General Shortcuts

Shortcut ▶️ Purpose – Hints are nested

Global

⌥ F2 — Open the display section of system preferences.
⌘ ⌥ H M — Minimize all windows
⌘ L — While in the system preferences go to the main page
⌘ Space — Open spotlight search
⌘ ⌥ d — Toggle the dock auto hide feature, helps with hiding the dock temporarily
⌘ ⌥ H-M — Minimize all windows and show the desktop
Fn Right Arrow — End of line
⌘ ⌥+ — Zoom in any app
**⌘ ⌥ ** — Zoom out any app
⌘ ⌥ d — Look up selected word definition
⌥ ⇧ [-] — Em Dash
⌥ [-] — En Dash
Right ⌘ ⌘ — Start dictation (voice to text) (configured in Keyboard)

⌘ o — Open folder
Ctrl ⌘ o — Open Finder in the same folder
- Check Open folders ⌥ in Finder -> Preferences to open in a new window instead of a tab
⌘ Up Arrow — Moves up one directory in finder
⌘ Down Arrow — Moves down one directory in finder
⇧ ⌘ . — Show hidden files
⇧ ⌘ g — Go to folder
⌘ o — Open the selected file
⌘ Up Arrow — Open the parent folder
⌘ ⌥ c — Copy the path of the selected file or folder
⌘ ⌥ v — Paste a copied folder to move the copied folder (faster)

When writing stories.

⌘ l ▶️ ⌥-Enter — Duplicates the current tab
- ⌘ l focuses the address bar
  - ⌥ Enter opens the current page in a new tab
⌘ ⇧ R — Hard reload and clear cache
Ctrl ⌥ Left Arrow — Move window to left half of the screen
Ctrl ⌥ Right Arrow — Move window to the right half of the screen
Ctrl ⌘ o — Open a new tab in the same folder