Shortcuts by app
The chords worth knowing.
Keyboard shortcut references for the Mac apps people actually demo in — every chord taken from the vendor's own documentation, with the Mac keys, not the Windows ones.
Every list here comes from the vendor's own documentation rather than from another blog, and gives the Mac chord — most published lists are Windows-first and get silently mis-transcribed. Where a shortcut could not be confirmed, it was left out rather than guessed at.
They exist because knowing a shortcut and showing it are different problems. If you are demonstrating one of these apps to someone, the chord you just pressed is invisible to them unless you put it on screen — which is what Show KeyPress is for.
- DaVinci Resolve keyboard shortcuts for MacDaVinci Resolve keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Blackmagic's own manual: JKL playback, in and out points, editing, trimming, tracks and Color page nodes.
- Excel keyboard shortcuts for MacExcel for Mac keyboard shortcuts from Microsoft's own macOS reference — navigation, selection, entry, formulas, formatting and the function keys, grouped by task.
- Figma keyboard shortcuts for MacFigma keyboard shortcuts for macOS, grouped by task and taken from Figma's own help documentation: tools, layers, auto layout, components, text and view.
- Final Cut Pro keyboard shortcuts for MacFinal Cut Pro keyboard shortcuts for macOS, taken from Apple's own command reference and grouped by editing task rather than sorted alphabetically.
- Gmail keyboard shortcuts for MacGmail keyboard shortcuts on macOS, from Google's own reference — and the setting you have to switch on first, which is why most people think they do not work.
- Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts for MacGoogle Chrome keyboard shortcuts for macOS, straight from Google's own reference: tabs and windows, browser features, the address bar, and the page itself.
- Google Docs keyboard shortcuts for MacGoogle Docs keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Google's own reference: formatting, headings and lists, selection, comments, footnotes, the menu chords and navigation.
- IntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts for MacIntelliJ IDEA keyboard shortcuts for macOS, taken from JetBrains' predefined macOS keymap: editing, navigation, search, refactoring, debugging and VCS.
- Keynote keyboard shortcuts for MacKeynote keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Apple's own reference: building slides, formatting text, arranging objects, tables and charts, and running a presentation.
- Linear keyboard shortcuts for MacLinear keyboard shortcuts for macOS, taken from Linear's own docs: navigating with G and O, creating issues, setting properties, bulk actions and the editor.
- Microsoft PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts for MacPowerPoint keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Microsoft's own references: slides and views, objects, text, tables, and running the slide show.
- Microsoft Teams keyboard shortcuts for MacMicrosoft Teams keyboard shortcuts for macOS, taken from Microsoft's Mac column: navigation, messaging, composing, meetings and calls, and the calendar.
- Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts for MacMicrosoft Word keyboard shortcuts for macOS, grouped by task and taken from Microsoft's own reference: navigation, selection, formatting, tables and review.
- Notion keyboard shortcuts for MacNotion keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Notion's own reference, grouped by task: text formatting, creating and moving blocks, navigation, tabs and markdown.
- Obsidian keyboard shortcuts for MacObsidian keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Obsidian's own help: the command palette, quick switcher, tabs, and the full macOS editing and selection tables.
- Photoshop keyboard shortcuts for MacPhotoshop keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Adobe's own reference: tools, viewing, selections, layers, painting, blending modes, type and the Liquify workspace.
- Premiere Pro keyboard shortcuts for MacPremiere Pro keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Adobe's own tables: J-K-L playback, in and out points, the Edit and Sequence menus, markers, workspaces and the timeline.
- Safari keyboard shortcuts for MacSafari keyboard shortcuts for macOS from Apple's own user guide: tabs, scrolling, the Smart Search field, history, bookmarks, Reading List and Reader.
- Slack keyboard shortcuts for MacSlack keyboard shortcuts for macOS, taken from Slack's own help centre: getting around, messages and files, formatting text, huddles and message actions.
- Terminal keyboard shortcuts for MacKeyboard shortcuts for Terminal on macOS, grouped by task and taken from Apple's own Terminal guide: line editing, history, tabs, splits, marks and selection.
- VS Code keyboard shortcuts for MacVisual Studio Code keyboard shortcuts for macOS, grouped by task and taken from the editor's own default keybindings reference: editing, search, terminal and debugging.
- Xcode keyboard shortcuts for MacXcode keyboard shortcuts grouped by task — navigation, editing, finding, building and debugging — read from Xcode's own Key Bindings pane rather than from a document.
- Zoom keyboard shortcuts for MacZoom keyboard shortcuts for macOS, grouped by task and taken from Zoom's own documentation: audio, video, screen share, recording, chat and reactions.