Shortcuts For Mac Pro Keyboard
Comprehensive list of Pro Tools shortcuts can be found in 'Pro Tools Shortcuts Guide' (part of Pro Tools documentation).
Mac Pro Shortcut Keys
| 1. File Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+N | New session... |
| ⌘+O | Open session... |
| ⌘+Shift+O | Open recent |
| ⌘+Shift+W | Close session |
| ⌘+S | Save |
| ⌘+Option+B | Bounce to - Disk... |
| Option+Shift+I | Import - Session data... |
| ⌘+Shift+I | Import - Audio... |
| ⌘+Option+I | Import - MIDI... |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+I | Import - Video... |
| ⌘+P | Print score... |
| ⌘+Q | Exit |
Reset SMC: Shut down your Mac, and then press and hold the left-side Shift (⇧)—Control (⌃)—Option keys along with the Power (⎋) button, all at the same time, until the computer turns on. Now release the keys and then turn your Mac back on using the power button. Other keyboard shortcuts are available after your Mac has started up. Mac keyboard shortcuts By pressing certain key combinations, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. This is the ultimate guide for working with MacBook keyboards, including accessing special functions, characters, accents, and using keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS system. Click on the list below to jump to an appropriate section.
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| 2. Edit Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Z | Undo |
| ⌘+Shift+Z | Redo |
| ⌘+Option+Z | Restore last selection |
| ⌘+X | Cut |
| ⌘+C | Copy |
| ⌘+V | Paste |
| ⌘+B | Clear |
| Ctrl+Shift+X | Cut special - Cut clip gain |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy special - Copy clip gain |
| Option+M | Paste special - Merge |
| ⌘+Option+V | Paste special - Repeat to fill selection |
| ⌘+Ctrl+V | Paste special - To current automation type |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | Clear special - Clear clip gain |
| ⌘+A | Select all |
| Option+Shift+5 | Selection - Change timeline to match edit |
| Option+Shift+6 | Selection - Change edit to match timeline |
| Option+[ | Selection - Play edit |
| Option+] | Selection - Play timeline |
| ⌘+D | Duplicate |
| Option+R | Repeat... |
| Option+H | Shift... |
| ⌘+Shift+E | Insert silence |
| ⌘+T | Trim clip - To selection |
| Option+Shift+7 | Trim clip - Start to selection |
| Option+Shift+8 | Trim clip - End to selection |
| ⌘+E | Separate clip - At selection |
| ⌘+H | Heal separation |
| Option+Shift+3 | Consolidate clip |
| ⌘+M | Mute clips |
| ⌘+U | Strip silence |
| Option+Shift+U | TCE edit to timeline selection |
| ⌘+Option+H | Automation - Copy to send... |
| ⌘+Option+T | Automation - Thin |
| ⌘+/ | Automation - Write to current |
| ⌘+Option+/ | Automation - Write to all enabled |
| ⌘+Shift+/ | Automation - Trim to current |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+/ | Automation - Trim to all enabled |
| Option+/ | Automation - Glide to current |
| Option+Shift+/ | Automation - Glide to all enabled |
| ⌘+F | Fades - Create... |
| Option+D | Fades - Fade to start |
| Option+G | Fades - Fade to end |
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| 3. View Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Option+M | Narrow mix |
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| 4. Track Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Shift+N | New... |
| ⌘+G | Group... |
| Option+Shift+D | Duplicate... |
| Option+K | Set record tracks to input only |
| ⌘+Option+F | Scroll to track... |
| Option+C | Clear all clip indicators |
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| 5. Clip Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+L | Edit lock/unlock |
| Option+Ctrl+L | Time lock/unlock |
| Option+Shift+B | Send to back |
| Option+Shift+F | Bring to front |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+NumPad0 | Rating - None |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+NumPad1..5 | Rating - 1..5 |
| ⌘+Option+G | Group |
| ⌘+Option+U | Ungroup |
| ⌘+Option+R | Regroup |
| ⌘+Option+L | Loop... |
| ⌘+R | Capture... |
