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Adjust the volume and brightness of you Mac ever so slightly. This one will be short and sweet. Everybody knows how to increase or decrease the screen brightness on the Mac or how to turn up the volume. It’s simple, the keys are right there in front of you on the keyboard.
See keyboard shortcuts
To see a list of shortcuts that you can use with an app, press and hold the Command ⌘ key when you use the app or on the Home screen.
Use common keyboard shortcuts
Most iPad keyboard shortcuts use the Command ⌘ key, like on a Mac. If you're more familiar with a PC keyboard, the Command ⌘ key does the same thing as the Control key on a PC.
Here are some common keyboard shortcuts:
Shortcuts For Mac
- Command-H: Go to the Home screen.
- Command-Space bar: Show or hide the Search field.
- Command-Tab: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
- Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot.
- Command-Shift-4: Take a screenshot and immediately open Markup to view or edit it.
- Command-Option-D: Show or hide the Dock.
Want to add an emoji? To quickly find the emoji keyboard, press the globe key when you're in a text field. Don't see the emoji keyboard? Make sure that it's turned on.
Mac Keyboard Shortcut Volume Up
Customize keyboard shortcuts
- Open Settings, then tap Accessibility.
- Tap Keyboards.
- Tap Full Keyboard Access and turn it on.
- Tap Commands.
- Tap a command, then press a custom key combination to assign to it.
- Tap Done.
This one will be short and sweet. Everybody knows how to increase or decrease the screen brightness on the Mac or how to turn up the volume. It’s simple, the keys are right there in front of you on the keyboard.
Shortcuts For Volume Control
But what do you do if you want to turn up the volume just ever so slightly? Instead of pressing the volume up key on your keyboard, press Shift+Option+Volume Up.
Mac Shortcut Keys
The same key combo works for screen brightness but, obviously, you’ll press the screen brightness keys instead of the volume keys.