up the open app’s Preferences command + increases text size command - decreases text size command F3 shows the desktop command H to hide the active app (without quitting or minimizing) command I in Finder for information (I prefer command option i) command I in Safari to instantly prep an email command 1,2,3,4 in Finder (I prefer the 3 view) command J in Finder to modify the view command N opens a new window command Q to Quit the active app command R in Safari Refreshes the website command S for Save As… command tab cycles through open apps to choose command W (instead of the red button) to close a window command W to close one of multiple open tabs command Y in Safari shows History command Z to Undo

[@RickJones222]

Thanks Larry!

[@michaelmarrison6939]

Thanks Larry. Very helpful

[@ramonasue5284]

Thankyou Larry....

[@tonyisaacs4082]

Awesome, love your work!

[@CameronFlint07]

One shortcut I use all the time is Command-L to focus the URL bar in Safari. For example when I’m on a web page and want to start a new web search, I’ll hit Command-L to type the search query and return to submit it. That way I don’t have to leave the keyboard and switch to the mouse when I want to navigate to a new web page.

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

Wow, I've been using a Mac since 2007 and did not know about the mailing webpages shortcut or cmd + R to jump to location in spotlight. Thank you!

[@loisskiathitis8926]

I certainly learned a ton today! Thank you, Gary! 👍🏻

[@briantdaniel9280]

Command I on a web page to pop into the mail app! Priceless!!! That was so useful, instead of going up to the share button then choosing mail, etc. Great tip!! 👍 

[@tatihou]

As always, an excellent tutorial. The COMMAND+t shortcut is indeed practical to change the font. Related are the COMMAND+b (bold), COMMAND+i (italic), COMMAND+u (underline) and SHIFT+COMMAND+c (color) shortcuts to change the style of selected text. Huge time savers.

[@carlosterrazas5091]

I’ve learned more from your videos un the past week than a year of owning a Mac. Your channel link should be in the Mac instructions

[@PharmacyMasterclass]

Thanks a bunch. The option to email the webpage as a pdf is brilliant, as well as the hide app feature

[@ViditKothari]

Hi! Just wanted to share that I've watched at least ~ 20 videos ~ 10 hrs of your content in last 2 weeks. I've been a Hackintosh user for about 5 years and ~ 20 years of Windows. I miss some shortcuts that I'm used to in Windows but your videos have introduced plenty of productivity tips that kind of alleviates that requirement. Thanks for the awesome content and explanation you put in your videos 😊

[@macmost]

Thanks!

[@jefskott99]

Always excellent! Thanks, Gary.

[@cindgrac]

command + ~ = lifesaver!!! thanks

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

These are great tips.

[@mehmd1913]

Pretty cool thanks for this. I find keyboard shortcuts to be very productive, once you memorize and use them a lot.

[@HoracioChagas]

Man! I didn’t know how useful the hide command was! I was going crazy with so many apps on my app switcher. Your video helped me a lot in being more productive. Thank you!

[@donaldgendron1658]

Love this site and our content, it is always helpful.

[@RegitYouTuber]

A lot of these are fantastic to learn about, but Cmd-I has been nothing but trouble for me. I don’t use the Mail App, and when trying to italicise words in Google Docs, it opened the mail app in the foreground, disrupting what I was doing and still not italicising the text. I eventually fixed it by reassigning the share command to a convoluted, 5-key shortcut, but even that didn’t go smoothly.

[@bikeman5]

Command coma is awesome brother thank you, I use hot corner for mission control vs command tab, i think i prefer mission control, command back tick is cool. command R is convenient, switching views is very cool, this is a great video gary i hope i can relearn some old habits

[@paulmontgomery4696]

More productive, indeed. Thanks Gary!

[@MrBojangles8482]

Thank you very much. I still don't understand the differences between cmd+H/cmd+M and cmd+W/cmd Q.

[@mrandersen]

Gary, excellent video, Iearned some useful shortcuts. That's coming from someone who wears out their Command ⌘ key on every mac keyboard going back to '84. Well done!

[@SasduPlessis]

Great Stuff! Need these printed on a little card and stuck to my screen's side untill I know them by heart!!

[@viktorsirin]

As always, to the point, and very helpful.

[@ebutuoy6701]

Command R! 😲 This is perfect! Thank you, thank you.

[@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee]

Hi Gary can you create a new keyboard shortcut on the control strip? or is that not possible?

[@ranimungcal]

You have a nice and useful contents👍🏼

[@sriramprakashravichandran5248]

Thank you.

