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Apple updates Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts doc



Keyboard shortcuts are one of the finer pleasures of computing, especially on a Mac. While we've been blogging all manner of these shortcuts, especially some of the gems in Mac OS X, there is always the One True Keyboard Shortcut Document to Rule Them All; the one maintained by Apple themselves. The doc came across my RSS feeds which means that it has recently been updated, though I admittedly couldn't tell you exactly what is new. When it comes to a list of shortcuts like this, I think I exhibit the Homer Simpson syndrome, where I always learn something new that inevitably knocks out one of the older shortcuts. Take Option-Command-Right Arrow when in the Finder's List View, for example - I have no idea if that's new (though I highly doubt it; List View has been around for ages), but it expands both a folder and all of its subfolders. Option-Command-Drag (again, probably not new, but new to me) to create a file alias in a new location will also prove darn handy, as my home network is finally demanding more and more use of aliases across my machines and hard drives.

No matter how you work, taking a glance at this recently updated doc just might help you get things done a little better.

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Comic Book Guy

"Worst. Recycled Joke. Ever."

"When it comes to a list of shortcuts like this, I think I exhibit the Homer Simpson syndrome, where I always learn something new that inevitably knocks out one of the older shortcuts." Posted May 9th 2007.

"Here's hoping you don't have a Homer Simpson-like brain, where each new shortcut you learn knocks out an old one." Posted Jul 14th 2006 at http://tinyurl.com/3dn3ms

May 09 2007 at 6:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hugin777

I've just sent in a correction to Apple. It's not necessary to hold the Command key in the Finder List View for the following:
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)

May 09 2007 at 6:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nebster

Did they fix the cmd-space being mapped to two things by default?

May 09 2007 at 6:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill

Add TO THE LIST:
SHIFT-COMMAND-U opens the /Applications/Utilities folder.
SHIFT-COMMAND-K opens the Computer/Network folder.

May 09 2007 at 5:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David Chartier

[giving away all my secrets]

Wow, y'all beat me to the RSS links, but yea: that's where I've been getting these.


[/giving away all my secrets]

:)

May 09 2007 at 2:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt

Neither are my favourites:

1. Hover over any selectable word (i.e. in a doc or on the internet) and hold Control - Command - D for a mini dictionary entry.

2. Hit F5 whilst typing a word (fn - F5 on notebooks) for a 'word completion' list.

Lovely.

May 09 2007 at 12:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

Apple RSS feeds (there's a link at the bottom of the homepage):

http://www.apple.com/rss/

May 09 2007 at 12:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sal

The RSS feeds are here:

http://www.apple.com/support/rss/

May 09 2007 at 12:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kevin

And let's not forget:

option-click on the close button of a Finder window to close ALL of them!

command-click the Finder window title to see the path to the folder you're in, and you can select a parent folder from the dropdown menu.

command-delete to move a file immediately to the trash

command-right arrow (end of line), command-left arrow (beginning of line), command-up arrow (top of document), command-down arrow (bottom of document).
option-top/bottom previous or next paragraph
option-left/right previous or next word
Note that these move the text cursor (if appropriate) whereas the "home" and "end" keys do not. And if you combine the shift key, text from your current position to the top/bottom/left/right will be selected for copy and cut operations.

None of these are in the "one."

May 09 2007 at 12:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SimDan

@2 He probably got the update notification from one of these feeds. http://www.apple.com/support/rss/ I know it was in the OS X feeds.

May 09 2007 at 12:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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