I am primarily a Windows user, since at work we have to use Microsoft.
However, privately I own a MAC Book and I am pretty annoyed with learning new shortcuts all over.
Anyway, below you will find a small list of helpful shortcuts.
| Description | Shortcut |
| Quick delete a song in iTunes without confirmation Dialog. Only works in non-smart playlists. | Cmd + Alt. + Del. |
| If you want to permanently delete songs from your library without one mouse click, use this one. | Cmd + Del. When you see the annoying confirmation dialog press M. M is the shortcut in the dialog for 'Move to Trash'. |
| Close the currently opened window, without closing the parent application. E.g. Close a tab in your web browser like Firefox or Safari. | Cmd + W |
| Quit an application. | Cmd + Q |
| Not worth mentioning, but some people might not know yet: Switching between applications. | Cmd + Tab |
| Jump to begin of a line in a text document. | Cmd + Left Arrow |
| Jump to end of a line in a text document. | Cmd + Right Arrow |
| Jump to the beginning of a text document. | Cmd + Up Arrow |
| Jump to the end of a text document. | Cmd + Down Arrow |
| Navigate left or right between words in a text document. | Alt. + Left or Right Arrow |
| Move cursor to / highlight Safari address bar. | Cmd + L |
| Open Key Chain. | Cmd + , (Cmd + comma) |
| Tab through open tabs in a web browser like Safari or Firefox. Annoyingly this does not work for windows in other applications. | Ctrl. + TAB (forward) Ctrl. + SHIFT + TAB (backward) |
| Tab through / Move between windows of one application. | MacBook keyboard Cmd + <> Normal keyboard (QUERTZ layout) Cmd + ^ Here is an URL, which will provide you with some more explanation also for US keyboards. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/193937/shortcut-for-toggling-between-different-windows-of-same-app If you have windows of an application open in full screen however, you will have to use the Mac OS Mission Control shortcuts, which are ... Ctrl. + Left Arrow Ctrl. + Right Arrow |
| Show / Hide Desktop | F11 |
| Show / Hide Dashboard | F12 |
| Show / Hide view for single picture from library in photos app. | Space |
| Force Safari to reload a page ignoring the cache | Cmd + Alt. + R |
| Show page in Safari only text / read mode | Cmd + Shift + R |
