Handy OS X Keyboard Shortcuts...

April 2009

FOR MAC AND NON MAC USERS!!!!!!!

GUIDE TO KEYBOARD SYMBOLS

KEY WHAT IT DOES
⌘ Command (sometimes referred to as the “Apple key”)
⌥ Option
⇧ Shift
⌃ Control
⎋ Escape

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KEY COMBO

WHAT IT DOES
Command-H
Hides current app window (doesn’t work in all apps, particularly Adobe apps, which often use a different key combo for Hide, but it works in all Apple software and many other popular apps).

Command-Shift-3
Snaps a screenshot of the entire screen.

Command-Shift-4
Brings up crosshairs so you can draw a box around just the part of the screen you want to capture. (If you press Tab or Space after Command-Shift-4, then click on the window, you’ll get a clean shot of just that window, and nothing else.)

Command-Tab
Lets you tab through open applications to choose another app to switch to.

Command-Spacebar
Opens the Spotlight field without having to click its icon in the menubar.

Command-Option-Escape
Lets you force-quit a misbehaving or stalled app.