| ⌘+Option+Shift+R | Rename... |
| ⌘+, | Identify/Remove sync point |
| ⌘+0 (zero) | Quantize to grid |
| Option+NumPad5 | Elastic properties |
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| 6. Event Menu | |
|---|---|
| Option+NumPad1 | Time operations - Time operations window |
| Option+NumPad2 | Tempo operations - Tempo operations window |
| Option+NumPad3 | Event operations - Event operations window |
| Option+0 (zero) | Event operations - Quantize... |
| Option+P | Event operations - Change duration... |
| Option+T | Event operations - Transpose... |
| Option+Y | Event operations - Select/split notes... |
| Option+NumPad4 | MIDI real-time properties |
| ⌘+NumPad8 | Beat detective |
| ⌘+I | Identify beat... |
| ⌘+Shift+. | All MIDI notes off |
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| 7. Options Menu | |
|---|---|
| Option+L | Loop record |
| ⌘+Shift+P | QuickPunch |
| ⌘+Shift+T | TrackPunch |
| ⌘+J | Transport online |
| ⌘+Shift+J | Video track online |
| ⌘+K | Pre/post-roll |
| ⌘+Shift+L | Loop playback |
| ⌘+Ctrl+P | Dynamic transport |
| Shift+/ | Link timeline and edit selection |
| ⌘+Option+P | Auto-spot clips |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Edit/Tool mode keyboard lock |
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| 8. Setup Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+NumPad2 | Session |
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| 9. Window Menu | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Option+J | Configurations - Window configuration list |
| ⌘+Option+Ctrl+W | Hide all floating windows |
| ⌘+W | Close window |
| ⌘+= | Mix |
| Ctrl+= | MIDI editor |
| Option+Ctrl+= | Score editor |
| Option+= | MIDI event list |
| Option+N | MIDI editors - Bring to front |
| Option+Shift+N | MIDI editors - Send to back |
| Option+' | Task manager |
| Option+; | Workspace |
| Option+O | Project |
| Option+J | Browsers - Bring to front |
| Option+Shift+J | Browsers - Send to back |
| ⌘+NumPad1 | Transport |
| ⌘+NumPad3 | Big counter |
| ⌘+NumPad4 | Automation |
| ⌘+NumPad5 | Memory locations |
| ⌘+NumPad7 | Video universe |
| ⌘+NumPad9 | Video |
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| 10. Misc. | |
|---|---|
| Shift+Space | Half-speed playback |
| ⌘+Shift+Space, Shift+F12 | Half-speed record |
| Ctrl+Option+⌘+Up or Down Arrow Key | Resizes all tracks to the same size in the Edit window |
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Shortcuts For Mac Pro Keyboard Keys
This is the ultimate guide for working with MacBook keyboards, including accessing special functions, characters, accents, and using keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS system. Click on the list below to jump to an appropriate section.
Mac Os Shortcut Key
MacBook Keyboard Diagram / Map
MacBook keyboard has few distinctive sections: Function keys (in light blue), which provides access to various functions in MacBook itself or Mac OS system. By combining them with the FN key, you'll get access to F1 - F12 keys, which can be associated with particular application features (useful in Photoshop for example).
The second section is the modifier keys (in light yellow). Shift allows to type uppercase letters and other additional characters. Command and Alt/Option are used in keyboard shortcuts, as well as the Control key, which is used almost exclusively by Mac OS X and Apple programs.
Return and left Shift has two variants, one used in the US and Eastern Asia (horizontal Return and long Shift), and second, used in Europe, Middle East and Africa (vertical Return and short left Shift). On the diagram, this is shown by dashed lines. Of course, MacBook keyboards have lots of localizations, the most common - US English - is shown above. If you're unsure about the localization you have, go and check it with this guide.
MacBook Air 11' has slightly different keyboard, with smaller top and bottom row keys to accommodate smaller laptop size. Newest MacBooks Pro with TouchBar don't have upper F keys row, instead, they have a touchscreen which changes displayed options based on context.
