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| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| ⌘ ⌥ ⎋ | Force quit |
| ⌘ ⌥ eject | Sleep now |
| ⌘ ⇧ Q | Log out |
| ⌘ ⇧ ⌥ Q | Log out without confirming |
| ⌃ ⌘ eject | Restart Mac OS X |
| ⌃ ⇧ eject | Sleep display |
| ⌃ ⌥ ⌘ eject | Shutdown |
| ⌘ ⇥ | Cycle between opened apps |
| ⌘ ⇧ ⇥ | Cycle between opened apps in reverse order |
| ⌘ ` | Cycle between opened windows |
| ⌘ ⇧ ` | Cycle between opened windows in reverse order |
| ⌃ F4 | Cycle between opened windows from all applications |
| ⌃ ⇧ F4 | Cycle between opened windows from all applications in reverse order |
| F8 | Display Spaces |
| F9 | Exposé for all windows |
| F10 | Exposé for windows in select app |
| F11 | Reveal desktop |
| F12 | Dashboard |
| ⌃ F2 | Activate Apple menu bar |
| ⌃ F3 | Activate Dock |
| ⌃ F8 | Activate Menu Extras (right side of menu bar) |
| ⌘ space | Activate Spotlight |
| ⌘ ⌥ = | Zoom in |
| ⌘ ⌥ _ | Zoom out |
| ⇧ volume | Change volume without sound effect |
| ⌥ ⇧ volume | Fine-grained volume control |
| ⌥ volume | Open Sound preference pane |
| ⌥ brightness | Open Display preference pane |
| C | Force boot from DVD (while booting) |
| D | Force boot from first internal hard-drive (while booting) |
| ⇧ | Safe mode (while booting) |
| ⌘ V | Enable verbose mode (while booting) |
| ⌘ S | Enable Single User Mode (while booting) |
| ⌥ | Open System Picker with bootable systems from mounted devices (while booting) |