Apple Mac OS X Mail Hotkeys - Keyboard Shortcuts





Working with the Mail application

   

Create new compose window

 

Command-N

Get new mail

 

Command-Shift-N

Open new viewer window

 

Command-Option-N

Open Activity Viewer

 

Command-0 (zero)

Open Page Setup dialog

 

Command-Shift-P

Add senders to Address Book

 

Command-Y

Apply rules to selection

 

Command-Option-L

Use selection for Find

 

Command-E

Find text in a single message body

 

Command-F

Find previous

 

Command-Shift-G

Find next

 

Command-G

Copy entire text of a message

 

Select the message title in the message list and press Command-C

Minimize window

 

Command-M

Display a pop-up menu with commands for creating, sending, and retrieving mail

 

Press and hold the Mail icon in the Dock

Switch between different display settings in the toolbar

 

Hold down the Command key and click the toolbar button in the upper-right corner

Working with mailboxes

   

Open In mailbox

 

Command-1

Open Out mailbox

 

Command-2

Open Drafts mailbox

 

Command-3

Open Sent mailbox

 

Command-4

Open Trash mailbox

 

Command-5

Open Junk mailbox

 

Command-6

Show/hide mailboxes

 

Command-Shift-M

Select the search field

 

Command-Option-F

Erase junk mail

 

Command-Option-J

Move to the last mailbox you moved or copied a message to

 

Command-Option-T

Display a pop-up menu that lets you quickly perform several actions on the item you click

 

Control-click a message or mailbox

Sending messages

   

Add Bcc header

 

Command-Option-B

Add Reply-To header

 

Command-Option-R

Show/hide long headers

 

Command-Shift-H

Attach file to message

 

Command-Shift-A

Append selected messages to a new message

 

Command-Option-I

Paste as quotation

 

Command-Shift-V

Increase quote level

 

Command-' (single quote)

Decrease quote level

 

Command-Option-' (single quote)

Save as draft

 

Command-S

Send message

 

Command-Shift-D

Redirect message

 

Command-Shift-E

Forward message

 

Command-Shift-F

Prevent the next message from being automatically selected (and marked as read)

 

Hold down the Option key when deleting a message

Receiving messages

   

Select all highlighted messages

 

Command-Shift-K

Mark as junk mail

 

Command-Shift-J

Mark as flagged/unflagged

 

Command-Shift-L

Mark as read/unread

 

Command-Shift-U

Reply with iChat

 

Command-Shift-I

Reply to sender

 

Command-R

Reply to all

 

Command-Shift-R

Bounce to sender

 

Command-Shift-B

Show/hide deleted messages

 

Command-L

Show raw source/original content

 

Command-Option-U

Compact/empty deleted messages

 

Command-K

Show plain text alternative

 

Command-Option-P

Show previous alternative (in multipart message)

 

Command-[

Show next alternative (in multipart message)

 

Command-]

Jump to selected text in message

 

Command-J

Copy message to a different mailbox

 

Hold down the Option key when dragging a message to a different mailbox.

Working with fonts, formatting, and spelling

   

Show Font panel

 

Command-T

Convert message to rich/plain text

 

Command-Shift-T

Make font larger

 

Command-+ (plus)

Make font smaller

 

Command-- (minus)

Show Colors panel

 

Command-Shift-C

Align left

 

Command-

Check spelling of email message

 

Command-: (colon)

Flag misspelling of selected word

 

Command-; (semi-colon)

Copy style

 

Command-Option-C

Paste style

 

Command-Option-V

Collapse the thread containing the selected message (when organized by thread)

 

Left Arrow key

Expand the currently selected thread (when organized by thread)

 

Right Arrow key

Move to next message in thread

 

Down Arrow key

Move to previous message in thread

 

Up Arrow key



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