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Is this true? I cant believe you have to use 2 hands on a mac.
Why still this idea that Macs only have one mouse button?
Thanks for posting this. I’m fumbling about on my new Mac. It’s quite a change going from BillWare to the Mac world after ten years using various Windows OS’. But I like it so far!
Repeat after me:
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
Macs never crash.
There ya go!
Safari 3.0.4 (v523.12.2) has not been tested with the plugin Red Snapper (null) (v1.3).
any suggestions?
Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.
| Startup | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| Press X during startup | Force Mac OS X startup |
| Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup |
Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk) |
| Press C during startup | Start up from a CD that has a system folder |
| Press N during startup | Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot) |
| Press T during startup | Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode |
| Press Shift during startup | start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later) |
| Press Command-V during startup | Start up in Verbose mode. |
| Press Command-S during startup | Start up in Single-User mode |
| Finder window | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Command-W | Close Window |
| Option-Command-W | Close all Windows |
| Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder (list view) |
| Option-Command-Right Arrow | Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view) |
| Command-Left Arrow | Collapse Folder (list view) |
| Option-Command-Up Arrow | Open parent folder and close current window |
| (Assigned in Keyboard & Mouse preferences) | Show Package Contents (of selected file in Mac OS X 10.5 or later only). To create this contextual menu shortcut, open Keyboard & Mouse preferences in Mac OS X 10.5, click Keyboard Shortcuts, click the "+" button, choose Finder.app as the Application, and type "Show Package Contents" (exactly), and set whichever shortcut you want, such as Command-Control-S. |
| Menu commands | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Shift-Command-Q | Apple Menu Log out |
| Shift-Option-Command-Q | Apple Menu Log out immediately |
| Shift-Command-Delete | Finder Menu Empty Trash |
| Option-Shift-Command-Delete | Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog |
| Command-H | Finder Menu Hide Finder |
| Option-Command-H | Finder Menu Hide Others |
| Command-N | File Menu New Finder window |
| Shift-Command-N | File Menu New Folder |
| Command-O | File Menu Open |
| Command-S | File Menu Save |
| Shift-Command-S | File Menu Save as |
| Command-P | File Menu |
| Command-W | File Menu Close Window |
| Option-Command-W | File Menu Close all Windows |
| Command-I | File Menu Get Info |
| Option-Command-I | File Menu Show Attributes Inspector |
| Command-D | File Menu Duplicate |
| Command-L | File Menu Make Alias |
| Command-R | File Menu Show original |
| Command-T | 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) |
| Command-Delete | File Menu Move to Trash |
| Command-E | File Menu Eject |
| Command-F | File Menu Find |
| Command-Z | Edit Menu Undo |
| Command-X | Edit Menu Cut |
| Command-C | Edit Menu Copy |
| Command-V | Edit Menu Paste |
| Command-A | Edit Menu Select All |
| Command-1 | View Menu View as Icons |
| Command-2 | View Menu View as List |
| Command-3 | View Menu View as Columns |
| Command-B | View Menu Hide Toolbar |
| Command-J | View Menu Show View Options |
| Command - [ | Go Menu Back |
| Command - ] | Go Menu Forward |
| Shift-Command-C | Go Menu Computer |
| Shift-Command-H | Go Menu Home |
| Shift-Command-I | Go Menu iDisk |
| Shift-Command-A | Go Menu Applications |
| Shift-Command-F | Go Menu Favorites |
| Shift-Command-G | Go Menu Goto Folder |
| Command-K | Go Menu Connect to Server |
| Command-M | Window Menu Minimize Window |
| Option-Command-M | Window Menu Minimize All Windows |
| Command-? | Help Menu Open Mac Help |
| Command-Space | Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| Command-esc | Front Row Activates Front Row for certain Apple computers |
| Universal Access and VoiceOver | |
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Option-Command-8 | Turn on Zoom |
| Option-Command-+ (plus) | Zoom in |
| Option-Command-- (minus) | Zoom out |
| Control-Option-Command-8 | Switch to White on Black |
| Control-F1 | Turn on Full Keyboard Access When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder. |
| Control-F2 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu |
| Control-F3 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock |
| Control-F4 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it |
| Control-F5 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar |
| Control-F6 | Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette) |
| Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5 | Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8 | Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7 | Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
| Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-; |
Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) |
The Universal Access preference pane allows you to turn on Mouse Keys. When Mouse Keys is on, you can use the numeric keypad to move the mouse. If your computer doesn't have a numeric keypad, use the Fn (function) key.
| Mouse Keys | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| 8 | Move Up |
| 2 | Move Down |
| 4 | Move Left |
| 6 | Move Right |
| 1, 3, 7, and 9 | Move Diagonally |
| 5 | Press Mouse Button |
| 0 | Hold Mouse Button |
| . (period on keypad) | Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0) |
| Other Commands | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| Option-Command-D | Show/Hide Dock |
| Command-Tab | Switch application |
| tab | Highlight next item |
| Command-Up Arrow | Move up one directory |
| Command-Down Arrow | Move down one directory |
| Page Up or Control-Up Arrow | Move up one page |
| Page Down or Control-Down Arrow | Move down one page |
| Option-Drag | Copy to new location |
| Option-Command-Drag | Make alias in new location |
| Command-Drag | Move to new location without copying |
| Shift-Command-C | Show Colors palette in application |
| Command-T | Show Font palette in application |
| Command-Shift-3 | Take a picture of the screen |
| Command-Shift-4 | Take a picture of the selection |
| Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting | Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar | Take a picture of the selected window |
| Option-Command-esc | Force Quit |
| Control-Eject | Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box |
| Control-Command-Eject | Quit all applications and restart |
| Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power |
Sleep |
| Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner) | Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window) |
| Command-` | Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open) |
| Function-Delete (portables only--PowerBook, iBook, MacBook, MacBook Pro) | Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor) |