Windows keyboard equivalents on Mac
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keyboard shorcuts mapping
| Mac OS X | v.10.9.2 |
application
Switch application:
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:
- Capture the selected region: macOS
:
- Capture the selected application window:
system
clear the console window
Launch task manager
- macOS
: ⌘ command + ⌥ option + esc - Win
: ctrl + alt + delete[2]
search
- macOS
: ctrl + space to launch Spotlight search - Win
:
- F3 to search files or folders, or
- ⊞ Win + F[3]
show the desktop
Page down / Page up
Jump to end / to beginning of document
Page down / Page Up
text editing
delete
copy the selected text
paste the copied text
undo the last action
redo the last action
select the text from the mouse cursor to the end of a line / beginning of a line
Select to edge of region on Microsoft Excel
- macOS
: ctrl + shift + (Arrow) - Win
: ctrl + shift + (Arrow)[7]
switch input method
Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line
web browser
- Google Chrome
Mac keyboard shortcuts / Windows keyboard shortcuts
Remote control the Windows PC from Mac
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
- from Win to Mac
reference
further reading