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  1. Screen Capture to disk:
  2.  
  3.   ⌘ ⇧ 3                   Screen to jpeg file on desktop
  4.   ⌘ ⇧ 4 + Drag:           Selection to jpeg file on desktop
  5.   ⌘ ⇧ 4 + Spacebar:       Window (click camera) to jpeg file
  6. Screen Capture to clipboard:
  7.  
  8.   ⌘ ⇧ 3 + Ctrl:           Screen to clipboard
  9.   ⌘ ⇧ 4 + Drag + Ctrl:    Selection to clipboard
  10.   ⌘ ⇧ 4 + Spacebar + Ctrl Window (Camera effect)
  11. Dock /Switch Applications
  12.  
  13.   ⌘ ⌥ D      Show/Hide Dock
  14.   ⌘ Tab      Switch applications
  15.   ⌘ `        Switch between document Windows in current application
  16.   ⌥ Dock     Switch application, hide previous one
  17.   ⌘ Dock     Switch application, hide all others
  18.  Ctrl ⌥ ⌘ *  Toggle Monochrome Hi Visibility
  19.   ⌘ +drag will prevent dock icons from moving out of the way
  20.              (useful for when dragging stuff to trash)
  21. Apple Finder
  22.  
  23.   ⌥ + Drag   Explicit COPY (will copy even if destation is on same volume)
  24.   ⌘ + Drag   Explicit MOVE (will move even if destation is on different volume)
  25.   ⌘ ⌥ + Drag Make alias in new location
  26.   ⌘ D        Duplicate
  27.   ⌘ L        Make Alias
  28.   ⌘ R        Show original
  29.   ⌘ O        Open item
  30.   ⌘ ↓        Open item
  31.   ⌘ S        Save
  32.   ⌘ ⇧ S      Save as
  33.   ⌘ N        New Finder window
  34.   ⌘ ⇧ N      New Folder
  35.   ⌘ Q        Close Application
  36.   ⌘ W        Close Window
  37.   ⌘ ⌥ W      Close all Windows
  38.   ⌘ I        Get Info
  39.   ⌘ ⌥ I      Super Get Info (change whatever you click on)
  40.   ⌘ P        Print
  41.   ⌘ T        Add to Favorites
  42.   ⌘ Delete   Move to Trash
  43.   ⌘ E        Eject
  44.   ⌘ F        Find
  45.   ⌘ ~        Cycle finder windows (including desktop)
  46.   Tab        Highlight next item
  47.   ⌘ + double-click folder icon will open in new window
  48.   ⌘ + ↑      Move up one directory
  49.   ⌘ + [      go back
  50.   ⌘ + ]      go forward
  51.   ⌘ ⇧ A     Open Applications Folder
  52.   ⌘ ⇧ U     Open Applications/Utilities/ Folder
  53.   ⌘ ⇧ H     Open Home Folder
  54.   ⌘ ⇧ K     Go to network
  55.   ⌘ K        Connect to server
  56.   ⌘ ⇧ G     Go to folder... (type full path)
  57.   ⌘ ⇧ ⌫     Empty Trash (Finder Menu )
  58.   ⌘ ⇧ ⌥ ⌫   Empty Trash without dialog
  59.  
  60. Finder-Hide App:
  61.   ⌘ H        Hide Finder
  62.   ⌘ ⌥ H      Hide Others
  63.  
  64. Hide all other apps*:
  65.   ⌥ ⌘ + click on dock icon
  66.   ⌥ ⌘ + click inside app window
  67.  
  68. Hide all other apps that are in front*:
  69.   ⌥ + click dock icon (of running app)
  70.   ⌥ + click inside app window
  71.  
  72. *Some older (pre-intel) apps may struggle with these
  73. Terminal
  74.  
  75.   ⌘ left/right arrow   Switch windows
  76.   ⌘ 1                  Switch to 1st terminal window
  77.   ⌘ 2, ⌘ 3...          Switch to 2nd, 3rd window
  78. Editing Text (email, TextEdit etc)
  79.  
  80.   ⌥ ←       Move one word left
  81.   ⌥ →       Move one word right
  82.   ⌘ ←       Beginning of line
  83.   ⌘ →       End of line
  84.             Scroll one page up (cursor retains position)
  85.             Scroll one page down (cursor retains position)
  86.   ⌥         Move one page up  (reposition cursor)
  87.   ⌥         Move one page down
  88.   ⌘ ↑ or   Scroll to beginning of document
  89.   ⌘ ↓ or   Scroll to end of document
  90.  
  91.   Add shift key ⇧ to the above to also SELECT the text.
  92.  
  93.   ⌥ ⌫       Delete word  
  94.   ⌥ Del     Delete next word
  95.  
  96.   ⌥ Scrollbar           Jump to exact scrollbar location
  97.   ⌥ Scrollbar arrows    Scroll page at a time (page up/down)
  98.   ⌥ Volume up/down      Open Sound preferences
  99.   ⌥ Brightness up/down  Open Display preferences
  100. Shutdown/Logoff:
  101.  
  102.   POWER         Sleep now
  103.   POWER         Hold for 10 seconds (force shut down)  
  104.   Ctrl Eject    Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box
  105.   ⌘ Ctrl Eject  Quit all applications and restart
  106.   ⌘ ⌥+ctrl+eject Graceful Shutdown
  107.   ⌘ ⌥ Eject     Sleep now
  108.   ⌘ ⌥ + Esc     Force Quit
  109.   ⌘ + .(period) Stop a process
  110.   ⌘ Ctrl+power  Immediate restart (dangerous, only if system is frozen)
  111. Log out:
  112.  
  113.   ⌘ ⇧ Q         Log out (Apple Menu)
  114.   ⌘ ⇧ ⌥ Q       Log out immediately (Apple Menu)
  115. During Startup:
  116.  
  117.   Shift      Safe Boot mode - Press shift asap AFTER the startup chime 
  118.   ⌘ V        Start up in Verbose mode.
  119.   ⌘ S        Start up in Single-User mode (command line)
  120.   X          Force OS X startup
  121.   ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⌫   Bypass primary startup volume (will seek DVD or external disk)
  122.   C          Start up from a CD that has a system folder
  123.   D          Start up from first partition
  124.   N          Attempt to start up from a network server(NetBoot)
  125.   R          Force PowerBook screen reset
  126.   T          Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode
  127.   ⌘ ⌥ P R   PRAM Reset - Hold down Cmd-Option-R with your left hand,
  128.               then press POWER to start up and immediately press P with your right hand.
  129.               See KB 2238  At the prompt you can  type: reset-nvram and/or reset-all 
  130.   ⌘ ⌥ O F   Open Firmware
  131.   ⌘ E        Eject CD (press during/after startup chime)
  132.   mouse      Eject CD (hold mouse button down during startup)

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