Most used Mac Key Commands for Designers

By Kelly Barkhurst
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March 8, 2023
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This is my list of “recommend because I use them dozens of times a day” key commands for designers working on Apple computers.

Take Screenshots

Press Shift-Command-3Take a screenshot of your entire screen and save it automatically as an image on your desktop.
Press Shift-Command-Control-3Saves your entire screen image to your clipboard.
Press Shift-Command-4Saves as an image on your desktop. Select your area to screen capture. Move the crosshair cursor to draw over the area you want to capture.
Press Shift-Command-Control-4Saves your image to your clipboard. Select your area to screen capture. Move the crosshair cursor to draw over the area you want to capture.

Copy and Paste

Press Command-CCopy. This puts a copy of your text, image, or another copy/paste item on your clipboard.
Press Command-VPaste. Pastes what is on your clipboard to wherever your cursor is for text, images, or other copy/paste items.

Screen Management

Press Command-HHide an application. Repeat to hide each application, one by one, to finally show just your desktop.

Reveal Hidden Files

Press
Command + Shift + [.]		Hide and Reveal hidden files with the Command, Shift and Period keys (Learn more ways to show/hide files that start with periods on your Mac).

Happy Designing!

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Kelly Barkhurst

Designer to Fullstack is my place to geek out and share tech solutions from my day-to-day as a graphic designer, programmer, and business owner (portfolio). I also write on Arts and Bricks, a parenting blog and decal shop that embraces my family’s love of Art and LEGO bricks!

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