Cmd + Shift + Option + Delete – skips the confirmation window and empties the trash quickly.Cmd + Shift + I – opens iCloud drive and gives access to the files stored there.Cmd + E – quickly ejects disk or drive.
If you’re using an application, then this Mac shortcut may open up the settings menu for that app. If you want to quickly open the Preferences menu to change the settings of your Mac, then use this shortcut to load up the menu. F12 – launches Dashboard and gives access to OS X’s collection of widgets that perform useful tricks such as getting the weather forecast, giving you a calculator, or bringing up the Dictionary.You can then tap on the Tab key to auto-complete folder and file names. File path – Open or Save dialog box opens a dialog into which you can type a file path to change the current directory.Cmd + Y – redo option in some applications.If something goes wrong, hit this combination, and it will undo your mistake. Hold down Shift – this will select the range you’ve just leapt over.Hold down Cmd + arrow, and you’ll move words right to the start or end.Hold down the Option key and press an arrow key – this will move one word in the direction of the arrow.– cancels the current operation (copying over some files, saving or opening dialog, and so on). It will make the Mac act as if you’ve clicked it. Press Spacebar while in an application and something is selected.Press Spacebar while in Finder to bring up QuickView.Cmd + a mouse-click – within Spotlight reveals the item in Finder.Cmd + Enter – opens the Top Hit within Spotlight.Cmd + Spacebar – opens the Spotlight search box.You don’t have to reformat text to match its destination. Cmd + Option + Shift + C, X or V – Copy (C), Cut (X), Paste (V).Cmd + A – brings up the Select All function in any application, whether you have a text, a collection of images in iPhoto, or all the files and folders in a Finder window.Cmd + ] – takes you forward from the previous page (see previous point), just as if you’d clicked the arrow buttons located in the toolbar.Shift + [ – Forwards/Backwards – in Finder as well as most browsers, including Safari, this take you back to the previous page you were on.