Memorizing these four symbols should be enough for you to learn the vast majority of keyboard shortcuts. To start, here are the main modifier keys, which you’re likely to see most often: If you’re trying to learn Mac keyboard shortcuts, this is a problem, so here’s a quick reference. But what’s the difference between “⌃” and “⇧,” both basically up arrows? And what the heck is “⌥” supposed to be? You might know that “⌘” corresponds to the Command key, since it actually appears on the keyboard key. It can be found under System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys… button.What the Arrow, Squiggly, and Other Symbols Mean If you ever forget what the mac shortcut symbols mean, you too can reference the dialog box from your own system. The following dialog box should confirm what I previously described: One hint to remembering this key is the symbol has two parts and the print on the keyboard has two words. ( ⌥ ) The upper right to lower left slash with the line above it is the alt/option key. ( ⌘ ) Most people don’t miss the command key since the symbol is on the keyboard.
( ⇪ ) The arrow up with the line under it is the caps lock key. ( ⇧ ) The single arrow up is the shift key. ( ^ ) The caret symbol is the control key. Hopefully, this will help.Īs symbols often don’t translate universally across different operating systems and languages, I’ll describe these shortcut symbols as text as well.
They see the symbol for the shortcut, but they get confused between which symbol represents each key. Time after time I see new mac users that are trying keyboard shortcuts by sequentially trying the control, option, and shift keys. This brief tech-recipe references these symbols and shows where you can find this information on your mac system. Command, shift, option, control, and caps lock keys are all used in keyboard shortcuts and are represented by symbols. Many new mac users have trouble deciphering the symbols used by Apple to describe keyboard shortcuts.
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