GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual

Appendix C. GarageBand 2 Keyboard Shortcuts

The mouse is for suckers. When there’s no time to lose, efficiency fanatics don’t waste calories lumbering up to those menus. They memorize the keyboard shortcuts instead—at least for the commands they use a lot.

Navigating GarageBand

Table C-1. 

Function	Keystroke
Play/Pause	Space bar
Jump to start	Home or Z
Jump to end	End or Option-Z
Jump back one measure	Left arrow
Skip forward one measure	Right arrow
Jump back one screenful	Page up
Skip forward one screenful	Page down
Zoom in	Control-Left arrow
Zoom out	Control-Right arrow

Manipulating Tracks

Table C-2. 

New track	-Option-N
New basic Real track	-Shift-N
Duplicate track	-D
Delete selected track	-Delete
Select previous/next track	Up arrow/Down arrow
Mute/unmute selected track	M
Solo/unsolo selected track	S
Show/hide track-volume track	A
Show/hide master track	-B
Show/hide Track Info dialog box	-I

Recording

Table C-3. 

Start/stop recording	R
Cycling on/off ...