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title: "macOS Keyboard Shortcuts"
description: "A handy collection of common macOS keyboard shortcuts to boost your productivity"
canonical_url: "https://carlwang.com/posts/macos-keyboard-shortcuts"
---

> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://carlwang.com/llms.txt)

## 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

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