Windows keyboard equivalents on Mac

keyboard shorcuts mapping

Mac OS X

v.10.9.2

application

Switch application:

• macOS : ⌘ command + tab
• Win : alt + tab

Refresh the screen

• macOS : fn + F5 to refresh the file list for FTP client / ⌘ command + r to refresh the webpage for web browser
• Win : F5 / ⌘ ctrl + r

Print/Capture the screen

• Capture the full screen: macOS : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 3 / Win : PrintScreen
• Capture the selected region: macOS : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 / Win : ?
• Capture the selected application window: macOS : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 + SPACE + selected window / Win : Alt + PrintScreen

system

clear the console window

• macOS : ⌘ command + k
• Win : clr

Launch task manager

• macOS : ⌘ command + ⌥ option + esc
• Win : ctrl + alt + delete

show the desktop

• macOS : ⌘ command + h
• Win : ⊞ Win + d

navigate within documents

Page down / Page up

• macOS : fn + ↓ / fn + ↑
• Win : Page down / Page up

Jump to end / to beginning of document

• macOS : ⌘ command + ↓ / ⌘ command + ↑
• Win : ctrl + end / ctrl + home

text editing

delete

• macOS : delete cf: delete file ⌘ command + delete
• Win : backspace

copy the selected text

• macOS : ⌘ command + c
• Win : ctrl + c

paste the copyed text

• macOS : ⌘ command + v
• Win : ctrl + v

select the text from the mouse cursor to the end of a line / beginning of a line

• macOS : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + → / ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + ←
• Win :

switch input method

• macOS : ⌘ command + space
• Win : ctrl + shift for WIndows XP; just shift for Windows 8

Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line

• macOS : ⌘ command + → / ⌘ command + ←
• Win : end / home

web browser

• Google Chrome Mac keyboard shortcuts / Windows keyboard shortcuts

reference

further reading

• Keyboard mappings using a PC keyboard on a Macintosh
• 恩的領域: 五個你一定要會的 Mac OS X 快速鍵 in Chinese
• Template:Key press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 200+ useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Word 2010.