The Mac keyboard is loaded with shortcuts for everything from a Euro symbol or Copyright symbol, to handy functions like copy/paste or even opening applications.
The Mac keyboard is loaded with shortcuts for everything from a Euro symbol or Copyright symbol, to handy functions like copy/paste or even opening applications.
I’ll start with the Option shortcut keys:
Symbol Description | Symbol | Option Key Combination |
---|---|---|
Inverted Exclamation Mark | ¡ | Option + 1 |
Trademark | ™ | Option + 2 |
Pound Sterling Symbol | £ | Option + 3 |
Cent Symbol | ¢ | Option + 4 |
Infinity | ∞ | Option + 5 |
Section Sign | § | Option + 6 |
Paragraph or Pilcrow sign | ¶ | Option + 7 |
Bullet | • | Option + 8 |
Feminine Ordinal Indicator | ª | Option + 9 |
Masculine Ordinal Indicator | º | Option + 0 |
Adding the shift key to the mix gives us a few more:
Symbol Description | Symbol | Option Key Combination |
---|---|---|
Slash or Forward Slash or Right Slash | ⁄ | Option + Shift + 1 |
Euro Symbol | € | Option + Shift + 2 |
Single Left Angle Quotation Mark | ‹ | Option + Shift + 3 |
Single Right Angle Quotation Mark | › | Option + Shift + 4 |
Latin Small Ligature FI | fi | Option + Shift + 5 |
Latin Small Ligature FL | fl | Option + Shift + 6 |
Doble Dagger | ‡ | Option + Shift + 7 |
Degree | ° | Option + Shift + 8 |
Dot Center | · | Option + Shift + 9 |
Comma | ‚ | Option + Shift + 0 |
Let’s not forget the letter keyboard shortcuts either:
Symbol Description | Symbol | Option Key Combination |
---|---|---|
Latin Lowercase A with Ring Above | å | Option + a |
Integral Symbol | ∫ | Option + b |
Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla | ç | Option + c |
Partial Differential | ∂ | Option + d |
Acute Accent | ´ | Option + e |
Latin Small Letter f with Hook or Florin Symbol or Function | ƒ | Option + f |
Copyright | © | Option + g |
Superscript Dot or Dot Above | ˙ | Option + h |
Circumflex | ˆ | Option + i |
Triangle or Increment | ∆ | Option + j |
Ring Above | ˚ | Option + k |
Not Sign | ¬ | Option + l |
Micron or Micro Sign | µ | Option + m |
Small Tilde | ˜ | Option + n |
Latin Small Letter O with Stroke | ø | Option + o |
Greek Small Letter Pi | π | Option + p |
Latin Small Ligature OE | œ | Option + q |
Registered | ® | Option + r |
Latin Small Letter Sharp S or German Eszett (Scharfes S) | ß | Option + s |
Dagger or Plus or Cross | † | Option + t |
Diaeresis | ¨ | Option + u |
Square Root Math Symbol | √ | Option + v |
Sigma or Sum or N-ary Summation | ∑ | Option + w |
Approximate or Almost Equal to | ≈ | Option + x |
Japanese Yen Symbol | ¥ | Option + y |
Ohm or Greek Capital Letter Omega | Ω | Option + z |
Combining the Option key with a Shift key and letters also gives us some useful results:
Symbol Description | Symbol | Option Key Combination |
---|---|---|
Latin Uppercase A with Ring Above | Å | Option + Shift + a |
Latin Small Letter Dotless I | ı | Option + Shift + b |
Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla | Ç | Option + Shift + c |
Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex | Î | Option + Shift + d |
Acute Accent | ´ | Option + Shift + e |
Latin Capital Letter I with Diaeresis | Ï | Option + Shift + f |
Double Acute Accent | ˝ | Option + Shift + g |
Latin Capital Letter O with Acute | Ó | Option + Shift + h |
Circumflex | ˆ | Option + Shift + i |
Latin Capital Letter O with Circumflex | Ô | Option + Shift + j |
Apple Logo Symbol | | Option + Shift + k |
Latin Capital Letter O with Grave | Ò | Option + Shift + l |
Latin Capital A with Circumflex | Â | Option + Shift + m |
Small Tilde | ˜ | Option + Shift + n |
Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke | Ø | Option + Shift + o |
N-ary product Symbol | ∏ | Option + Shift + p |
Latin Capital Ligature OE | Œ | Option + Shift + q |
Per Mille Sign | ‰ | Option + Shift + r |
Latin Capital Letter I with Acute | Í | Option + Shift + s |
Caron or háček or Wedge or Inverted Circumflex or Inverted Hat | ˇ | Option + Shift + t |
Diaeresis | ¨ | Option + Shift + u |
Diamond or Lozenge | ◊ | Option + Shift + v |
Double Quote | „ | Option + Shift + w |
Ogonek | ˛ | Option + Shift + x |
Latin Capital A with Acute | Á | Option + Shift + y |
Cedilla | ¸ | Option + Shift + z |
And a few remaining shortcut keys that are neither numbers or letters:
Symbol Description | Symbol | Option Key Combination |
---|---|---|
Lesser than or Equal to | ≤ | Option + , |
Horizontal Ellipsis | … | Option + ; |
Greater than or Equal to | ≥ | Option + . |
Latin Small Letter æ | æ | Option + ‘ |
Left Double Quote | “ | Option + [ |
Apostrophe or Left Single Quote | ‘ | Option + ] |
Divided by or Division Sign | ÷ | Option + / |
Double Left Angle Quotation Mark | « | Option + \ |
Not Equal to | ≠ | Option + = |
Macron | ¯ | Option + Shift + , |
Latin Capital Letter U with Acute | Ú | Option + Shift + ; |
Breve | ˘ | Option + Shift + . |
Latin Capital Letter Æ | Æ | Option + Shift + ‘ |
Right Double Quote | ” | Option + Shift + [ |
Right Single Quote | ’ | Option + Shift + ] |
Inverted Question Mark | ¿ | Option + Shift + / |
Double Right Angle Quotation Mark | » | Option + Shift + \ |
Plus or Minus | ± | Option + Shift + = |
What about Windows/PC
What about Windows/PC keyboard shortcuts?