MacBook Keyboard Symbols Chart
| Symbol | Meaning | Notes |
| Screen brightness down | ||
| Screen brightness up | ||
| Launches Mission Control | Icon available on MacBooks Unibody | |
| Launches Mission Control | Icon available on MacBooks pre-unibody | |
| Launches Dashboard | Icon available on MacBooks Unibody | |
| Launches Dashboard | Icon available on MacBooks pre-unibody | |
| Keyboard backlight down | ||
| Keyboard backlight up | ||
| Rewind | ||
| Play / Pause | ||
| Fast Forward | ||
| Sound: mute | ||
| Sound: volume down | ||
| Sound: volume up | ||
| Eject | Available on MacBooks with CD/DVD drive | |
| Power | Available on MacBooks without CD/DVD drive | |
| Command | On MacBooks 1st generation this is replaced by Apple logo | |
| Alt / Option | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Tab | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Backspace | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Shift | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Caps Lock | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Return | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts | |
| Enter | Available on European/ISO keyboard layouts, accessed with FN key | |
| Delete | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing | |
| Clear | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing | |
| Home | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing. Can be substituted by CMD + up arrow shortcut. | |
| End | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing. Can be substituted by CMD + down arrow shortcut. | |
| Page Up | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing | |
| Page Down | Not on MacBooks, but worth knowing | |
| Arrows | Used to move things or pointer |
MacBook Keyboard Special Characters and Accents Map
If you want to type special characters or accents, change your keyboard language to US International PC (thanks, Steve!) and use the map below to get them. You can also check out our solution to the two languages on one keyboard problem.
Where is the Print Screen Button?
Unlike PC keyboard, there is no Print Screen key on MacBook keyboard. This functionality is accessed by keyboard shortcuts and - on Mac - you have greater flexibility:
- Command + Shift + 3 - captures entire screen;
- Command + Shift + 4 - captures selected region. Your cursor turns to crosshair and by clicking and dragging you can specify which area you want to capture;
- Command + Shift + 4 + Space - captures selected window. First press the shortcut from above, then - when you have crosshair - hit Space. The cursor will turn to the camera and the active window will have a blue overlay. Click on it to get it captured.
In some apps, like Photoshop, you need to add Control into the mix, to paste the screenshot into the app.
MacBook Keyboard Tricks
There's a lot you can do in Mac OS by using the keyboard only. Here's a list of highly useful and not-so-useful keyboard shortcuts:
| Shortcut | Action |
| Command + W | Quickly closes the active window in Safari or any other browser. Works also with many applications, like Pages, Numbers, Photoshop. Great way to quickly close something when your boss is coming around :) |
| Command + H | Hides the active application. Useful for hiding something quickly ;) |
| Option + Shift + F11/F12 | Makes tiny changes in volume level instead of standard jumps. |
| Control + Option + Command + 8 | Reverses colors on the screen. |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | When watching YouTube video, this will advance you to 10%, 20%, 30%... of movie completion. |
| Option + Delete | Deletes whole word in text editors |
| Control + Command + V | Pastes copied text without formatting. Useful when copying something from Pages and pasting into eg. Wordpress :) |
| Control + Command + Option + Eject/Shutdown | Shuts down the MacBook without the need to provide username and password. |
| Command + Shift + A | Opens the Applications folder in Finder. |
| Command + Shift + U | Opens the Utilities folder in Finder. |
| Command + Shift + D | Opens the Desktop folder in Finder. |
| Command + Shift + I | When in Safari, this shortcut copies the URL, opens Mail app and creates a new email with the copied URL pasted as a link in a message. |
| Command + Option + M | Minimizes all open windows, showing Desktop. |
| Command + Option + Shift + Esc | Hold for 3 seconds to force quit any app. |
| Command + Tab | Cycle through opened apps from left to right. |
| Command + Shift + Tab | Cycle through opened apps from right to left. |
| Command + ` | Cycles through active app windows. |
| Command + Q | Quit active app. |
| Command + T | Opens a new tab in Finder. Opens a new tab in a web browser. |
| Command + N | Creates new Finder window. |
| Command + Shift + N | Creates new folder in Finder. |
| Command + Space | Launches Spotlight. |
| Command + Option + Space | Switches to next keyboard language (if you have more than one). |
| Command + Control + Space | In some websites and apps this will give you the emoji keyboard. |
| Command + Delete | Sends selected files/folders to trash. |
| Fn + Delete | Deletes text from left to right. |
| F10 + Shutdown | Hold while launching MacBook to get a silent start. |
| Command + up arrow/down arrow | Jump to the beginning or end of a page. This is equivalent to PC's Home and End keys. |
| Command + up arrow + L | Highlights the address bar in a web browser. |
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