macOS Keyboard Shortcuts
A handy collection of common macOS keyboard shortcuts to boost your productivity
Symbol Legend
- ⌘ command
- ⎋ esc
- ⌥ option/alt
- ⌃ control
- ⇪ caps
- ⏎ enter
- ⇧ shift
- Space spacebar
Common Shortcuts
- ⌘ + ⌃ + Space Open the "Show Emoji & Symbols" dialog
Screenshots
- Capture the entire screen: press Shift-Command-3
- Capture a portion of the screen: press Shift-Command-4
⌃ + ⌘ + a WeChat screenshot
Apps
- ⌃ + Up Show all apps (Mission Control)
- ⌃ + Down Show all windows of the current app (App Exposé)
- ⌘ + Tab Switch between apps
- ⌃ + F3 Show the Dock
Windows
- ⌘ + M Minimize a window
- ⌘ + tab -> ⌘ + ⌥ -> ⌥ Restore a minimized window
- ⌘ + W Close a window
- ⌘ + H Hide a window
- command+z
- command+shift+z
- command+h Hide the windows of the frontmost app
- command+option+h
- command+M
- command+option+m
- command+w Close the frontmost window