Ports

Combination Effect
On Boot
mouse down Eject removable media ( I think Boot ROMs prior to 2.4f1
opt Bring up OF system picker on New World machines - boo
F8 Bring up Mac OS X boot partition selector (DTKs only?)
cmd-period When OF system picker is active, open the CD tray
cmd-opt Hold down until 2nd chime, will boot into Mac OS 9 ?
cmd-x (or just x?) Will boot into Mac OS X if 9 and X are on the same partit
cmd-opt-n-d prevent native drivers from loading (System 7 until 9.x?)
cmd-opt-shift-delete Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD). Thi
cmd-opt-shift-delete-# Boot from a specific SCSI ID # (# = SCSI ID number)
cmd-opt-p-r Zap PRAM. Hold down until second chime.
cmd-opt-n-v Clear NV RAM. Similar to reset-all in Open Firmware.
cmd-opt-o-f Boot into open firmware
cmd-opt-t-v Force Quadra AV machines to use TV as a monitor
cmd-opt-x-o Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only)
cmd-opt-a-v Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one
c Boot from CD. If set to boot to X and no CD is present, m
d Force the internal hard disk to be the startup device
n Hold down until Mac logo, will attempt to boot from netw
r Force PowerBooks to reset the screen
t Put FireWire machine into FireWire Target Disk mode
z Attempt to boot using the devalias zip from first bootab
ctl-cmd-shift-power Reset power manager (with computer off)
shift (Classic only) Disable Extensions
shift (OS X, 10.1.3 and later) Disables login items. Also disabl
cmd (Classic only) Boot with Virtual Memory off
cmd-v (OS X only) show console messages (verbose mose) durin
cmd-s (OS X only) boot into single user mode
cmd-opt-c-i (Mac IIci only) Set date to 20 Sep 1989 to get a graphical
cmd-opt-f-x (Mac IIfx only) Set date to 19 Mar 1990 to get a graphica
cmd-opt-shift-tab-delete Erase startup disk under 7.1(?)
After display of Happy Mac icon
space (Classic only) Invoke Extensions Manager
shift (Classic only) Disable Extensions including MacsBug
shift-opt (Classic only) Disable exetensions, except MacsBug
ctrl (Classic only) Break into MacsBug as soon as it is loaded
At login window
shift (10.x only) Disable auto-login, forcing login window
As Finder Starts
cmd-opt (whenever Classic Finder sees a new disk) Rebuild Deskt
opt (Mac OS 9) Do not open Finder windows
shift (Mac OS X) Do not launch startup items. Do not open Fin
shift (Mac OS 9) Do not launch anything from the "Startup Item
In Finder
opt-click close box (or cmd-opt-w) Close all open finder windows (except popup windows)
cmd-shift-g Will present a drop-down dialog so that a path can be en
cmd-shift-opt-w Close all open finder windows (including popup windows
cmd-right arrow Open folder in list view
cmd-opt-right arrow Recursively open folder and nested folders in list view
cmd-left arrow Close folder in list view
cmd-opt-left arrow Recursively close folder and nested folders in list view
cmd-up arrow Open parent folder. On Mac OS X, when nothing is selec
cmd-opt-up arrow Open parent folder, closing current folder
cmd-opt-shift-up arrow Make desktop the active window, select parent volume
cmd-down arrow Open selected item. On Mac OS X, when nothing is selec
Key Combos
Combination Effect
cmd-opt-down arrow Open selected item, closing current folder
cmd-opt-o Open selected item, closing current folder
opt-double-click Open selected item, closing current folder
opt-click (In disclosure triangle) expand or collapse all folders wit
tab select next icon alphabetically
shift-tab select previous item alphabetically
cmd-delete move selection to trash
cmd-shift-delete empty trash
space while navigating, opens folder under mouse immediately
In Finder Window Menu
cmd-select Close window
cmd-shift-select Put away popup window
cmd-opt-select Expand selected window and close all others
ctl-select Expand selected window and collapse all others
ctl-opt-select Activate selected window and expand all others
On disk mount
cmd-opt (whenever Classic Finder sees a new disk) Rebuild Deskt
opt (Mac OS 9) Add session numbers (;1, ;2, etc) to ISO-966
opt (Mac OS X) Show each session on an ISO-9660 CD as a v
cmd-opt-i Force-mount ISO-9660 partition of a CD, rather than a M
After startup (On machines with a power key)
power Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next
cmd-ctrl-power Unconditionally reboot (sometimes referred to as “contro
ctrl-cmd-opt-power Fast shutdown
cmd-power Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old ma
cmd-opt-power Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
