I always thought keyboard shortcuts (KBS) were commonly used by users, but after meeting the so called average users… well…. i found out that it is not true!

Do you commonly use KBS? I sure do! and honestly, I'm always looking for new ones. So here I made a small list of the 15 KBS that I feel any mac user should be aware of!
But before we start, know that on this list I won't include the common ones (cut,paste,copy,undo,etc…).

So let's start!!

C:
Press "C" on startup to start from a bootable disc.

T:
Press "T" on startup to start on target disk mode (you will do this on the target computer with your firewire cable already plugged in to the host computer.)

MOUSE BUTTON:
Start or restart your computer holding the mouse button, (left button) , to force eject a CD.

SHIFT - COMMAND - U:
Open utilities folder

OPTION - COMMAND - ESCAPE:
Open force quit window

COMMAND - DELETE:
Move a file to the trash.

SHIFT - COMMAND - DELETE:
Empty the trash.

SHIFT - OPTION:
Select text.

OPTION - EJECT:
This combination displays the shutdown dialog. From there you can do the following:

Press Enter/Return to turn off the computer.

Press Escape to cancel.

Press "S" to put your machine to sleep.

Press "R" to restart your machine.

COMMAND - Q:
Close application.

OPTION - CONTROL - COMMAND - 8:
Invert the colors of your screen. (If you ever use your laptop out in the while whit the sun on your screen, this feature can ease up you reading greatly.)

SHIFT - COMMAND - 4:
Take a picture of your screen, after the key combination is pressed just drag the cross your cursor has turned into and once you let go it will take a picture of your selection. You can also press the tab bar after the key combination to take a picture of a window only.

COMMAND - SPACEBAR:
Turn on spotlight to perform a search.

COMMAND - TAB:
Choose one of your currently open applications.

COMMAND - N:
Open a new window, add a shift to it and you will be able to create a new folder in the finder window.

Well! I hope this is useful and if any one has more shortcuts that could be of use then please share with everybody in the comments!

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Comment by gianni barraza on December 22, 2009 at 10:21pm: Thank you! there really is a few shortcuts that i can use from your list!

Comment by Greg De Santis on December 22, 2009 at 8:17pm: It looks like you have a Mac, so here are my collected list of Mac keyboard commands that are very useful. I hope you find some good ones that you were not aware of. I don't own a Mac yet but I occasionally get to use one from time to time. I also maintain a list of keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Windows that is extensive and useful at the same time.

Mac keyboard shortcuts:

[MENU COMMANDS]
* Shift+Apple+Q * Log out
* Shift+Option Apple+Q * Log out immediately
* Shift+Apple+Delete * Empty Trash
* Apple+H * Hide Active Application Doesn't Work With Adobe Applications
* Option+Apple+H * Hide All But The Active Application
* Control+Eject * Shut Down, Sleep, or Restart Options
* Apple+Control+Eject * Quit all applications and Restart
* Apple+ . (period) * Stop a process
* Apple+ , (comma)
* Open Preferences for Active Application
* Option+Apple+D * Show/Hide Dock
* Control+Up Arrow * Move up one page
* Control+Down Arrow * Move down one page
* Option+Apple+Esc * Force Quit

[FILE MANAGEMENT]
* Apple+N
* New Finder window or New Blank Page in Some Applications
* Shift+Apple+N * New Folder Must Be In Finder Window For It to Work
* Apple+O * Open Another Existing Document
* Apple+S * Save
* Shift+Apple+S * Save as
* Apple+P * Print
* Apple+W * Close Window
* Apple+Option+W * Close all Windows
* Apple+I * Get Info
* Option+Apple+I * Show Attributes Inspector Limited use – varies by application.
* Apple+D * Duplicate
* Apple+Q * Close Application
* Apple+L * Make Alias
* Apple+R * Show Original
* Apple+T * Add to Favorites Deprecated
* Apple+Delete * Move Highlighted Items to Trash
* Apple+E * Eject
* Apple+F * Find

[EDITING]
* Apple+Z * Undo
* Apple+X * Cut
* Apple+C * Copy
* Apple+V * Paste
* Apple+A * Select All
* Apple+ { * Align Left Only Works in Some Applications
* Apple+ } * Align Right Only Works in Some Applications
* Apple+ | (pipe) * Align Center Only Works in Some Applications
* Apple+ ; (semicolon) * Check Spelling Only Works in Some Applications
* Shift+Apple+C * Show Colors palette in application Only Works in Some Applications
* Apple+T * Show Font palette in application Only Works in Some Applications

[VIEW MENU]
* Apple+1 * View as Icons
* Apple+2 * View as List
* Apple+3 * View as Columns
* Option+Apple+T * Hide Toolbar
* Apple+J * Show View Options

[MOVING AROUND]
* Apple+ [ * Back Must be in Finder Window
* Apple+ ] * Forward Must be in Finder Window
* Shift+Apple+A * Applications Must be in Finder Window
* Shift+Apple+F * Favorites Must be in Finder Window
* Shift+Apple+G * Goto Folder Must be in Finder Window
* Apple+K * Connect to Server Must be in Finder Window
* Apple+Tab * Switch to next Application Hold Apple key to enter App. switcher mode

[CONTROLLING WINDOWS]
* Apple+N * New Window
* Apple+T * New Tab If the Application supports Tabs
* Apple+M * Minimize Window
* Option+Apple+M * Minimize All Windows

[GETTING HELP]
* Apple+ ? * Open Mac Help

[UNIVERSAL ACCESS]
* Option+Apple+ * (asterisk) * Turn on Zoom
* Option+Apple+ = * Zoom in
* Option+Apple+ - * Zoom out
* Control+Option+Apple+ * * Switch to White on Black

[COMBINE KEYBOARD WITH MOUSE]
* Option+Drag * Copy to new location
* Option+Apple+Drag * Make alias in new location
* Apple+Drag * Move to new location without copying

[SCREEN SHOTS]
* Apple+Shift+3 * Take a picture of the screen will leave a .png file on desktop
* Apple+Shift+4 * Take a picture of the selection will leave a .png file on desktop
* Apple+Shift+4, Control * Take a picture of the selection, place in clipboard

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