Windows keyboard equivalents on Mac
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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[1]
- 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 to select the 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[2]
show the desktop
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
Page down / Page Up
- macOS : option + ↓ / option + ↑
- Win : Page down / Page Up
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