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Reserved Mac keyboard shortcuts (filtered)
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First published at 8/30/2020 on
https://defkey.com/reserved-apple-macos-shortcuts




Shortcuts used by the system
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These shortcuts are used by macOS system. To avoid conflicts, you shouldn't
use them in your application.

These shortcuts are used by macOS system. To avoid conflicts, you shouldn't
use them in your application.

Note: As you may have noticed, this list is aimed to Mac app developers. If
you're looking for general macOS shortcuts, please click here.

Note: As you may have noticed, this list is aimed to Mac app developers. If
you're looking for general macOS shortcuts, please click here.

Cmd + Space             Show or hide the Spotlight search field (when multiple languages are
installed, may rotate through enabled script systems).
Shift + Cmd + Space     Varies. Apple Reserved.
Option + Cmd + Space    Show the Spotlight search results window (when multiple languages are
installed, may rotate through keyboard layouts and input methods within a
script).
Control + Cmd + Space   Show the Special Characters window.
Shift + Tab             Navigate through controls in a reverse direction.
Cmd + Tab               Move forward to the next most recently used app in a list of open apps.
Option + Cmd + Esc      Open the Force Quit dialog.
Control + Shift + Cmd + 3 Capture the screen to the Clipboard.
Control + Shift + Cmd + 4 Capture a selection to the Clipboard.
Control + Option + Cmd + 8 Invert the screen colors.
Option + Cmd + D        Show or hide the Dock.
Shift + Cmd + Q         Log out the current user.
Option + Shift + Right arrow Extend selection to the end of the current word, then to the end of the
next word.


Expected shortcuts
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These shortcuts aren't used by system, but they're expected to provide
similar functionality among the programs. Therefore it's better if you
avoid giving them to different functions in your software.

Cmd + H                 Hide the windows of the currently running app.
Option + Cmd + H        Hide the windows of all other running apps.
Option + Cmd + M        Minimize all windows of the active app to the Dock.
Option + Cmd + T        Show or hide a toolbar.


Reserved international shortcuts
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These keyboard shortcuts are reserved by system for the use with localized
versions of the system, localized keyboards, keyboard layouts and input
methods. Therefore again, you wouldn't want to use these key combinations
in your application.



Other considerations
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There are some recommendations from Apple when it comes to defining
keyboard shortcuts for your program. Here are some of them:

Keyboard shortcuts for standard menu items should be consistent in all
apps.

Source: Apple Human Interface Guidelines


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