It takes a while to learn them by heart, but once you do, keyboard shortcuts on your MacBook will make your life a lot easier and faster. Instead of having to navigate to a button with your mouse, it's now just a matter of tap-tap to close a window, open a full screen or take a screenshot on your Macbook . We'll give you the 22 most useful shortcuts. Plus: this is how you set up your own shortcuts for your most used applications.
These are the 22 most useful shortcuts for your MacBook
Do you have a new or refurbished MacBook ? Then take advantage of these handy key combinations forMacOS :
Cut : cmd + X
Copy : cmd + C
Paste : cmd + V
Select All : cmd + A
Save current document : cmd + S
Print : cmd + P
Shutdown/Shutdown : ctrl + opt + cmd + eject (MacBook shuts down after giving you the opportunity to save open documents)
Restart : ctrl + cmd + eject ( restart MacBook first you will get the option to save open documents)
Show desktop : cmd + Mission Control (F3)
Delete (as on a Windows PC) : fn + backspace
Euro sign on your Macbook : option/alt + 2
Screenshot full screen : shift + cmd + 3
Screenshot/clipping part of screen : shift + cmd + 4 (use the crosshair to select the area)
Sleep mode : option/alt + cmd + power button
Display in sleep mode : ctrl + shift + power button or ctrl + shift + eject
Lock screen instantly : ctrl + cmd + Q
Full screen : ctrl + cmd + F (if app supports this)
Close window : cmd + W
Close all open windows : option/alt + cmd + W (app remains active)
Close app/program : cmd + Q
Switch between apps from left to right : cmd + tab
Switch between apps from right to left : cmd + ~ (tilde)
Create your own shortcuts
Do you have certain menu options that you use often? Then you can set a shortcut for them yourself. This works as follows:
- In the menu bar, go to the Apple icon.
- Select System Preferences.
- Go to Keyboard, Shortcuts and then Shortcuts for Programs. Here you can enter new shortcuts that you can use for each program.
- Click on +.
- In the pop-up screen, under Menu Name, enter the name of the option you want.
- Click on the empty field next to Key Combination and press the keys as you like.
- Click Add to save the shortcut.
Set shortcuts for specific programs
For specific programs like Safari , you can set keyboard shortcuts for existing menu options. This works the same as with general keyboard shortcuts, as we just explained, except that you have to click on the drop-down menu behind programs and select the program there.
