Mechanical Revolution z2 Black Apple Transformation Project Part 3-macOS Keyboard Shortcuts & Win Keyboard Adaptation

macOS keyboard shortcuts & Win keyboard adaptation

keyboard difference

First of all, the picture below is the non-fingerprint version of the Apple Magic Keyboard. The price on the official website is 699. I really can’t afford it as a poor student.

Then the picture below is the ikbc w200 87-key version of the mechanical keyboard I am using

It can be seen that the difference in the key arrangement between the two is mainly the win/command key. In macOS, most shortcut keys are composed of command + other keys, which is equivalent to win + other keys on the win keyboard. The option of the Apple keyboard is Alt on win keyboard

hot key

Apple's official website also gives documents: link

Next, I will introduce some practical shortcut keys of macOS. In fact, many shortcut keys are the same as Windows

1. command + c: copy + v paste, note that there is no file cut in macOS command + x can only be used for text cutting
2. First command + c to copy the file, then option + command + v to move the file
3. command + space: Show or hide the "focus" search bar, everyone who has used utools knows that there are utools similar tools in macOS such as: alfred, hapigo
4. Command + shift + 3/4/5 respectively represent: full screen/area/window screenshot, press ctrl at the same time to save the screenshot as clipboard (really hard to press)
5. command + q: exit the application, option + command + esc: forcefully end the process
6. command + m: minimize the current window to the dock, command + h hide the program
7. Selecting a file in macos and pressing Enter does not open it but renames it
8. command + shift + n: create a new folder
9. command + d: copy (ctrl+d in win is to delete the file)
10. command + delete: delete file
11. Command + Up Arrow: Open the folder containing the current folder
    Command + Down Arrow: Open the selected item
12. command + left arrow: move to the beginning of the line when editing the file, and move the right arrow to the end of the line
13. command + F7/F8: volume increase and decrease
14. scrlk: reduce screen brightness, pasue: increase screen brightness
15. caps: switch between Chinese and English, press and hold shift to capitalize
16. Press the space bar to quickly preview some files such as files, pictures, videos, etc., commonly known as "One Finger Zen"

Shortcut keys for mac terminal cursor movement

• Move the cursor to the beginning of the line: control + a
• Move the cursor to the end of the line: control + e
• Clear screen: control + l
• Search previously using the command: control + r
• Clear current line: control + u

keyboard settings

On the mac keyboard, the command key is next to the left side of the space, while on the Windows keyboard, an alt key is added in the middle, which can be modified in the unsuitable macOS:

System Preferences - Keyboard - Change Keyboard Type

mouse settings

In addition, the direction of the mouse wheel is opposite to that of Windows. This point macOS is the same as the touchpad, which simulates finger sliding. The magic mouse of mac is also touch-sensitive. If you don’t use the touchpad, you can modify it in the settings:

System Preferences - Mouse - Natural Scrolling Cancellation

However, there is one thing to say that the Mac trackpad is really easy to use. On Xianyu, the second-generation Magic Mouse 2 is around 200, the second-hand magic trackpad 1 is around 250, and the second-generation is around 400. It’s really good. Expensive, better use your own keyboard and mouse obediently

Because the terminal is often used, you can add the terminal to the service of Finder, so that you can open the terminal by right-clicking on the folder, which is very convenient