Tim Cook (CEO of Apple, Inc.) has recently revamped the Mac Operating System up to some extent and given a new name says “OS X Mavericks”. Well, the most interesting news is that the new “OS X Mavericks” is not a proprietary OS anymore. It means, now, anyone can upgrade to latest OS X Mavericks without spending a single penny!
50 OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts you Never Knew
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As we know that the purpose of releasing updates of any software is to add some advanced facilities to the existing version. Here also, it refers to the same thing; Apple has released new updates for the existing Mac OS X to provide additional functionalities to the users.
Still, Apple has not taken OS X Mavericks to the next level completely and therefore, only few enhancements are seen in the update log.
So, I hope that everyone has updated their Mac’s PC/Laptops to the latest OS X Mavericks and flirting with the updated features. Well, have you noticed that keyboard shortcuts are also updated with some new key combination to play with desktop, toolbar, dock, widget bar, applications and much more?
Hereupon, today, we are covering “50 OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts”. If you are an addicted Keyboard user then the below OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts will surely help you to work faster and harder with the Mavericks!
50 OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Command + R = Use OS X Recovery (Works on OS X Lion or later)
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2. Command + V = Start your system in Verbose Mode
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3. Command + S = Start your system in Single User Mode
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4. Command + Shift + A = Open the Applications folder
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5. Command + Shift + D = Open desktop folder
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6. Command + E = Eject
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7. Command + F = Find any matching Spotlight attribute
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8. Command + Shift + F = Find Spotlight filename matches
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9. Command + Option + F = Navigate to the search field in an already-open Spotlight window
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10. Command + Shift + G = Go to Folder
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11. Command + Shift + H = Open the Home folder of the currently logged-in user account
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12. Command + I = Get Info
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13. Command + Option + I = Show Inspector
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14. Command + Control + I = Get Summary Info
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15. Command + Shift + I = Open iDisk
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16. Command + J = Show Different View Options
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17. Command + K = Connect to Server
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18. Command + Shift + K = Open Network Window
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19. Command + L = Make alias of the selected item
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20. Command + M = Minimize the current window
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21. Command + Shift + N = Create a New Folder
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22. Command + T = Add any specific item to Sidebar
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23. Command + Shift + T = Add any specific item to Favorites
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24. Command + Option + T = Hide Toolbar / Show Toolbar in Finder windows
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25. Command + Shift + U = Open Utilities Folder
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26. Command + Option + Y = Slide show (Works on Mac OS X v10.5 or later)
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27. Command + Option + / = Turn font smoothing on or off
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28. Command + Shift + 3 = Capture the screen to a file
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29. Command + Shift + 4 = Capture a selection to a file
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30. Command + Option + Space bar = Show the Spotlight search results window
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31. Command + Option + D = Show or hide the Dock
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32. Command + Control + D = Display the definition of the selected word in the Dictionary application
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33. Command + H = Hide the windows of the currently running application
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34. Command + Option + H = Hide the windows of all other running applications
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35. Control + ↑ = Launch/Quit Mission Control
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36. Command + = = Show/hide Widget bar
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37. Command + ←= Scroll widget bar to the left
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38. Command + → = Scroll widget bar to the right
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39. Command + F3 = Show Desktop
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40. Command + Tab = Switch application–cycle forward
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41. Command + Shift + Tab = Switch application–cycle backward
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42. Command + F1 = Toggles “Mirror Displays” for multi-monitor configurations
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43. Command + F2 = Toggle Target Display Mode
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44. Command + F5 = Toggle VoiceOver On / Off
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45. Control + F7 = Temporarily override the current keyboard access mode in windows and dialogs
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46. Control + F8 = Move to the status menus in the menu bar
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47. Control + Shift + F6 = Move focus to the previous panel
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48. Command + Y = Launch Quick Look
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49. Command + Option + Esc = Fore to quit an running application
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50. Control + ↓ = See all Application Window
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Finally, here I complete the list of 50 OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts. Apart from the above mentioned OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts, if you know any other OS X Mavericks Keyboard Shortcuts then let us know by using below comments section!
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