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Keys

Symbol Legend
  = Command/Apple Key
Finder = Option (Alt) Key
Empty Trash = Shift Key
Hide Finder + H Backspace Key (Delete) = Backspace (Delete)
Hide Others + + H Control Key = Control Key
File Return Key = Return or Enter key
New Finder Window + N tab key = Tab key
New Folder + N Up Arrow = Up arrow
Open + O Down Arrow = Down arrow
Close + W Left Arrow = Left arrow
Get Info + I Right Arrow = Right arrow
Duplicate + D
Make Alias + L
Show Original + R
Add to Favorites + T
Move to Trash + Backspace Key (Delete)
Eject + E
Find... + F
Edit
Undo + Z
Cut + X
Copy + C
Paste + V
Select All + A
View
As Icons + 1
As List + 2
As Columns + 3
Show View Options + J
Go
Back + [
Forward + ]
Computer + + C
Home + + H
iDisk + + I
Applications + + A
Favorites + + F
Go to Folder... + +G
Connect to Server... + K
Window
Minimize Window + M
Help
Mac Help + ?
Not found in the menus
Close all open windows + + W
Minimize all windows Command Key + Option Key+ M
Select the next item alphabetially Tab
Select the previous item alphabetially Shift Key + tab key
Select an item by its name Type the first letter of the item
Select the text of an already selected icon Return Key
Go to the end of the selected item Down Arrow
Go to the beginning of the selected item Up Arrow
Select the next character of the item name Shift Key + Right Arrow
Navigate to the next word or space of the editable text Option Key + Right Arrow
Open the enclosing folder + Up Arrow
Show the path to the window + click on the title bar text
Mouse tricks
Close every open window Option Key + click Close Button
Minimize every open window Option Key + click Minimize Button
Force the folder icon to open into a new windos + double-click on the folder icon
For List View
Expand a folder Right Arrow
Colapse a folder Left Arrow

Startup Troubleshooting Help
Description Hold down these keys during boot Comments
Boot from a CD C Boot from the Install CD to run Rest Password Utility, Disk Utility
Boot into Mac  OS X X Boot a machine previously booted to 9
Boot into Single User Mode Command Key + S If Mac OS X hangs by the time init launches loginwindow booting into single user mode may be your only option for fixing the problem.
Safe Boot Shift Key after POST chime If a previously installed program hangs the system during the bootup process this can get you through
Safe Login Shift Key after login authentication Prevents a user’s login items from opening at login time
Use the boot manager Option Key after POST chime Will show valid bootable partitions
Boot into FireWire target disk mode T Get the floating FireWire symbol and use your machine as an external hard disk
Boot from any bootable volume other than the internal hard disk Command Key + Option Key+Shift Key + Backspace Key (Delete) If you have a valid system installed on an external drive you can use this to boot to it
Boot into open firmware Command Key + Option Key+ O + F
reset-nvram Resets the contents of non volatile memory in firmware.  You may need to reset the startup disk or date and time after this is cleared
reset-all Reboots the machine from open firmware