Note that not all of the below shortcut keys will work in all versions of Mac OS.
| Open Apple + Down | Opens the selected icon. |
| Shift + Click | Select the icon and add it to the set of those selected. |
| Tab | Highlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order. |
| Shift + Tab | Highlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order. |
| Left arrow | Used when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted. |
| Right arrow | Used when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of the one highlighted. |
| Up arrow | Used to select the icon above the one currently highlighted. |
| Down arrow | Used to select the icon below the one currently highlighted. |
| Open Apple + ? | Mac help |
| Open Apple + E | Eject |