100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

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 + =

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