Printable Mac Keyboard Shortcut Page For macOS Ventura

There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts for Mac users. There are Mission Control shortcuts, Finder shortcuts, system shortcuts, application shortcuts and more. Many you can find by just looking through the menu bar for that application. You can find system ones by looking in the System Preferences under Keyboard.

But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. And some are harder to remember than others.

So MacMost has compiled a list of our top “power user” keyboard shortcuts for macOS 13.0 (Ventura). Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost macOS Ventura Keyboard Shortcuts. Download it and pass it along!

Comments: 41 Responses to “Printable Mac Keyboard Shortcut Page For macOS Ventura”

    Ron McCormick
    1 year ago

    be nice to have keyboard shortcuts for pages

    1 year ago

    Ron: Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, Photos, etc. I've thought about it, but maintaining a library of these and updating them annually would take a lot of time and energy.

    Henning
    1 year ago

    Hi Gary, i don't know if it is related to the qwertz keyboard, but on my Machine "Move Spaces" is not "control and arrow left or right", but "option and arrow left or right.

    1 year ago

    Henning: I don't have one to try, but I've never heard of this being different. What do you see in System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Mission Control? If you are willing, click the Restore Defaults button to see if maybe you customized it at some point.

    Henning
    1 year ago

    Hi Gary, within the Mission Control Window (at Keyboard Shortcuts, there are no entries for moving spaces...
    Sadly i can't provide you with a screenshot this way.

    1 year ago

    Henning: You should see Mission Control, Show Notification Center ... Turn Stage Manager on/off, and then after that a whole section "Mission Control" which if you expand will show Move left a space and Move right a space.

    Henning
    1 year ago

    Hi Gary, found it. It is, as i wrote: option and arrow - nothing changed by me, it seems, as it stays that way after restoriring defaults...

    1 year ago

    Henning: Interesting. Not sure why there would be a difference for QWERTZ users as opposed to QWERTY users.

    Henning
    1 year ago

    ...but Apple is conform with your version...
    Seems to be an oddity on my machine.

    Harry
    1 year ago

    Just a thought: Perhaps keeping an up-to-date listing of (iWork) keyboard shortcuts could be automated.

    Richard Barfield
    1 year ago

    Gary,
    Thanks for the very helpful list of keyboard shortcuts. I noticed a small error in text editing: the 'show fonts' letter key should be 'D' not 'T'.
    Richard

    1 year ago

    Richard: Not sure what you mean. Show Fonts is Command+T. At least in all of the apps I can think of. Maybe you are looking in some third-party app that uses a non-standard shortcut for that?

    Marilyn Oborny
    1 year ago

    In response to Richard's comment about 'show fonts', I checked it for myself: In my Word program, it is Command+D, but in my Mail program it is Command+T. Curious.

    1 year ago

    Marilyn: Ah, so something different in Word (typical). The default in almost all Mac apps is Command+T and it brings up the font picker/chooser.

    Collin Henry
    1 year ago

    T

    ken Steingart
    1 year ago

    where do I find the Globe on my key board EG: insert Emoji/ symbol

    1 year ago

    Ken: If you have an older Mac keyboard, then it is the one labeled FN. But it will also not work in all situations, especially if the shortcut calls specifically for the Globe key. You would use an alternative then. For instance, for the Emoji picker, you would use Control+Command+Space.

    Don
    1 year ago

    Gary, this is an awesome resource. If someone ever asks me about keyboard shortcuts, I go ahead and send them this link. I have a stack of these going back to Mavericks stuck to my wall in my office. 🍻

    Georgie
    1 year ago

    Hi
    How does one download the PDF? I click on it, the big download arrow appears for a nano-second but it doesn't actually download anywhere onto my Mac.
    Do I have to subscribe, pay, or something else?

    1 year ago

    Georgie: Just click on it and it should download to your Downloads folder or wherever you have set your downloads to go to. There's no "subscribe" or "pay' or anything like that. It is open and free.

    Georgie
    1 year ago

    Hi Gary
    I've tried that several times but although the download arrow shows at the bottom left corner, it just isn't appearing in my Downloads folder which is where all my other downloads go.

    1 year ago

    Georgie: Are you using Safari or some other browser? If Safari, do you see the download icon at the top right of the Safari window when you are done. Can you see the download listed there? What happens when you Control+click on it and select Download Linked File As... so you can select the destination.

    Georgie
    1 year ago

    Hi Gary

    Thank you! I was using Chrome ... didn't occur to me it could be the browser!! Tried Safari and it worked. Don't know what Chrome's done with it tho'!
    Thank you again ... for the solution and the PDF.

    1 year ago

    Georgie: In Chrome, you should see the download appear as a line at the bottom of the browser and be able to use that to see where it saved the file.

    Georgie
    1 year ago

    It says MacMost .... downloads ... The dots are info I don't remember but it doesn't stay long enough for me to take note. Either way, it's not appearing in my Downloads folder. I haven't tweaked anything and all other downloads go into that folder no problem. Very bizarre!

    1 year ago

    Georgie: Sounds like a problem there with your Chrome settings, extensions or something else. Either way, not related to my site as the download definitely does work just fine in Chrome.

    Terry McDaniel
    1 year ago

    Gary...
    Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Once you think you understand the mac system, another level of understanding comes alive. You do an outstanding job. I wish I had you teaching Fortran-4 back in 1972 at the University of Colorado as a business undergrad. Your teaching method would have drastically changed my grade..... Happy New Year...

    1 year ago

    Terry: FYI, one of my first serious jobs was programming in Fortran IV in 1988.

    Deb Ackley
    1 year ago

    Downloaded the pdf keyboard shortcuts but it’s illegible. Very blurry the description of functions. Sure gonna need that!

    1 year ago

    Deb: How did you download the file? Sounds like you maybe right+clicked on the image above and downloaded the image (thumbnail for display only) instead of just clicking on the image, of better yet the link. You should get a PDF file if it works right.

    Frederic
    1 year ago

    An important Finder shortcut for keyboard navigation is missing:
    Command + down arrow : Enter folder / Open file

    Florian
    1 year ago

    Thank you Gary! This sheet is very handy and condenses a lot into an easy overview used almost every day.

    Jim Lockwood
    1 year ago

    I used to be able to hold down the CMD key to get a pop up menu of shortcuts, but it doesn’t work anymore. What happened?

    1 year ago

    Jim: Not sure what you mean. You mean you just held down the Command key anytime and it showed you a list? Perhaps you had a third-party app installed that did that for you?

    Bobby L
    12 months ago

    Nice tutorial!

    Jim O.
    11 months ago

    Love this tool, very helpful. What happened to the Startup Keys section that was on previous version like Mojave? Thanks, Jim O.

    11 months ago

    Jim: On newer Macs those combinations have been replaced with the startup options screen. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255

    Julianne Adamik
    8 months ago

    I think there might be an error for Safari - New Window. It says to use Command N, but I had to use Alt/Opt to get it to work. I'm not using an Apple keyboard but that shouldn't make a difference, I think.

    Julianne Adamik
    8 months ago

    What I meant to say was: alt/opt, command, N

    8 months ago

    Julianne: Command+N is the default shortcut. Maybe you customized it? Option+Command+N would work too since that doesn't seem to be assigned to anything normally. Maybe you assigned something to Command+N that is being triggered instead then?

    Andrew K
    8 months ago

    I think that Jim Lockwood might have been using a free 3rd party utility called CheatSheet. I’ve been using that little utility for many years and I find it indispensable.
    I have just looked it up and noticed that it’s been discontinued because it no longer works under macOS 14 Sonoma. A sad day.

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