[@binface9]

Great tips Gary

[@charanvantijn541]

Thanks Gary. Do you know of a keyboard shortcut for popup dialogs? Like when I delete a file on a network drive and it asks me a yes/no question?

[@macmost]

Usually Command+period is cancel or No and Return is OK or Yes. Try it. Esc usually works for cancel/no too.

[@desertpatient]

Thank you

[@KikaWaiAlae]

Do you have a printable link to those short cuts? Thank you for this video.

[@macmost]

Not those in particular, but I have a PDF of useful shortcuts. It is right on the front page of macmost.com

[@dibra777]

In MS Windows one of the shortcuts I use many, many times per day is Windows+E to open a new Windows Explorer window. I really miss that shortcut on my private Mac. Is there a way to have a Mac shortcut to open a new Finder window?

[@luke_no_skywalker]

I think cmd+N should do the trick.

[@michaelhill6453]

Holy moly. Productivity just doubled. :-)

[@duncandavies1966]

Cmd+R is a game changer.

[@JohnnyHands]

Gary, minor error at 0:38 or so. On the screen, you've got "B for copy and paste" - I'm sure you meant (Command) V.

[@macmost]

On the screen? There's nothing on the screen. Do you mean the closed captioned subtitles? I'll correct those. Thanks.

[@JohnnyHands]

@@macmostYes, you are correct - subtitles must be on to see the error (and, yes, that was lost on me, originally.) But they are "on the screen" from the user point of view - as opposed to spoken, which was what I was trying to convey.

[@luckywetland]

I tried the ⌘w while watching the video and I closed the tap 🤣 had to reopen the video again to continue

[@hakimakbary65]

when I am on an app and press command+m, it goes down on the dock but I do not know how to bring it up. I do not want to do it with mouse. Is there any keyboard shortcut to bring it up? Thanks

[@macmost]

You need to use the pointer to select it from the Dock. Perhaps instead use Command+H to hide the app and then you can use the app switcher to bring it back.

[@petedonaghyguitar]

How the heck did you learn all this stuff?

[@PeterEmery]

I do not understand why ⌘ 1, ⌘ 2, ⌘ 3 & ⌘ 4 do NOT change the view options in the Finder on my Macs. I have to use the fn key as well, so ⌘ fn 1 instead of ⌘ 1 switches to icon view.

[@macmost]

Make sure the Finder is the top-most app. Does it show Finder next to the Apple menu in the Menu Bar?

[@PeterEmery]

@@macmost It certainly does. I have the same issue on a 4k iMac.

[@macmost]

@@PeterEmery If you go to the View menu, do you see those four shortcuts there next to each view? What happens if you choose them from the menu instead of using the shortcuts?

[@PeterEmery]

@@macmost Yes, I see those four shortcut functions. They work properly when selected from the menubar.

[@macmost]

@@PeterEmery Do you have any third-party apps or extensions that could be interfering? If you restart in Safe mode do they work?

[@lisajohnson5267]

Okay, my shortcuts are no longer working and for the life of me, I can't remember how to get them back. I much prefer using Command C and Command V for copy and paste but it's not owrking irght now. How do I get back??? I'm using Firefox.

[@macmost]

Is it just in Firefox where they aren't working? Maybe relaunch Firefox? Restart your Mac? Check which browser add-ons you have in Firefox and disable them to test?

[@fledgling5616]

Nice

[@akashrevanna5327]

Anyone listed these commands shortcut in text ? Please share here. It will be appreciated. 😊

[@macmost]

I have a PDF with some of these and many more: macmost.com/printable-mac-keyboard-shortcut-page-for-macos-big-sur.html

[@akashrevanna5327]

@@macmost Thank you 🙏

[@qtheband751]

You’ll never have to hide your apps again if you assign each app to its own desktop. Then you can just command tab to and from them without hiding them.

[@skepticalmechanic]

This video is good.. but NOBODY will remember all the Key commands... I guess you chooses and pick which ones best fit your needs... I bought a Mac OS shortcutsticker on amazon... sicks on the palm rest and is awesome!

[@Gentlemans_sport]

shift cmd slash doesnt work :( if you have different language than English (actually different keyboard layout)

[@macmost]

It would be whatever you use to get the ? character. Try that.

[@hamedl1865]

Command I 😍

[@Spud_E_Buddy]

Command + Shift + I (in Safari) is pretty cool too 🙂

[@hamedl1865]

@@Spud_E_Buddy Wow thanks for the tip, its awesome 😎