🍎 Essential Mac Shortcuts

🖥️Navigating the OS Interface

🔧 Shortcut ⚡ Action
⌘ + Space 🔍Open Spotlight search
⌘ + Tab 🔄Switch between open applications
⌘ + ` 🪟Switch between windows of the same application
F3 or ⌃ + ↑ 🎯Open Mission Control (view all open windows)
F4 or ⌃ + ↓ 🚀Open Launchpad (view all applications)
⌘ + H 👻Hide current application

📁Navigating in Finder

🔧 Shortcut ⚡ Action
⌘ + F 🔍Search files and folders
⌘ + ↑ ⬆️Go to parent folder
⌘ + ↓ 📂Open selected file or folder
⌘ + 1/2/3/4 👁️Change view (Icon/List/Column/Gallery)
⌘ + Shift + G 🗂️Go to folder by typing path
Space 👀Quick Look preview of selected file

📸Taking Screenshots

🔧 Shortcut ⚡ Action
⌘ + Shift + 3 🖼️Capture entire screen
⌘ + Shift + 4 ✂️Capture selected area
⌘ + Shift + 4 + Space 🎯Capture specific window or menu
⌘ + Shift + 5 🛠️Open Screenshot toolbar with all options
⌘ + Shift + 6 ⌨️Capture Touch Bar (MacBook Pro with Touch Bar)
⌘ + Shift + 3 + Control 📋Copy entire screen to clipboard

🔍Spotlight & Alfred Power Tips

💡 Tip ⚡ Usage
App Name 🚀Spotlight: Type app name to launch instantly
filename.ext 📄Spotlight: Find files by name or extension
kind:pdf keyword 🔎Spotlight: Search text within PDFs and documents
from:person@email.com 📧Spotlight: Find emails from specific sender
15 * 24 + 100 🧮Spotlight: Quick calculations (press Enter for result)
100 USD to EUR 💱Spotlight: Currency conversions
google search term 🌐Alfred (Free): Quick web search (setup required)
youtube cats 📺Alfred (Free): Search YouTube directly

Essential Mac Productivity Apps

🚀 App ⚡ What It Does 🔗 Download
🎯Alfred Supercharged Spotlight replacement with workflows and web searches Get Alfred
📋CopyClip Clipboard manager to save and access your copy history App Store
🪟Rectangle Window management with keyboard shortcuts for snapping and resizing Get Rectangle
⌨️iTerm2 Powerful terminal replacement with advanced features and customization Get iTerm2