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As the price of MacBooks are getting cheaper and cheaper while the design and specs of new arriving MacBooks (and the Pros) are getting more and more advanced, I believe they should be a lot of computer users are switching to Mac - including my friends, who are planning to switch.
Most of them will worry about the unfamiliar environment of the Mac they're going to migrate to. But what could I say is that, no need to worry too much, it only spends you less than three-day time to master the Mac.
Also it only takes you less than 30-minute time to see, try and familiarize with these Finder shortcuts. I believe you will also want to see my previous shortcuts compilation :
- Mac OS X Leopard: 200+ Productivity Booster Keyboard Shortcuts
- 100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating Symbols
- 25 Useful Shortcuts for Safari
Continue reading and you will see a list of 40 Finder shortcuts!
| 1 | Command-A | Select All Items |
| 2 | Command-C | Copy Selected Items |
| 3 | Command-D | Duplicate Selected Items |
| 4 | Command-F | Search with Spotlight |
| 5 | Command-G | Find Next Matched Search |
| 6 | Command-H | Hide Window |
| 7 | Command-I | Open Get Info (Property) Pane |
| 8 | Command-J | Show View Options |
| 9 | Command-K | Connect to Server |
| 10 | Command-L | Make Alias of Selected Items |
| 11 | Command-M | Minimize Window |
| 12 | Command-N | Open New Window |
| 13 | Command-O | Open Selected Items |
| 14 | Command-T | Copy Items to Sidebar |
| 15 | Command-V | Paste Items |
| 16 | Command-W | Close Finder Window |
| 17 | Command-Z | Undo Action |
| 18 | Command-1 | View as Icons |
| 19 | Command-2 | View as Lists |
| 20 | Command-3 | View as Columns |
| 21 | Command-4 | View as Coverflow |
| 22 | Command-Shift-A | Go to Application Folder |
| 23 | Command-Shift-B | Open Bluetooth |
| 24 | Command-Shift-C | Go to My Computer |
| 25 | Command-Shift-G | Open Address Bar |
| 26 | Command-Shift-H | Go to Home Folder |
| 27 | Command-Shift-I | Connect to iDisk |
| 28 | Command-Shift-J | Open Journler (If Any) |
| 29 | Command-Shift-K | Go to Network Folder |
| 30 | Command-Shift-L | Go to Safari |
| 31 | Command-Shift-N | Create New Folder |
| 32 | Command-Shift-Q | Log Out |
| 33 | Command-Shift-U | Go to Utility Folder |
| 34 | Command-Shift-Y | Attach to Stickies |
| 35 | Command-Option-D | Hide the Dock |
| 36 | Command-Option-M | Minimize All Windows |
| 37 | Command-Option-O | Open File and Close Finder |
| 38 | Command-Option-T | Hide Toolbar |
| 39 | Command-Option-W | Close All Windows |
| 40 | Command-R | Show Original (From Alias) |
Though it seems really different than the shortcuts on Windows, but the logic behind is the same; You only need to change CTRL with Command then most of the shortcuts will be matched like a charm.
Hope this shortcuts compilation can help you.
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Anurag
he good work...
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Johnson
Thanks a lot for this! Really useful.
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JIm Fitzsimmons
Great! a really useful resource. Jim http://www.photodailynews.com
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ben
macs aren't getting cheaper. specs are getting worse with no FW400.
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Toby
When oh when will they have cut. Command X. It's so simple and so useful. It drives me nuts. Why should I have to use a mouse to move files where I could drop them any damn place by accident.
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Paul
Command+Down will also open the selected application/document/etc from Finder. Huge timesaver.
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Floris
Hey idiot : FW400 Before you rant about no FW400, know what you rant about. FW800 is still there and supports FW400.
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Bryan
As for cut, it's not a clean concept -- what if you switch to Word and hit "paste"? If you want to move things, drag them to desktop, or use Expose. Click and start dragging, hit F9, drag to the window you want to move the file to, then hit F9 again, and drop the file where you want it to go. Easy. Use F11 to move it to the desktop.
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Dan
Rid yourself of a mouse. Keyboard short cuts make everything that much easier and faster. command+spacebar also brings up the spotlight quick search. Great for launching applications (even Windows Apps in VMs)
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celsius
command-up goes up a directory. another huge time saver.
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zachary Kinney
Also, use command period to cancel, and command d to don't save.
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Zach
correction on my last post: just "D" will suffice for "Dont Save"
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Jim Jones
Wow, looks like you hit the nauil on the head once again. www.privacy-tools.at.tc
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Luke
@ben: the reason that there's no cut is so that you can't "lose" a file. What happens if you cut a file, and then copy something else into your clipboard? Where does the file go? Does it just disappear?
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amar
bring on cs !
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dave
sorry for the very basic question. i just got a mac and i'm having trouble downloading and installing some new programs. they will download but when i try to open them i see what it seems to be html code? it happens with diff. types of programs? thank you in advance for your help.
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Wendy
First thing you need to check whether you've downloaded the correct file. Usually it comes with extension .dmg or .zip
After you've downloaded and extracted out the Application, simply drop it to your Application folder. You don't need any installations to add in your new Application; As soon as the process of copying into your Hard drive finished, you can use the Application.
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Collin Allen
Command-Shift-D Go to Desktop :-)
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JeyramoXRu
Hi boys and girls ;-) Somebody can give me url to the XRumer's homepage? Or maybe some info... Thank you very much!!! P.S. Вот уроды...
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dave
Thank you Wendy- that worked. Last question; How would i solve the following error message when trying to play an online course audio/video?? *** has content of MIME type “application/x-mplayer2”. Because you don’t have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, this content can’t be displayed. thank you
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Wendy
It depends on the kind of video you want to play. Now I only use Flip4Mac for .WMV and other windows media formats. Don't know about the video format you want to watch, but for most of the case, this should work.
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EpitaButhaila
;-) Hi frnds, i like to read history books or magazines in my free time. wud like 2 know abt ur way of passing the free time.
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Wendy
I like to sleep! :)
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nothankstomac
mac's keyboard shortcuts are inconsistent, incomplete, hard to learn. impossible not to use the mouse. no thank you very much, i stay with windows. windows is friendlier to the power user, much more consistent, much more helpful. and yes i do use a mac. i even bought it.
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EZWilliam
Great website. I am proud of my necessary inspiration Oh, good joke) Who is Dracula’s favorite person on the baseball team? The BAT boy!
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Alison
Thanks! Very useful article! See ya!
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Jesse
Thank you for this!
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Litegod
How about a shortcut for expanding a column in column view?
It's very annoying having to use the mouse when the good thing about column view is that it's lightning fast using arrow keys...
Anyone?
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