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MAC BASICS
For all who are new to the Mac world please find below a short description of some basic Mac
commands.
This might be useful when programming shortcut keys to SpeechMike buttons.
Modifyer Key symbols on a Mac
Modifier key symbols you can see in Mac OSX menus:
(Command key) - On some Apple keyboards, this key also has an Apple logo (
).
(Control key)
(Option key) - "Alt" may also appear on this key
(Shift key)
(Caps Lock) - Toggles Caps Lock on or off
fn (Function key)
Basic keyboard shortcuts
Basic finder keyboard shortcuts
Key combination
What it does
Command-A
Select all items in the front Finder window (or desktop if no window is
open)
Option-Command-A
Deselect all items
Command-C
Copy selected item/text to the Clipboard
Command-D
Duplicate selected item
Command-F
Find any matching Spotlight attribute
Shift-Command-F
Find Spotlight file name matches
Shift-Command-H
Open the Home folder of the currently logged-in user account
Command-M
Minimize window
Option-Command-M
Minimize all windows
Command-V
Paste
Command-X
Cut
Command-Z
Undo / Redo
Command-Shift-?
Open Mac Help
Command key while dragging
Move dragged item to other volume/location (pointer icon changes while
key is held--see
this article
)
Option key while dragging
Copy dragged item (pointer icon changes while key is held--see
this
article
)
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