Common Mac OSX Keyboard Shortcuts

Updated 31 May 2008: Added F8 for spaces and link this post to Leopard.

I've always been a keyboard person, so this is the portion which I'm most interested in. Here's a listing of some of the keyboard shortcuts which I find useful:

Upon booting up:

• Hold the Option Key > Choose a different startup drive (for e.g. CD, Windows)
• Hold the "C" Key > Boot up from CD if possible
• Hold the Shift Key > Start in Mac Safe mode. Mainly to be used for troubleshooting

Finder commands:

• Shift + Apple/Windows Key + H > Goto your Home directory
  
• Shift + Apple/Windows Key + A > Goto your Applications directory

General commands:

• F8 > Shows you all your workspaces in the Mac (Leopard). This works together with F9.
  
• F9 > Shows you all the windows you have currently open in the Mac
  
• F10 > Shows you all the open windows for the current application
• F11 > Shows you the desktop
  
• Apple/Windows Key + W > Close the current window
• Apple/Windows Key + M > Minimize the current window
• Apple/Windows Key + Q > Quit the current active application
• Apple/Windows Key + Space Bar > Activate the Spotlight at the top right hand corner
• Apple/Windows Key + Tab > Switch between all applications
• Apple/Windows Key + ` > Switch between the open windows within an active application
  
• Apple/Windows Key + E > Eject the CD
• Apple/Windows Key + C > Copy
• Apple/Windows Key + X > Cut
• Apple/Windows Key + P > Paste
• Apple/Windows Key + Z > Undo
• Option + Apple/Windows Key + D > Show/Hide the Dock
  
• Option + Apple/Windows Key + Esc > Force quit an application (if application is frozen)
• Apple/Windows Key + Shift + 3 > Take a picture of the screen
• Apple/Windows Key + Shift + 4 + Space Bar > Take a picture of the active window of your choice
  
• Option + Apple/Windows Key + Eject > Sleep

These are just some of the common shortcuts I use. And of course the power button. :D

Hope it is useful.