cmd-opt-ctrl-power (PowerBook 500) Reset Power Manager
shift-fn-ctrl-power (PowerBook G3, G4) Reset Power Manager
After startup (On machines without a power key)
ctrl-eject Bring up dialog for shutdown, sleep or restart (see next
cmd-ctrl-eject Unconditionally reboot
ctrl-cmd-opt-eject Fast shutdown
cmd-eject Bring up debugger (if debugger installed). Really old ma
cmd-opt-eject Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep
After startup (On all machines)
cmd-opt-esc Force quit current app
cmd-shift-0 Put late model PowerBooks & Desktops to sleep No long
cmd-shift-1 or 2 Eject internal or external floppy. Not sure which is which
cmd-shift-3 Screen shot
cmd-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot (hold control whi
cmd-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot
cmd-ctl-shift-3 Screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-4 Abstract user defined area screen shot to clipboard
cmd-ctl-shift-capslock-4 (Classic only) User selectable window screen shot to clip
cmd-tab Switch apps (possible to change key in Mac OS 8-9)
cmd-shift-tab Switch apps in reverse order
cmd-space Switch keyboards/script systems (if more than one is ins
cmd-opt-space switch through all keyboards in keyboards menu
opt-f3, opt-f4 or opt-f5 bring up the system preferences (Mac OS X only - maybe
cmd-f1 toggle between video mirroring and extended desktop m
opt-f1 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
cmd-f2 auto-detect a newly-connected display (works on Ti Pow
opt-f2 open the displays preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f3, f4, or f5 open the Sounds preference (10.2 and later)
opt-f8, f9, or f10 open the Keyboard and Mouse preference (10.2 and late
Key Combos
Combination Effect
f12 Eject CD/DVD (must be held down on 10.1.2 or later). If
f14 dim display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
f15 brighten display (cubes/g4 iMacs/others?)
cmd-ctl-shift-0 Spin down HD (when possible) on machines running OS
cmd-` cycle through current application’s windows (Mac OS X 1
cmd-~ cycle through current application’s windows (reverse ord
opt-"Empty Trash" Emptry trash without locked file or contents summary al
cmd-opt-D (Mac OS X only) toggle dock
cmd-opt (when opening chooser) (Mac OS 9 only) rebuild chooser cache of printer driver in
After startup (universal access)
cmd-opt-ctl-8 (Mac OS X, 10.2 or later) Turn on "Inverse Mode" via acce
cmd-opt-8 (Mac OS X, 10.2 or later) Turn on "Zoom Mode" via acces
cmd-opt-plus (Mac OS X, 10.2 or later) Zoom In via accessbility.
cmd-opt-minus (Mac OS X, 10.2 or later) Zoom Out via accessbility.
In the sleep/restart dialog
S Sleep
R Restart
esc cancel
cmd-. (period) cancel
Return or Enter Shut Down
Power Cancel (9.2.x only?)
In other dialogs
esc Cancel
command-. (period) Cancel
enter Default button
return Default button (if there are no text fields that use return
cmd-d Don’t save (in save/cancel/don’t save dialog)
cmd-r Replace (in "Do you want to replace this file" dialog, Mac
On keyboards with a function key
fn-backspace forward delete
fn-left arrow home
fn-right arrow end
fn-up arrow page up
fn-down arrow page down
Clicks
option-click in another application Switch to that application and hide previous app
cmd-drag (window) Drag window without bringing it to front (requires applic
cmd-drag (window background) Pan contents of window with hand (Finder)
cmd-opt-drag (window background) Option may be needed to pan contents of window with h
cmd-drag (Mac OS X) Rearrange menu extras
opt-drag (file) Copy file
cmd-opt-drag (file) Make alias of file
cmd-click window title Pop-up menu showing path to current folder/document
option-windowshade Windowshade all windows of application (classic only)
option-zoom Zoom window to full-screen
option-yellow Dock all windows of application (Mac OS X only)
option-green Zoom window to fill screen (in some applications)
Clicks (Mac OS X only - items in dock)
cmd-click Reveal in Finder
cmd-opt-click Activate app and hide other apps
ctl-click (or click and hold) contextual menu

cmd-drag (file or folder) to a Finder window, folder, hard drive icon, folder in Doc
cmd-drag into dock Freeze current dock items from moving so icon can be d
cmd-opt-drag into dock Force application you’re dropping onto to open dropped
Key Combos
Combination Effect
Control Strip
opt-drag control strip Move control strip
opt-drag CS module within strip reorders CS modules
opt-drag CS module to trash uninstalls a module
opt-drag CS module elsewhere whatever dragging the module file itself would