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Mac OS 8 and 9: Keyboard Shortcuts

Note: These shortcuts are just a summary of SOME useful shortcut commands. This is not intended to be a complete list. If you are looking for OS X keyboard shortcuts, try the listing at the following address: http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html.

Some useful shortcut commands
Shortcut Function Shortcut Key Combination
To copy an icon into another folder(instead of moving it) OPTN - drag the icon
To close all disk and folder windows

OPTN - click any window's close box OR
OPTN - CMD - W
To move a window without making it active CMD - drag the window
To open a pop-up menu of the folders and disk that contain this folder CMD - point to the window title and drag through the pop-up menu that appears.
To close a window after opening one of its icons OPTN - double-click the icon
To rebuild the Desktop file CMD - OPTN
To turn off all system extensions when starting up Hold down Shift while computer starts up.
To eject floppy disk (to avoid using it as the startup disk) Hold down mouse or trackball button while computer starts up.
To bypass startup disk when starting up Hold down CMD - Shift - OPTN - Delete
To startup from a CD (usually a system CD) Put the CD in the drive, and reboot; as the computer starts up,
hold down the C key.
To reset the Chooser and Control Panel settings (stored in parameter RAM) Hold down CMD - OPTN - P - R while computer starts up
To force the computer to restart when the pointer is frozen (on some models) CMD - CTRL- Startup Key
To restart or shut down the computer (on some models) CMD - OPTN - Shift Startup Key
To erase a disk automatically when you insert it Hold down CMD - OPTN - Tab
To force a frozen program to quit CMD - OPTN - Esc
To take a snapshot of the screen CMD - Shift - 3
To unmount a mounted volume CMD - Y

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