Windows keyboard equivalents on Mac

keyboard shortcuts mapping

Mac OS X

v.10.9.2

Special symbols on macOS ：⇧ Shift、⌃ control、⌥ option、⌘ command

Application

Switch application:

• macOS : ⌘ command + tab (reverse: ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 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 to select the window
  • Win : Alt + PrintScreen

Insert a return (newline) symbol in an MS Excel Cell

• macOS : ⌘ command + ⌥ option + Enter
• Win : Alt + Enter

Use the Tab Key to Switch Between Dialog Buttons

• macOS : Tab (Follow the instruction to enable the shortcut keyboard)
• Win : Tab

File operation

deleted the selected file(s) (And move to the trash can)

• macOS : ⌘ command + delete
• Win : delete

delete the selected file(s) immediately (And bypass the trash can)

• macOS : ⌘ command + ⌥ option + delete
• Win : shift + delete

rename a file or folder

• macOS : Select the item and press the key return
• Win : Select the item and press the key F2

select the last / first file in the finder on Mac or file explorer on Windows

• macOS : ⌥ option + ↓ / ⌥ option + ↑
• Win : end / home

search

• macOS : ⌃ control + space to launch Spotlight search
• Win : on desktop or file explorer
  • F3 to search files or folders, or
  • ⊞ Win + F

open file

• macOS : (1) select the file(s) (2) press the space key: preview image file or play music file with finder
• macOS : (1) select the file(s) (2) press the ⌘ command + ↓ keys: execute the file with the default application

System

Clear the console window

• macOS : ⌘ command + k
• Win : clr

Launch task manager

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

Right click

• macOS : Click or tap on the trackpads with two fingers
• Win : Right click on the mouse

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

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 copied text

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

paste the copied text without the extra formatting

• macOS : ⇧ Shift + ⌥ option + ⌘ command + v
• Win :

undo the last action

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

redo the last action

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

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

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

Select to edge of region on Microsoft Excel

• macOS : ⌃ control + shift + (Arrow)
• Win : ctrl + shift + (Arrow)

switch input method editor (IME)

• 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

Remote control the Windows PC from Mac

From hosted OS: Mac to remote control the guest OS: Windows PC

Select to edge of region on Microsoft Excel

• Remote control the Excel installed on another Windows PC by using the TeamViewer: Please follow these steps. (1) ctrl + shift + (Arrow) (2) Click anywhere to Cancel the preview mode (3) shift + (Arrow)

systen

• Press ⌘ command on Mac will trigger ⊞ Win on Windows

copy and paste the selected text

• from Mac to Win
  1. copy the selected text on macOS : ⌘ command + c
  2. paste the copied text on Win : ctrl + v
• from Win to Mac
  1. copy the selected text on Win : ⌃ control + c
  2. paste the copied text on macOS : ⌘ command + v

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

• from Mac to Win: if all text in one line (1) ⌃ control + a to select all text (2) → / (1) ctrl + a (2) ←

Excel → double click the cel to edit the value → to switch the cell reference ex: relative reference (A1) to absolute reference ($A$1)

• Microsoft Excel for Win : Press the key F4
• Microsoft Excel for macOS : Press the keys ⌘ command + t
• from macOS to control Microsoft Excel for Win : Press the keys fn + F4

References

further reading

• CheatSheet，安裝後常按 ⌘ command 按鍵，即可顯示該視窗的快速鍵。說明: CheatSheet 在Mac應用程式裡顯示完整快捷鍵列表 [Last visited: 2015-06-16]
• 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 Mandarin Chinese
• Template:Key press - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 200+ useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Word 2010.
• Boot Camp：關於 Microsoft Windows 適用的鍵盤和按鍵指定 - Apple 支援
• Dan Rodney's List of Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes [Last visited: 2015-10-31]
• Mac keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support / OS X Yosemite: 選單中的符號代表什麼？ [Last visited: 2016-03-23]
• 超易！ 10 招 WINDOWS 轉 MAC 機快速上手技 - UNWIRE.HK [Last visited: 2016-06-06]
• Mac 鍵盤快速鍵 - Apple 支援