Startup
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Keystroke
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Description
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Press X
during startup
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Force Mac
OS X startup
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Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete
during startup
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Bypass
primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as
a CD or external disk)
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Press C
during startup
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Start up
from a CD that has a system folder
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Press N
during startup
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Attempt
to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)
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Press T
during startup
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Start up
in FireWire Target Disk mode
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Press Shift
during startup
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start up
in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential
kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)
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Press Command-V
during startup
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Start up
in Verbose mode.
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Press Command-S
during startup
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Start up
in Single-User mode
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Finder
window
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Keyboard
shortcut
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Description
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Command-W
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Close Window
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Option-Command-W
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Close all
Windows
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Command-Right
Arrow
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Expand
folder (list view)
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Option-Command-Right
Arrow
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Expand
folder and nested subfolders (list view)
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Command-Left
Arrow
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Collapse
Folder (list view)
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Option-Command-Up
Arrow
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Open parent
folder and close current window
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Menu
commands
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Keyboard
shortcut
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Description
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Shift-Command-Q
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Apple Menu
Log out
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Shift-Option-Command-Q
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Apple Menu
Log out immediately
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Shift-Command-Delete
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Finder
Menu
Empty Trash
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Option-Shift-Command-Delete
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Finder
Menu
Empty Trash without dialog
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Command-H
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Finder
Menu
Hide Others
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Command-N
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File Menu
New Finder window
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Shift-Command-N
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File Menu
New Folder
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Command-O
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File Menu
Open
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Command-S
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File Menu
Save
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Shift-Command-S
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File Menu
Save as
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Command-P
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File Menu
Print
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Command-W
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File Menu
Close Window
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Option-Command-W
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File Menu
Close all Windows
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Command-I
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File Menu
Get Info
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Option-Command-I
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File Menu
Show Attributes Inspector
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Command-D
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File Menu
Duplicate
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Command-L
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File Menu
Make Alias
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Command-R
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File Menu
Show original
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Command-T
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File Menu
Add to Favorites (Mac OS X 10.2.8 or earlier),
Add to Sidebar (Mac OS X 10.3 or later—use Shift-Command-T for
Add to Favorites)
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Command-Delete
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File Menu
Move to Trash
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Command-E
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File Menu
Eject
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Command-F
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File Menu
Find
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Command-Z
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Edit Menu
Undo
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Command-X
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Edit Menu
Cut
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Command-C
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Edit Menu
Copy
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Command-V
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Edit Menu
Paste
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Command-A
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Edit Menu
Select All
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Command-1
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View Menu
View as Icons
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Command-2
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View Menu
View as List
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Command-3
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View Menu
View as Columns
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Command-B
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View Menu
Hide Toolbar
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Command-J
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View Menu
Show View Options
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Command
- [
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Go Menu
Back
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Command
- ]
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Go Menu
Forward
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Shift-Command-C
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Go Menu
Computer
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Shift-Command-H
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Go Menu
Home
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Shift-Command-I
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Go Menu
iDisk
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Shift-Command-A
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Go Menu
Applications
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Shift-Command-F
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Go Menu
Favorites
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Shift-Command-G
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Go Menu
Goto Folder
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Command-K
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Go Menu
Connect to Server
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Command-M
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Window
Menu
Minimize Window
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Option-Command-M
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Window
Menu
Minimize All Windows
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Command-?
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Help Menu
Open Mac Help
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Command-Space
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Open Spotlight
(Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
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Other
Commands
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Keystroke
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Description
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Option-Command-D
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Show/Hide
Dock
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Command-Tab
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Switch
application
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tab
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Highlight
next item
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Command-Up
Arrow
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Move up
one directory
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Command-Down
Arrow
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Move down
one directory
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Page Up
or Control-Up Arrow
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Move up
one page
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Page Down
or Control-Down Arrow
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Move down
one page
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Option-Drag
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Copy to
new location
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Option-Command-Drag
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Make alias
in new location
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Command-Drag
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Move to
new location without copying
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Shift-Command-C
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Show Colors
palette in application
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Command-T
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Show Font
palette in application
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Command-Shift-3
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Take a
picture of the screen
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Command-Shift-4
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Take a
picture of the selection
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Command-Shift-4,
then press Control while selecting
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Take a
picture of the screen, place in Clipboard
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Command-Shift-4,
then Spacebar
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Take a
picture of the selected window
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Option-Command-esc
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Force Quit
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Control-Eject
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Restart,
Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
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Control-Command-Eject
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Quit all
applications and restart
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Option-Command-Eject
or
Option-Command-Power
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Sleep
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Command-click
window toolbar button (upper right corner)
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Cycle through
available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of
the Finder or application window)
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Command-`
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Cycle through
available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of
the Finder or application window)
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Function-Delete
(PowerBook, iBook only)
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Forward
Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)
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