zzEaster Shortcuts: 30 Fascinating Mac Tips

Easter Shortcuts: 30 Fascinating Mac Tips
David Appleyard on April 10th
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Interface & Video

⌘ + H = Hide window
^ + Mouse Wheel = Zoom in and out of the screen
^ + ⌥ + ⌘ + 8 = Invert the video colours used on your display
⇧ + Expose = Shows the Expose animation in slow motion (also works for
Dashboard + Front Row)

Text

^ + ⌘ + D = Opens selected word in the dictionary
⌘ + ⇧ + Y = Saves selected text to a sticky note on your desktop (in Cocoa
apps)
Select Text + Drag to Desktop = Saves a text clipping to your desktop
⌘ + T = Show the font panel in an application

Screenshots

⌘ + ⇧ + 4 + Space = Take screenshot of an individual window

Finder & Files

⌘ + ⌥ + W = Close all Finder windows
⌘ + D = Duplicate a file in Finder
⌘ + ⇧ + H = Go to your home folder
⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + Delete = Empty trash silently
⌘ + L = Make an alias
⌘ + Delete = Move file or folder to trash
⌘ + E = Eject the disk drive
Logout and Shutdown

⇧ + ⌘ + ⌥ + Q = Quick log out (occurs immediately)
^ + ⌘ + Eject = Close all open apps and restart
⌥ + ⌘ + Eject = Sleep