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Keyboard shortcuts
You can press key combinations to do things on your Mac mini that you’d normally do with a
trackpad, mouse, or other device. Here’s a list of commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
Shortcut Description
Command-X Cut the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
Command-C Copy the selected item to the Clipboard.
Command-V Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app.
Command-Z Undo the previous command. Press Command-Z again to Redo.
Command-A Select all items.
Command-F Open a Find window, or Find items in a document.
Command-G Find Again, or nd the next occurrence of the item you’re searching for.
Press Command-Shift-G to nd the previous occurrence.
Command-H Hide the windows of the front app. Press Command-Option-H to view the
front app but hide all other apps.
Command-M Minimize the front window to the Dock. Press Command-Option-M to
minimize all windows of the front app.
Command-N Open a New document or window.
Command-O Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a le to open.
Command-P Print the current document.
Command-S Save the current document.
Command-W Close the front Window. Press Command-Option-W to close all windows
of the app.
Command-Q Quit the app.
Command-Option-Esc Choose an app to Force Quit.
Command-Tab Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
Command-Shift-3 Take a Screenshot of the entire screen. Press Command-Shift-4 to take a
screenshot of a selected area of the screen.
If you switched to the Mac from a PC, check out www.apple.com/support/macbasics/pctomac
for a list of Mac keyboard shortcuts and the dierences between Mac and Windows
keyboards. For a more complete list of keyboard shortcuts, see the Apple Support article
support.apple.com/HT201236.
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