50 Mountain Lion Messages Keyboard Shortcuts
The latest operating system to grace Apple devices is the Mountain Lion and one of the most exciting features in Mac OS X Mountain Lion is Messages. Messages brings your chatting experience to a whole new level by allowing you to have cross-device conversations with anyone on a Mac (with Mountain Lion), iPod touch, iPhone or iPad (carrying iOS 5 and above).
With Messages, you can sync documents, photos, videos, and contacts among all your devices. You can even have a group conference and use Facetime (video calls) across any and all devices. Communicating with your fellow Mac peers has never been easier.
We noticed that the fastest way to navigate around Messages is via shortcut keys. Therefore in today’s post, we’re putting together these shortcuts in a list to speed up your Mac OS X Mountain Lion Messages experience. If we had missed any, just add your shortcut to the comments section.
We noticed that the fastest way to navigate around Messages is via shortcut keys. Therefore in today’s post, we’re putting together these shortcuts in a list to speed up your Mac OS X Mountain Lion Messages experience. If we had missed any, just add your shortcut to the comments section.
| Shortcuts | Description |
| Command + , | Preferences… |
| Control + Command + O | My Status – Offline |
| Control + Command + A | My Status – Available |
| Control + Command + W | My Status – Away |
| Command + H | Hide Messages |
| Option + Command + H | Hide Others |
| Command + Q | Quit Messages |
| Option + Command + Q | Quit and Keep Windows |
| Command + N | New Message |
| Command + O | Open… |
| Shift + Command + W | Close Window |
| Option + Shift + Command + W | Close All |
| Command + W | Close Conversation |
| Option + Command + W | Close All Conversation |
| Command + P | Print… |
| Command + R | Go to Chat Room |
| Command + V | Paste |
| Option + ⎋ | Complete |
| Command + A | Select All |
| Option + Command + C | Copy Style |
| Option + Command + V | Paste Style |
| Command + F | Find… |
| Command + G | Find Next |
| Shift + Command + G | Find Previous |
| Command + E | Use Selection for Find |
| Command + J | Jump to Selection |
| Command + : | Show Spelling and Grammar |
| Command + ; | Check Document Now |
| Shift + Command + K | Mark Transcript |
| Option + Command + K | Clear Transcript |
| Option + Command + T | Special Characters… |
| Command + + | Increase Text Size |
| Command + - | Decrease Text Size |
| Control + Command + F | Enter Full Screen |
| Shift + Command + I | Show Info |
| Option + Command + B | Show Contact Card |
| Option + Command + E | Send Email… |
| Option + Command + F | Send File… |
| Command + T | Show Fonts |
| Command + B | Bold |
| Command + I | Italic |
| Command + U | Underline |
| Shift + Command + C | Show Colors |
| Command + M | Minimize |
| Option + Command + M | Minimize All |
| Command + 0 | Messages |
| Option + Command + L | File Transfers |
| Shift + Command + E | Show Video Effects |
| Shift + Command + R | Reset Video Effects |
| Shift + Command + S | Take Snapshot |
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