Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Using the Mac Keyboard and Shortcuts

Lastly, a word about the Mac keyboard. Over the years, the various Mac modifier keys have been renamed a few times, leading to some confusion. Further confusion is caused by the fact that different countries refer to the keys in different ways.

Throughout this book I simply refer to the keys by the names that appear on modern American English Mac keyboards—Command or Option, for example.

If you see something like Command+Space, that’s an instruction to hold down the Command key and then hit Space. Another example is Option+Command+D, which is an instruction to hold down Option and Command before hitting the D key.

For reference purposes, you might find the following table useful. It explains the location ...