There are plenty of common keyboard shortcuts that can be used on OS X.

But there are some that you probably didn’t know that they existed but makes life a lot easier. Here are some of the most cool Mac OS X (10.10 Yosemite) shortcuts.

Screenshots:

So ever wanted to take a screenshot and searching for a “snipping tool” alternative for OS X? Not to worry because OS X has built in functionality to take screenshots:

⌘+Shift+3 : Takes the screenshot of the full screen and saves on the desktop.

Takes the screenshot of the full screen and saves on the desktop. ⌘+Shift+4 : Takes the screenshot of the selected area and saves on the desktop.

Takes the screenshot of the selected area and saves on the desktop. ⌘+Shift+Control+3 : Takes the screenshot of the full screen copying it to the clipboard.

Slow-Mo Animations:

Ever wanted to see those awesome Mac animations in slow mo like Steve Jobs showed? Well just hold Shift key while clicking on an animation button (like minimising a windows or clicking a stack)

Trash Shortcuts:

Too lazy to drag the file to the trash? Just press ⌘+Backspace and the selected file will be moved to the trash.

Now too lazy to empty the trash? Shift+⌘+Backspace will do the job.

KeyBoard:

Did know know Mac also has the emoji keyboard like iDevices? ⌘+Control+Space Try it!!

People say windows is better can mac because windows has a delete button. What they don’t know is there are two ways to use the delete like function in mac:

Function+Backspace

Control+D

Finder Shortcuts:

Yes, there are plenty of Finder shortcuts other than your famous ⌘+C,⌘+V,⌘+X,⌘+Z,etc.

⌘+Shift+A – opens the Applications Folder.

– opens the Folder. ⌘+Shift+H – opens the Home Folder.

– opens the Folder. ⌘+Shift+U – opens the Utility Folder.

– opens the Folder. ⌘+Shift+D – opens the Desktop Folder.

– opens the Folder. To close a Finder window you might know ⌘+W,but if you have a lot of windows then ⌘+⌥+W.

Power Shortcuts:

Different power options from keyboards which you probably didn’t know about:

NOTE:

Shift + Control + ⏏ – to make your Display Sleep.

– to make your Display Sleep. Control + Eject(⏏) – shows the Restart/Sleep/ShutDown dialog.

– shows the Restart/Sleep/ShutDown dialog. Power + F10 – will turn your Mac On Silently(In case you don’t want anyone else to know).

– will turn your Mac On Silently(In case you don’t want anyone else to know). ⌘+ Option( ⌥) + Eject( ⏏) – to put your Mac to Sleep.

– to put your Mac to Sleep. ⌘+Control+ ⏏ – To quit all apps before putting it to sleep

To quit all apps before putting it to sleep ⌘+ Option( ⌥) + Control + Eject( ⏏) – to Instantly Shut Down your computer.

– to Instantly Shut Down your computer. ⌘+ Option(⌥) + Escape(esc) – Force close any application if it choses not to respond.

Others:

Don’t like the sound while turning volume up and down? Try Shift+F11/F12 to do it quietly.

to do it quietly. ⌘+ Space Bar – Opens Spotlight Search

Opens Spotlight Search Ever came across an unfamiliar word and wanted to know its meaning but too lazy to search for it? Well just triple finger tap the word and get the meaning and the thesaurus.

So these were some awesome mac shortcuts. If you have any more, let us know in the comments.