On Boot |
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Key Combination |
Effect |
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mouse down |
Eject removable media ( I think Boot ROMs prior to 2.4f1 excluded
the CD drive ) |
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opt |
Bring up OF system picker on New World machines - boot to 9 on
pre-New World machines |
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cmd-opt |
Hold down until 2nd chime, will boot into Mac OS 9 ? |
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cmd-x (or just x?) |
Will boot into Mac OS X if 9 and X are on the same partition and
that's the partition you're booting from. |
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cmd-opt-shift-delete |
Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD). This actually
forces the system to NOT load the driver for the default volume, which
has the side effect mentioned above. For SCSI devices it searches from
highest ID to lowest for a partition with a bootable system. Not sure
about IDE drives. |
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cmd-opt-shift-delete-# |
Boot from a specific SCSI ID # (# = SCSI ID number) |
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cmd-opt-p-r |
Zap PRAM. Hold down until second chime. |
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cmd-opt-n-v |
Clear NV RAM. Similar to reset-all in Open Firmware. |
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cmd-opt-o-f |
Boot into open firmware |
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cmd-opt-t-v |
Force Quadra AV machines to use TV as a monitor |
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cmd-opt-x-o |
Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only) |
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cmd-opt-a-v |
Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one |
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c |
Boot from CD. If set to boot to X and no CD is present, may boot
to 9. |
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d |
Force the internal hard disk to be the startup device |
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n |
Hold down until Mac logo, will attempt to boot from network server
(using BOOTP or TFTP) |
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r |
Force PowerBooks to reset the screen |
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t |
Put FireWire machine into FireWire Target Disk mode |
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z |
Attempt to boot using the devalias zip from first bootable partition
found |
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shift |
(Classic only) Disable Extensions |
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shift |
(OS X, 10.1.3 and later) Disables login items. Also disables non-essential
kernel extensions (safe boot mode) |
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cmd |
(Classic only) Boot with Virtual Memory off |
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space |
(Classic only) Trigger extension manager at boot-up |
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cmd-v |
(OS X only) show console messages during boot |
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cmd-s |
(OS X only) boot into single user mode |
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cmd-opt-c-i |
(Mac IIci only) Set date to 20 Sep 1989 to get a graphical easter
egg |
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cmd-opt-f-x |
(Mac IIfx only) Set date to 19 Mar 1990 to get a graphical easter
egg |
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After display of Happy Mac icon |
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Key Combination |
Effect |
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space |
(Classic only) Invoke Extensions Manager |
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shift |
(Classic only) Disable Extensions including MacsBug |
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shift-opt |
(Classic only) Disable exetensions, except MacsBug |
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ctrl |
(Classic only) Break into MacsBug as soon as it is loaded |
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As Finder Starts |
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Key Combination |
Effect |
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cmd-opt |
(whenever Classic Finder sees a new disk) Rebuild Desktop |
|
opt |
(Mac OS 9) Do not open Finder windows |
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shift |
(Mac OS X) Do not open Finder windows when launching Finder. The
windows' states aren't changed to closed, as they will be reopened if
you reboot again. |
|
shift |
(Mac OS 9) Do not launch anything from the "Startup Items"
folder |
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In Finder |
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opt-click close box (or cmd-opt-w) |
Close all open finder windows (except popup windows) |
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cmd-shift-opt-w |
Close all open finder windows (including popup windows) |
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cmd-right arrow |
Open folder in list view |
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cmd-opt-right arrow |
Recursively open folder and nested folders in list view |
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cmd-left arrow |
Close folder in list view |
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cmd-opt-left arrow |
Recursively close folder and nested folders in list view |
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cmd-up arrow |
Open parent folder. On Mac OS X, when nothing is selected and no
windows are open, open User directory |
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cmd-opt-up arrow |
Open parent folder, closing current folder |
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cmd-opt-shift-up arrow |
Make desktop the active window, select parent volume |
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cmd-down arrow |
Open selected item. On Mac OS X, when nothing is selected and no
windows are open, open the desktop folder |
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cmd-opt-down arrow |
Open selected item, closing current folder |
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opt-click |
(In disclosure triangle) expand or collapse all folders within
that window |
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tab |
select next icon alphabetically |
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shift-tab |
select previous item alphabetically |
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cmd-delete |
move selection to trash |
|
space |
while navigating, opens folder under mouse immediately (with spring-loaded
folders enabled) |
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In Finder Menu Window |
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cmd-select |
Close window |
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cmd-shift-select |
Put away popup window |
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cmd-opt-select |
Expand selected window and close all others |
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ctl-select |
Expand selected window and collapse all others |
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ctl-opt-select |
Activate selected window and expand all others |
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On disk mount |
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cmd-opt |
(whenever Classic Finder sees a new disk) Rebuild Desktop |
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opt |
(Mac OS 9) Add session numbers (;1, ;2, etc) to ISO-9660 CD filenames |
|
opt |
(Mac OS X) Show each session on an ISO-9660 CD as a volume |
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After startup |
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Key Combination |
Effect |
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On machines with a power key |
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power |
Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table) |
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cmd-ctrl-power |
Unconditionally reboot (sometimes referred to as 'control flower
