Confusion, **’jour

The following is an excerpt from the Apple article on Mac keyboard shortcuts: I’m constantly troubled by the glaring and sometimes downright ridiculous extent to which Apple seems to go to one or two-up the competition (from my perspective). So…. Let’s see what y’ins have to say about this:


Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including modifier keys:

  • Command (or Cmd) ⌘
  • Shift ⇧
  • Option (or Alt) ⌥
  • Control (or Ctrl) ⌃
  • Caps Lock ⇪
  • Fn 


On keyboards made for Windows PCs, use the Alt key instead of Option, and the Ctrl key or Windows logo key instead of Command.


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iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Sep 3, 2023 9:31 PM

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Sep 4, 2023 5:30 AM in response to UNITedK

Each Mac application, whether provided by Apple, or a third-party will often have its keyboard shortcut symbols adjacent to some application menu entries. These are in the context of macOS. They may not be consistent between applications, or represent the same functionality dependent on how the application is implemented.


MacOS is a certified UNIX operating system with Finder as a user access abstraction. It is not gamemanship or any other competitive perception that the keyboard shortcuts, whether in Finder, or on individual application menus, are not those in Windows or Linux.


Microsoft has a list of keyboard shortcuts for Word on Windows, and on Mac. They also provide a list of keyboard shortcuts for Windows. Apple has done the same for macOS.

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