Operating Systems

System-level shortcuts for Windows, macOS and desktop navigation. ShortcutRef covers 9 Operating Systems apps with 216 shortcuts in total. Compare OS shortcuts side by side. Search by action, copy keys, or print a PDF reference.

Common Operating Systems shortcuts

Keys these apps share most often.

ActionWindows · macOS
Undo · shared by 4CtrlZ ⌘Z
Redo · shared by 4CtrlY ⇧⌘Z
Copy · shared by 4CtrlC ⌘C
Paste · shared by 4CtrlV ⌘V
Print · shared by 3CtrlP ⌘P
Find · shared by 3CtrlF ⌘F

All Operating Systems apps

Apple Mail21 shortcutsApple Mail keyboard shortcuts for macOS: composing, replying, organizing and searching email.Apple Numbers22 shortcutsApple Numbers keyboard shortcuts for macOS: editing cells, formulas, formatting and navigation.GarageBand20 shortcutsGarageBand keyboard shortcuts for macOS: transport, recording, tracks, editing and the workspace.macOS19 shortcutsmacOS keyboard shortcuts for Finder, windows, screenshots, Spotlight, and system navigation.SumatraPDF27 shortcutsSumatraPDF keyboard shortcuts for reading PDFs, ebooks and comics: navigation, zoom and view.Things 318 shortcutsThings 3 keyboard shortcuts for macOS: creating to-dos, scheduling, organizing and navigating lists.tmux24 shortcutstmux keyboard shortcuts for the terminal multiplexer: panes, windows, sessions (default prefix Ctrl+B).Visual Studio45 shortcutsVisual Studio keyboard shortcuts for building, debugging, navigation and refactoring in the full Windows IDE.Windows20 shortcutsWindows keyboard shortcuts for desktop navigation, windows, screenshots, search, and system controls.