If pressed during startup, system will attempt to start up from a compatible If pressed during startup, system will boot from a CD that has a system If pressed down on startup, will eject any disk currently in optical drive If pressed during startup the system will bypass the primary startup volumeĪnd seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk) Useful for ejecting disks stuck in the optical drive and changing the default startup volume If pressed during startup, boots into Open Firmware. This is particularly useful when machine has been partitioned in Boot Camp into Windows and OS X partitions If pressed during startup, allows user to select between multiple startup volumes. If pressed during startup, will force Mac OS X to run Below is the list of modifier keys in standard Apple keyboard along with Windows equivalent.This document lists the following helpful keyboard shortcuts that can be used on a Macintosh running OS X: Though we have used description for keys, you should know the modifier keys on your Mac keyboard. For example, command key is shown with the symbol ⌘. Generally, Mac users type the modifier key symbol instead of typing the name. Mac has few modifier keys to have multiple combination of shortcuts. Highlight the file and Get file information Show prompt for shutdown, restart or sleep. Paste the last copied / cut item from clipboardĬommand + Control + Option + Power button Open fonts window in text editors like Pages Open a new tab within a browser / Finder or Hightlight the file and Get file information orĬapture screen shot of a region and send to desktopĬlose last opened tab using undo in Safari Open email with the link of the page from the browserĬapture screen shot of a region to clipboard Open link in a new tab and move to the new tab

Press “Command + 1” for first tab.Ĭlose all open tabs except the active tab Open link in new tab and stay on the current tab Delete from the cursor point to start of that line

Mac startup commands keystrokes