Handy Hints and Tips for your Mac

Handy Hint 102: Some more great Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

I was just reading a Macworld article published this week, which outlines some of the great 'keyboard shortcuts' that exist for Mac.

Some of these shortcuts I already use all the time. But I found several new ones that are now going to be my new favourites!

I am particularly thrilled to find the set that allow me to keep my desktop a bit tidier, and a couple of new Safari shortcuts

Command-Option-H hides all open apps except the one that you are working on.
Command-Option-'click on desktop' hides all apps except Finder, shows you a clear desktop and takes you to Finder.
Command-L takes you straight to the Address/Search bar in Safari
Space and Shift-Space moves up and down the page in Safari
Function-Left Arrow takes you back to the start of a Safari page

The Macworld article provides a really good description of these and many other shortcuts (see the article at the end if you would like to read it in full).

But I figured that iTandCoffee readers may prefer this list in a more concise table format - so that they can read it and print it off and refer to it more easily. So, here it is! Underneath this table, you will also find a PDF file that just contains the table, that you can download and print.

*Keeping your apps in check (for a tidier desktop!)*
Command-Option-Click Desktop	Hides all apps except finder & take you to finder
Command-Option-H	Hides all open apps except the one that you are currently using
Command-W	Close the currently active window
Command-Option-W	Close all windows for the currently active app
Command-Tab	App switcher bar appears. While this is visible: - Keep holding down Command and tapping Tab to move between apps. - Release both keys when on a particular app to go to that app. - Command-Q on a particular app to quit that app - Command-H on a particular app to hide that app
*In Finder*
Command-Shift-A	Go direct to Applications folder
Command-Shift-U	Go direct to Utilities folder
*In Mail*
Command-Shift-N	Get any new mail
Command-N	New message
Command-Shift-A	Add an attachment (file)
Command-Shift-D	Send the message
Function-Left Arrow	Go to top of list of message
Function-Right Arrow	Go to bottom of list of message
Command-Left Arrow	Go to previous message
Command-Right Arrow	Got to next message
*In Safari*
Command-L	Go straight to Address/Search bar
Space	Move down webpage to next screen
Shift-Space	Move up webpage to previous screen
Function-Left Arrow	Go to top of web page
Function-Right Arrow	Go to bottom of web page
Command-Left Arrow	Go to previous page
Command-Right Arrow	Got to next page
Command-Shift-]	Jump to next tab
Command-Shift-[	Jump to previous tab
*Other*
Command-Space	Invoke SpotLight Search
Command-,	App preferences
Command-`	Switch between open windows for app. (Note. The ` key is found above the Tab key)

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Original article from Macworld

Here is the MacWorld article on which the above list is based, 'scooped' to the iTandCoffee Scoop.it webpage.

20 keyboard shortcuts that can make you a more powerful Mac user

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