Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

The inspiration for these 11 keyboard shortcuts came from a dead battery in a wireless USB mouse. However, a few must be used in conjuction with a mouse click.

11 Keyboard shortcuts for Mac OS X worth remembering, in no particular order...

1. c (on boot)

   Boot from CD.

2. mouse down (on boot)

   Eject CD.

3. cmd-opt-esc

   Force quit current app.

   Reminiscent of ctrl-alt-del on that other OS.

4. cmd-`

   Cycle through current application's windows.

   Everyone knows cmd-tab to cycle through applications, but oftentimes one has multiple windows of the same application and needs to cycle through them.

5. opt-cmd-esc

   Force Quit dialog

6. shift-cmd-4 + space + click

   Screen dump highlighted window.

   Everyone knows the shift-cmd-3 and shift-cmd-4 screen shot shortcuts, but this one is slightly different in that it allows you to grab the chrome of a particular application window.

7. cmd-;

   Spell checking.

8. ctrl-F2

   Highlight the Menu.

   Starts with the Apple menu highlighted. Use arrows to navigate.

9. ctrl-F3

   Highlight the Dock.

10. cmd-h

    Hide current application.

    Not that you would have anything incriminating visible in the current application, right?

11. cmd + drag background window title-bar

    Adjust a window partially obscured by the top-most window.