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Apple GarageBand keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 3/24/2018 on
https://defkey.com/apple-garageband-shortcuts

GarageBand is a sound processing software for creating music or podcasts.
It works under macOS and iOS and is developed by Apple. It is a part of
iLife software suite under macOS.

Apple GarageBand has 83 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



General
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Space                   Start or stop playback
Enter                   Go to beginning
Option + Enter          Go to end of last region
.                       Move forward
,                       Move back
Shift + Cmd + .         Move cycle area forward
Shift + Cmd + ,         Move cycle area back
End                     Move forward by visible width of the timeline
Home                    Move back by visible width of the timeline
<                       Turn Catch mode on/off
Cmd + Left arrow        Zoom out
Cmd + Right arrow       Zoom in
Option + Cmd + N        Create a new track
Option + Cmd + A        Create a new audio track
Option + Cmd + S        Create a new software instrument track
Cmd + D                 Duplicate the selected track
Cmd + Del               Delete the selected track
Shift + Enter           Rename the selected track
Up arrow                Select the next higher track
Down arrow              Select the next lower track
M                       Mute/Unmute the selected track
S                       Solo/Unsolo the selected track
Control + I             Turn monitoring for the selected track on/off
A                       Show/Hide automation for the selected track
Control + Shift + Cmd + Del Delete all automation on the selected track
Control + Option + Cmd + M Unmute all tracks
Control + Option + Cmd + S Unsolo all tracks
Cmd + Z                 Undo
Shift + Cmd + Z         Redo
Cmd + X                 Cut
Option + Cmd + Del      Cut an arrangement marker together with its regions
Cmd + C                 Copy
Cmd + V                 Paste
Del                     Delete
Cmd + A                 Select all
Left arrow              Select previous region on the selected track
Right arrow             Select next region on the selected track
Cmd + T                 Split selected region or event at the playhead
Cmd + J                 Join selected regions or notes
L                       Loop selected region continuously
Control + Shift + O     Add selected region to the Apple Loops Library
Shift + N               Rename the selected region
Cmd + G                 Turn Snap to Grid on/off
Option + Cmd + G        Show/Hide alignment guides
R                       Start recording
Control + R             Turn the Record Enable button for the selected track on/off
C                       Turn the cycle area on/off
K                       Turn the metronome on/off
Shift + K               Turn count-in on/off
Option + Up arrow       Transpose selected notes up one semitone
Option + Down arrow     Transpose selected notes down one semitone
Option + Shift + Up arrow Transpose selected notes up one octave
Option + Shift + Down arrow Transpose selected notes down one octave
Right arrow             Select the next score event
Left arrow              Select the previous score event
Down arrow              Select the next staff event
Up arrow                Arrow  Select the previous staff event
Cmd + P                 Print score notation
Cmd + K                 Show/Hide the Musical Typing window
B                       Show/Hide Smart Controls
N                       Show/Hide the Score Editor
P                       Show/Hide the Piano Roll Editor
O                       Show/Hide the Loop Browser
Y                       Show/Hide the Library
E                       Show/Hide the Editor
Option + Cmd + P        Show/Hide the Note Pad
F                       Show/Hide the Media Browser
Shift + Cmd + A         Show/Hide the Arrangement track
Shift + Cmd + O         Show/Hide the Movie track
Shift + Cmd + X         Show/Hide the Transposition track
Shift + Cmd + T         Show/Hide the Tempo track
Shift + Cmd + M         Show/Hide the master track
Option + Cmd + O        Open a Movie
Cmd + N                 Create a new project
Cmd + O                 Open an existing project
Cmd + W                 Close the current window or project
Cmd + M                 Minimize the GarageBand window
Cmd + S                 Save the current project
Shift + Cmd + S         Save As
Cmd + ,                 Show GarageBand preferences
Cmd + H                 Hide GarageBand
Cmd + Q                 Quit GarageBand
Cmd + /                 Open detailed Help (move the pointer over an interface item)

Source: Apple


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