Quit all applications (with the opportunity to save any changes to your open documents), and restart: Control-Command-Eject.Force quit slow or frozen applications: Option-Command-Esc.Close the window you're currently in: Command-W Close all windows: Option-Command-W.Minimize the window you're currently in: Command-M Minimize all windows: Option-Command-M.Delete one word to the left of the cursor: Option-Delete.Take a screenshot (photo) of your screen: Shift-Command-4.Open your Applications folder: Shift-Command-A.MACįamiliarize yourself with all the modifier key symbols that appear in Mac OS X menus, and pick and choose from the select 20 shortcuts below. Below, two cheat sheets for upping your keyboard maneuvering status from 'basic' to 'intermediate' for both Mac and PC users. There are endless shortcuts available (truly endless-since you can customize them yourself), but you don't need to memorize them all, only those you expect to use most. If you already have your basic keyboard shortcuts under control-we're talking classics here, Control-C (copy for PC) or Command-C (copy for Mac)-it's time to load up your memory bank.
