Chances are, your laptop doesn’t have an apple button, or a command button, or any of the other Mac-specific buttons. However, after a bit of fiddling, I may very well have found the alternatives.
Say that you want to copy something. In Windows, you would use Ctrl and C, in Mac Command and C. On a Windows-based machine running Mac, it will be Alt Car and C.
Here is a list of some of the buttons that I have found and what they do. This list will be updated in time so be sure to check back every once in a while.
Keyboard Shortcuts out of the Box
| Key | Function |
| Alt Car | Command |
| Alt | Command |
| Windows | Option Key |
| Ctrl | Ctrl |
| F8 | Spaces* |
| F9 | Expose for all Windows |
| F10 | Expose for the Program |
| F11 | Preview Desktop |
| F12 | Dashboard |
| Shift | Shift |
| Caps Lock | Caps Lock |
| Alt + C | Copy |
| Alt + V | Paste |
| Alt + X | Cut |
| Shift + Alt + 3 | Full screen screenshot to Desktop |
| Shift + Alt + 4 | Screenshot of a Region to Desktop |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 3 | Full screen screenshot to Clipboard |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 4 | Screenshot of a Region to Clipboard |
| Windows + Alt + D | Turn Dock Hiding on or Off |
| Alt + Space | Spotlight |
| Alt + Tab | Change Window |
| Ctrl + Tab | Change Tab |
| Windows + Alt + Escape | Force Quit |
| Ctrl + Arrow Keys | Switch Desktop* |
| Ctrl + Number Keys | Switch to Specified Space* |
| Windows + Alt + = | Zoom in |
| Windows + Alt + – | Zoom Out |
| Alt + Q | Quit program |
Customizing this Option
For some, this may become difficult to get used to. There is a way to change the keyboard settings to swap the keys of the main functions.
For instance, I am used to Ctrl + C to copy things. Well, with a small tweak, you can do this on the Mac too.
- Go to your System Preferences and choose keyboard.
- In the Keyboard Settings choose Modifier Keys
- Change the Command Key to Control and the Control Key to Command.
Here is how those same functions will look with this adjustment.
| Key | Function |
| Alt Car | Ctrl |
| Alt | Ctrl |
| Windows | Option Key |
| Ctrl | Command |
| F8 | Spaces* |
| F9 | Expose for all Windows |
| F10 | Expose for the Program |
| F11 | Preview Desktop |
| F12 | Dashboard |
| Shift | Shift |
| Caps Lock | Caps Lock |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Alt + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + Shift + 3 | Full screen screenshot to Desktop |
| Ctrl + Shift + 4 | Screenshot of a Region to Desktop |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 3 | Full screen screenshot to Clipboard |
| Ctrl + Shift + Alt + 4 | Screenshot of a Region to Clipboard |
| Windows + Ctrl + D | Turn Dock Hiding on or Off |
| Ctrl + Space | Spotlight |
| Ctrl + Tab | Change Window |
| Alt + Tab | Change Tab |
| Windows + Ctrl + Escape | Force Quit |
| Alt + Arrow Keys | Change Desktops* |
| Alt + Number Keys | Switch to Specified Space* |
| Windows + Ctrl + = | Zoom in |
| Windows + Ctrl + - | Zoom Out |
| Ctrl + Q | Quit program |
[Stay tuned to this article as it updates]
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