power' to easily remember) (dirty reboot - may corrupt disk) |
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ctrl-cmd-opt-power |
Fast shutdown |
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cmd-power |
Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac
ii era) needed Paul Mercer's debugger init to do this, then it got folded
into the firmware, around 040 timeframe. |
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cmd-opt-power |
Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep |
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cmd-opt-ctrl-power |
(PowerBook 500) Reset Power Manager |
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shift-fn-ctrl-power |
(PowerBook G3, G4) Reset Power Manager |
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On machines without a power key |
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ctrl-eject |
Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next table) |
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cmd-ctrl-eject |
Unconditionally reboot |
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ctrl-cmd-opt-eject |
Fast shutdown |
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cmd-eject |
Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old macs (mac
ii era) needed Paul Mercer's debugger init to do this, then it got folded
into the firmware, around 040 timeframe. |
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cmd-opt-eject |
Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep |
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On all machines |
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cmd-opt-esc |
Force quit current app |
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cmd-shift-0 |
Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep No longer work
in OS X. On Macs with three floppy drives (Mac SE) they eject the third
floppy disk. |
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cmd-shift-1 or 2 |
Eject internal or external floppy. Not sure which is which on dual
floppy machines (Mac SE, Mac II, etc.) |
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cmd-shift-3 |
Screen shot |
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cmd-shift-4 |
Abstract user defined area screen shot (hold control while selecting
to direct it to the clipboard on Mac OS 9) |
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cmd-shift-capslock-4 |
(Classic only) User selectable window screen shot |
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cmd-ctl-shift-3 |
Screen shot to clipboard |
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cmd-ctl-shift-4 |
Abstract user defined area screen shot to clipboard |
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cmd-ctl-shift-capslock-4 |
(Classic only) User selectable window screen shot to clipboard
(classic only) |
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cmd-tab |
Switch apps (possible to change key in Mac OS 8-9) |
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cmd-space |
Switch keyboards/script systems (if more than one is installed) |
|
opt-f3, opt-f4 or opt-f5 |
bring up the system preferences (Mac OS X only - maybe powerbooks
only? only if system preferences isn't already running) |
|
cmd-f1 |
toggle between video mirroring and extended desktop mode (works
on Ti Powerbooks) |
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cmd-f2 |
auto-detect a newly-connected display (works on Ti Powerbooks) |
|
f12 |
Eject CD/DVD (must be held down on 10.1.2 or later). If the device
can be dismounted, it is. If not, nothing happens. |
|
f14 |
dim display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?) |
|
f15 |
brighten display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?) |
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cmd-ctl-shift-0 |
Spin down HD (when possible) on machines running OS 9 |
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opt-"Empty Trash" |
Emptry trash without locked file or contents summary alert. Empties
locked items, as well |
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cmd-opt-D |
(Mac OS X only) toggle dock |
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cmd-opt (when opening chooser) |
(Mac OS 9 only) rebuild chooser cache of printer driver information |
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In the sleep/restart dialog |
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Key |
Effect |
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S |
Sleep |
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R |
Restart |
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esc |
cancel |
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cmd-. (period) |
cancel |
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Return or Enter |
Shut Down |
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Power |
Cancel (9.2.x only?) |
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In other dialogs |
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Key |
Action |
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esc |
Cancel |
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command-. (period) |
Cancel |
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enter |
Default button |
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return |
Default button (if there are no text fields that use return |
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cmd-d |
Don't save (in save/cancel/don't save dialog) |
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On keyboards with a function key |
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Key Combination |
Effect |
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fn-backspace |
forward delete |
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Clicks |
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click / modifier |
Effect |
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option-click in another application |
Switch to that application and hide previous app |
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cmd-drag (window) |
Drag window without bringing it to front (requires application
support to work behind dialogs) |
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cmd-drag (window background) |
Pan contents of window with hand (Finder) |
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cmd-drag (Mac OS X) |
Rearrange menu extras |
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cmd-click window title |
Pop-up menu showing path to current folder/document (in some applications) |
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option-windowshade |
Windowshade all windows of application (classic only) |
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option-zoom |
Zoom window to full-screen |
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option-yellow |
Dock all windows of application (Mac OS X only) |
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option-green |
Zoom window to fill screen (in some applications) |
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Mac OS X only - items in dock |
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cmd-click |
Reveal in Finder |
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cmd-opt-click |
Activate app and hide other apps |
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ctl-click (or click and hold) |
contextual menu |
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cmd-drag into dock |
Freeze current dock items from moving so icon can be dropped onto
an app |
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cmd-opt-drag into dock |
Force application you're dropping onto to open dropped item |
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Control Strip |
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opt-drag control strip |
Move control strip |
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opt-drag CS module within strip |
reorders CS modules |
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opt-drag CS module to trash |
uninstalls a module |
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opt-drag CS module elsewhere |
whatever dragging the module file itself would |
Copyright 2002, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:36:07.
http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html