Command + Shift + Z - Redo a previous action that was undone with the “Command + Z” function.

Command + Ctrl + D - Look up a word in dictionary (hover mouse over a word).

Command + Colon OR Command + Shift + Semicolon - Open the spelling and grammar window.

Command + Semicolon - Find misspelled words in a given document.

Command + Spacebar - Opens Spotlight search bar.

Command + F - Find text in a document or webpage.

Shift + Control + Power button - Put all display to sleep (when using multiple displays).

Command + Brackets “ “ - Move to the Previous ( ) folderBy pressing “command” and the left bracket ([) you can move to the previous folder.Command + Tab - Switch/Cycle through apps.If you continue to have trouble with the shortcut, or you’d rather have more general display options visible from anywhere, you can use a free third party utility that adds the Displays menu bar item back to Mac OS X. Unless the Mac supports the same resolution, that’s hard to avoid with those screen types, but old fashioned CRT’s and any projector should be immune from those effects.ĭo note that some Macs and keyboard layouts may require the usage of ALT+Command+F1 to get the Mirror toggle to work.

This means that some external displays, typically LED, LCD, and HDTV’s, will often not run at their native resolution, which leads to fuzzy looking images on that external display as it mirrors the native resolution from the Mac. Something to consider with screen Mirroring is the resolution of the external display, which is often different from the resolution set on a MacBook Pro or Air. Use this the next time you need to do a presentation, or watch a movie on a bigger screen, it’s super fast.

This command works with quite literally any Mac, whether a MacBook Pro, Air, iMac, whether it’s using a built-in or external keyboard, and with any connected secondary display, from an external monitor, a TV, a projector, Apple TV through AirPlay Mirroring, whatever. In order for this shortcut to work you will need an external display of any sort attached, then once hit hit Command+F1 you will see both displays briefly flicker bright blue and suddenly mirroring will be enabled.

Macbook pro shortcut keys