GENERAL

• • Navigation / Search

    • COMMAND + SPACE : opens SPOTLIGHT aka the finder tool

    • COMMAND + TAB : app switcher from left to right

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + TAB : app swticher from right to left

    • COMMAND + ~ : switch between pages within same app

    • COMMAND + L : opens safari search bar

• • Application  Control

    • COMMAND + , : application preferences

    • COMMAND + W : close window

    • COMMAND + Q : shut down any app immediately

    • COMMAND + OPTION + Q : force app to quit

    • COMMAND + OPTION + ESC : selects apps to quit 

    • COMMAND + H : hides active window

    • COMMAND + M : hides active app 

    • COMMAND + O : open

    • COMMAND + F : find

• • Screen shots / Screen recording (saved to documents folder)

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + 3 : entire window

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + 4 : use mouse to select 

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + 4 then SPACEBAR then tap track pad : open window with shaddow

    • COMMAND + CTRL + SHIFT + 4 then select some text and its copied to your clip board and then its in the memory to send to someone

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + 4 then SPACEBAR then press the OPTION key + tap track pad : open window without shaddow

    • COMMAND + SHIFT + 5 : screenshot  + screen RECORDING toolbar

• • Declutter Desktop

    • COMMAND + OPTION + : using mouse click on desktop

    • COMMAND + CTRL + Q : lock screen

• • FINDER/FILES

    • select file then hit SPACE : previews first page of file

      • you can do this with multiple files  and use COMMAND + Y to flick through them