It’s not always a magic bullet, but sometimes an application restart is all you need to get your system moving again. In the event an application freezes or hangs you may want to try this: Tap Option-Command-Esc to Force Quit the rogue app. You can also tap Command-P to print the current item when in most any app. The item will open and the Print dialog will appear. Want to insert emoji or other symbols into what you write? Use Control-Command-Space to open the Character Viewer where you can select and use such symbols.ĭo you open a document before printing it through the File menu? Do this instead: Select the document in Finder and press Command-P. It's so useful you'll wonder why you hadn't used it before.
#How to get alt keyboard shortcuts on mac windows#
Use this combination to move between open windows in your currently active app. This is one of the least well-known keyboard commands on a Mac, but it’s super useful. Or press Option with the Mission Control or Volume (up/down) buttons to access preferences for Mission Control and Sounds. Use this command to quickly launch Displays preferences. Try the other Safari menu items with Option depressed to find other commands you probably weren’t aware of. In Safari, pressing the Option key while selecting the File menu lets you access the ‘Close Other Tabs’ command.
#How to get alt keyboard shortcuts on mac mac#
NB: macOS Catalina now offers the far more powerful Voice Control, which lets you manage everything on your Mac using only your voice. Here are some other ideas on controlling your Mac with your voice. Press the function (fn) key twice to launch Dictation on your Mac, start speaking, and press fn once you’ve finished. You can also use Option-Shift to change display brightness in small amounts. Press Option-Shift and volume up/down to increase or decrease the volume on your Mac in small increments. The easiest way to see all your open tabs in one Safari window. Navigate between multiple tabs using the Command-Shift-] or Command-Shift-[ characters. Hit Command and the left arrow to go back a page in the browser window. A third way is to use Control-Tab and Control-Shift-Tab. You can achieve a similar result using Command-Up or Command-Down. Jump directly to the top or bottom of a web page using the Function key and the right (to the bottom of the page) or left (to the top of the page) arrows on the keyboard. Show or hide the Dock from within most apps. Open application switcher, keeping Command pressed, use Tab to navigate to the app you hope to use. The fastest way to make a search or navigate to a Website in Safari, Command-L instantly selects the address bar: start typing your query, and select the appropriate choice using the up/down arrows on the keyboard. (I guess you know about Command-tab already?) Command-L The combination that can change your life, Command-Space invokes Spotlight, just depress these keys and start typing your query. Select this combination when in Finder/Desktop view to get to your Applications folder, or replace the A with U to open your Utilities folder in a new Finder window (or D for Desktop, H for Home or I to access iCloud Drive). You may just want to get to all the open windows for a specific app, in which case hold down the same keys and click on any available window for that app. If you can’t see your desktop for all the open applications, just hold Command and Option down and click anywhere on your desktop. Press this combination to minimize the front app window to Dock, or press Command-Option-M to minimize all the windows belonging to the front app. Oh, and you can also press Shift-Command-G to move back to the previous mention. This means that if you use Command-F to find all the mentions of 'Command' on this page, and then tap Command-G, you'll be able to navigate through each one. Use it to navigate through each instance of the item you want to find. I'm sure you use Command-F to find items, such as words in a document or on a webpage.
Or you can simply press Command-, (comma) to get to them in the fastest possible time. You can navigate to the Menu bar if you like and scroll through to access the Preferences. It works like this: You are working in an app, and you want to open the application’s Preferences. This is one of the least-known keyboard commands on a Mac, but it’s super useful. There’s also a keyboard shortcut - select an item (you can even use the Up and Down arrows to navigate to it in Finder view) and then press Command-Y. To use QuickLook, select an item in Finder, press the Space bar and a preview will appear.
A lot of people use QuickLook to preview items they're looking for.
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