OS X Tips and Tricks and Hotkeys

Guys: Don't use always these quotes, the threads are getting to long with them.

R0GUE: alt + left click doesn't work for me, either Mac Alt/option key nor Windows Alt key.

Other hotkeys:

Win + Empty Trash

empties the trash even if protected or used files in it (be careful!)

Alt + Shift + G

let you open directories, even hidden (try /volumes)

Using Alt + Command + Y you can start a diashow with the selected files (pics). On a Win keyboard it's Start + Alt + Y

You can also do this by clicking the icon first and then and click on the name.

Could we please collect the hotkeys with apple keys (Win?...)

I can't believe that most of you use Windows Keyboards? How can you?!

I use the following shortcuts a lot:

command+shift+3

- Full screenshot

command+shift+4

- Crosshair to allow selection of screenshot area

command+shift+4, then spacebar

- Camera to capture specific screen object

win+(left|right) - previous word, next word
alt+(left|right) - start of line, end of line
does work with shift for selection.

while trying to figure out why the ctrl+winkey+alt+8 trick doesn't work i stumbled upon a crazy key combination Ctrl+alt+winkey+7, to use it click on the apple logo (just for example) and hold the key combo, your menus will go crazy :))

To quickly move files/folders to the trash:

Command+Backspace

then to empty the trash:

Command+Shift+Backspace

To get info on a file/folder; highlight it then:

Command+i

To create a new folder press:

Command+Shift+N

To open Spotlight menu quickly:

Command+Spacebar

To open Spotlight:

Command+Alt+Spacebar

shift-alt+winkey+backspace
^to empty the trash without warning^

shift+left click close button
^ to close a widget in slow motion^

alt+drag
^let's you arrange the items in the menu^

winkey+alt+d
^hide/unhide dock^

btw, my favorite (unix) way to start applications is to open spotlight (mapped it to win+space) and type first letters of the application name. That's not exactly same as running apps in e.g. Linux/KDE, but you get more features like built-in calculator

Just found a cool new shortcut, you can quick preview any file by selecting it and pressing the space bar or Command + Y

A really useful shortcut is pressing Enter (return) key when an item is highlighted and then you can rename.. So you don't have to Right Click, I mean Alt-Click, and press rename!