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Many people have posted very comprehensive lists of keyboard shortcuts for the Mac (see bottom of post for a couple links),  but honestly, how many keyboard shortcuts can you really learn at one time and then remember five days later?  So, I’ve provided a list of my favorite, most used keyboard shortcuts below.  I hope you find these helpful and they speed up your computing.

Global:

Close Window: Command-W
Copy: Command-C
Cut: Command-X
Find: Command-F
Force Quit: Option-Command-Escape
Get Info: Command-I
Hide Window: Command-H
Minimize Window: Command-M
New Tab: Command-T
New Window: Command-N
Open: Command-O
Paste: Command-V
Quit Application: Command-Q
Refresh: Command-R
View Preferences: Command-, (the comma key)

Finder:

Change between view types: Command+1-4
Connect to Server: Command-K

Mail.app

Apply Rules: Option-Command-L
Send Mail: Shift-Command-D

Other Guide’s:

• Apple’s Keyboard Shortcut Guide – obviously a very good resource
• Dan Rodney’s Guide – A very comprehensive list of shortcuts

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts