Useful Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

==Obviously a non-exhaustive list.==

Key: ⌘: Command ⇧: Shift ⌥: Option ^: Control

 Important System Shortcuts/Guestures

Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘Q	Quit an application
⌘Tab	Cycle through all open applications
⌘`	Cycle through open windows of a single application
⌥Space	Open Alfred
⌥⇧C	Open Alfred clipboard manager
⌘Z, ⌘C, ⌘X, ⌘P	Undo, Copy, Cut, Paste
⌘N	New window (usually)
⌘A	Select All
⌘S	Save
⌘,	Go to Preferences (Settings page)
⌘→ / ⌘←	Go to end of line/beginning of line
⌘↓ / ⌘↑	Go to end of file/beginning of file
⌥←/ ⌥→	Move back and forth through text, one word at a time

Gestures

Gesture	Action
Swipe up with three fingers	See all open windows across applications, scattered across the screen. Also see other desktops and full-screen applications
Swipe down with three fingers	See all open windows for a given application
Swipe outward with four fingers	See Desktop
Swipe left/right with three fingers	Go to desktop/full-screen application open on the left/right

Important Chrome Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘L	Go to Omnibar (main searchbar)
⌘T	New tab
⌘W	Close tab
⌘⇧T	Re-open last closed tab
⌥W	Cycle through previously opened tabs. Press ⌥W once to go to previously opened tab; press ⌥W twice quickly to go to the tab you opened before that, and so on.

Important Alfred Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Space, with an empty Alfred box	Only search for files
→, after highlighting a file	Do specific actions on the file, such as open in email, copy, move file, etc.
olk from:{keyword}	Outlook emails from someone
olk {keyword1} {keyword2} {keyword3}	Search for one or multiple keywords
olk recent:today	Just get today’s mail

Important Outlook Shortcuts

Mail Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘1	Go to Mail
⌘2	Go to Calendar
⌘3	Go to Contacts
⌘4	Go to Tasks
⌘5	Go to Notes
⌘⇧F	Search Outlook
⌘R	Reply
⌘⇧R	Reply All
⌘J	Forward
^[/ ^]	Go back/forward through your list of emails
⌘E	Add an attachment to the open email
Space	Scroll down to the next screen of text or, if you are at the end of an email, display the next email
⇧Space	Scroll up to the previous screen of text or, if you are at the beginning of an email, display the previous email
⌘N	Create new email
⌘Enter	Send the open email

Calendar Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
⌘N	Create new appointment
⌘O	Open the selected calendar event
Delete (backspace)	Delete the selected calendar event
⌘T	Switch the view to include today

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