Mac OS and Windows Keyboard Equivalents
Are you a Mac OS user who has to use Windows at work? Or are you a former
Windows user new to the Mac platform? As you've probably surmised, there are
key differences between the general operation of the two Operating Systems.
Let's look at some of the common Mac Windows keyboard equivalents.
(Original source by William Bailey at http://macos.about.com/compute/macos/library/weekly/aa080100a.htm)
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General
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Function
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Mac OS
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Windows
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Close dialog without any action
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Esc
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Esc
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Contextual Menus
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Control + Click
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Right Click
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Copy a file
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Option + drag icon
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Control + drag icon
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Create an alias/shortcut
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Command + M
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Right Click and choose create shortcut
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Create an alias/shortcut in a specific location
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Command + Option and drag
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Alt + drag
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Item's Info or Properties
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Command + I
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Alt + Enter
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Move a file
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Drag icon to location
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Shift + drag icon
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Select additional items without
deselecting previously selected
items
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Shift + Click on items
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Control + Click on items
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Select All
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Command + A
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Control + A
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Send to Trash/Recycle Bin
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Command + Delete
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Delete
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Startup with Extensions Off/Safe Mode
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Shift
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F8
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Switch to next active application
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Command + Tab
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Alt + Tab
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Deleting
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Function
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Mac OS
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Windows
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Backward Delete
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Delete Key
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Backspace Key
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Forward Delete
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Del Key
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Delete Key
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Editing
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Function
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Mac OS
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Windows
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Cut to clipboard
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Command + X
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Control + X
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Copy to clipboard
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Command + C
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Control + C
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Paste from clipboard
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Command + V
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Control + V
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Undo
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Command + Z
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Control + Z
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Quitting
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Function
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Mac OS
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Windows
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Quit a frozen program
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Command + Option + Esc
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Control + Alt + Del
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Quit/Close a program
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Command + Q
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Alt + F4
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Screen Shots
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Function
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Mac OS
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Windows
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Screen capture to clipboard
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Command + Control + Shift + 3
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Print Screen
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Active window to clipboard
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Command + Control + Shift + 4 + CapsLock and click
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Alt + Print Screen
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Create a picture of a portion of your screen to
clipboard
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Command + Control + Shift + 4
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None
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Create a picture of a portion of your screen to disk
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Command + Shift + 4
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None
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Create a picture of a specific window to disk
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Command + Shift + 4 + CapsLock and click
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None
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Screen shot to disk
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Command + Shift + 3
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None
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Special thanks to the About Windows Guide and About Computing Channel Editor for
feedback on the Windows commands.
To learn more about the Mac Operating
System (MacOS) visit: http://macos.about.com/compute/macos/msub101.htm
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