_Check Apple's [Mac keyboard shortcuts] for the usual suspects._

Here are some of my favorites.  

## Keyboard Symbols

* **⇧**  Shift
* **⌃**  Control
* **⌥**  Option
* **⌘**  Command

## 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
* **Fn ⌥ F3**     Show the desktop after clicking on the desktop

## Finder

* **⌘ 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)

[More Finder Shortcuts..]  

## Writing Shortcuts

When writing stories.

* **⌥ [**      Left double quotation mark (“)
* **⌥ ⇧ [**     Right double quotation mark (”)
* **⌥ -**     En dash (–)
* **⌥ ⇧ -**     Em dash (—)
* **⌥ ;**     Ellipsis (…)

[Mac keyboard shortcuts]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236  
[More Finder Shortcuts..]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236#:~:text=Finder%20and%20system%20shortcuts