Mac Key Commands
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I don’t often take screenshots or use Mac startup commands, so I don’t have the commands memorized. I have a printed cheat sheet somewhere, but I thought it would be useful to document them here for future reference.
Key Commands
| Force close | Option-Command-Esc |
| Full screen screenshot | Shift-Command-3 |
| Partial screen screenshot | Shift-Command-4 |
| Active window screenshot | Shift-Command-4-Spacebar |
Startup key combinations
| Startup manager | Option (⌥) or Alt |
| Recovery startup | Command (⌘)-R |
| Internet recovery | Option-Command- R or Shift-Option-Command-R |
| Reset NVRAM or PRAM | Option-Command-P-R |
| Safe mode | Shift (⇧) |
| Apple diagnostics | D |
| Apple diagnostics via Internet | Option-D |
| Target disk mode | T |
| Verbose mode | Command-V |