All Keyboard Shortcuts
TABLE OF CONTENTS
If you have only one photo selected you can use the arrow keys to move the selection around.
| Copy item | y |
| Edit in default editor | e |
| Upload photo via FTP | u |
| Turn tag on | + |
| Turn tag off | - (minus) |
| Toggle tag on/off | t |
| Toggle Selection and Loupe cursor modes | z |
| Set Color Class * | ⌘-1 thru ⌘-8 |
| Remove Color Class * | ⌘-0 |
| Set Star Rating * | Ctrl-1 thru Ctrl-5 |
| Remove Star Rating * | Ctrl-0 |
| Select and scroll to last previewed item | l
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| Save | s |
| Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | [ |
| Rotate clockwise 90° | ] |
| Rename | m or Return |
| Preview | Space |
| Play/Stop any sounds. | a |
| Open Metadata (IPTC) Info | i |
| Move to previous Contact Sheet tab | ⌘-{ |
| Move to next Contact Sheet tab | ⌘-} |
| Close current tab | ⌘-w |
| Close all other tabs except current | Ctrl-Opt-⌘-w |
| Scroll to bottom of Contact Sheet | End |
| Scroll to top of Contact Sheet | Home |
| Close Preview window | Esc or ⌘-w |
| Move back/forward one item | ←, → |
| Scroll thumbnails by page | ↑, ↓, PgUp, PgDn |
| Delete current item | Delete or Backspace |
| Toggle "View crop mode" on/off | p |
| Turn zoom on/off | z or * |
| Increase zoom | + |
| Decrease zoom | - |
| Toggle shadow | n |
| Toggle highlight | b |
| Link the two previews | l |
| One up view | o |
| 2-up view (landscape) | v |
| 2-up view (portraits) | h |
| Switch active preview pane in 2-up | Tab |
| Full screen mode (toggles) | f |
| Restore from full screen mode | r |
| Swap items in 2-up view | g or / |
| Set Color Class (if set in Prefs) | 1 thru 8 |
| Set Star Rating (if set in Prefs) | 1 thru 5 |
| Remove Star Rating or Color Class (if set in Prefs) | 0 |
| Set Color Class | ⌘-1 thru 8 |
| Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
| Set Star Rating | Ctrl-1 thru 5 |
| Remove Star Rating | Ctrl-0 |
| Toggle tag on/off | t or . (period) |
| Upload | u |
| Toggle crop tool | c or x |
| Remove crop | Opt-c |
| Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | [ |
| Rotate clockwise 90° | ] |
| Play/Stop audio sounds | a |
| Metadata (IPTC) Info | i |
| Add to selected items | w |
| Deselect | d |
| Copy | y |
| Rename | m |
| Edit | e |
| Save | s |
| Panning cursor | Space or Opt |
| Pan in the zoomed mode | Opt-↑, ↓,←, → |
| Pan faster in the zoomed mode | Shift-Opt-↑, ↓,←, → |
| Zoom in and out | Opt-scroll |
| Zoom in and center on click | ⌘-mouse click |
| Clear all fields | ⌘-Del |
| Load IPTC template | ⌘-Opt-l (lowercase L) |
| Save IPTC template | ⌘-Opt-s |
| Show Job/User/Client dialog | ⌘-Opt-j |
| Show/Hide Variables window | ⌘-Opt-v |
| Apply to selected items | ⌘-Opt-a |
| Accept changes and close Pad | ⌘-Return |
| Save changes and go to next | ⌘-] or ⌘-n |
| Go to next without saving | ⌘-Shift-] or ⌘-Shift-n |
| Save changes and go to previous | ⌘-[ or ⌘-b |
| Go back to the previous without saving | ⌘-Shift-[ or ⌘-Shift-b |
| Save, send to Uploader, and go to next | ⌘-u |
| Copy all IPTC field data to clipboard | ⌘-Shift-c |
| Paste clipboard into IPTC fields | ⌘-Shift-v |
| Save changes and close dialog | ⌘-Return |
| Clear all fields based on Clear mask | ⌘-Delete |
| Load a .IPT or .XMP file | ⌘-Opt-l |
| Save all as a .IPT or .XMP file | ⌘-Opt-s |
Apply the Metadata (IPTC) Template
| ⌘-Opt-c |
| Open Variables window | ⌘-Opt-v |
| Play the associated sound file | ⌘-Opt-a |
| Add Color Class | ⌘-1 thru 8 |
| Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
| Add Star rating | Ctrl-1 thru 5 |
| Remove Star rating | Ctrl-0 |
| Enlarge the thumbnail | Ctrl-z |
| Toggle tag on/off | ⌘-t |
| Show Job/User/Client dialog | ⌘-Opt-j |
| Add Path to Collection | ⌘-Opt-c |
| Add Rightmost Keyword to Collection | ⌘-Opt-Shift-c |
| Apply Rightmost Keyword to selected photos | ⌘-Opt-Shift-k
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| Apply collection of Keywords to selected photos | ⌘-a |
| Clear Collection | ⌘-Backspace |
| Cycle through keywords matching search string | Next: ⌘-[
Previous: ⌘-] |
| Exit Slide Show | Esc |
| Advance to next item | Space or → or ↓ |
| Show previous item | Backspace or ← or ↑ |
| Dismiss item from Slide Show | Delete or d |
| Tag item | + |
| Untag item | - (minus) |
| Toggle tag | t |
| Set Color Class | 1 thru 8 |
| Remove Color Class | 0 |
| Pause slide show if on Auto | CapsLock |
| Toggle fullscreen on/off | f |
Preferences
| ⌘-, (comma) |
| Hide Photo Mechanic | ⌘-h |
| Hide other applications | ⌘-Opt-h |
| Quit Photo Mechanic | ⌘-q |
| New Contact Sheet window | ⌘-Shift-n |
| New Contact Sheet tab | ⌘-n |
| Open Contact Sheet | ⌘-o |
| Close Window | ⌘-Shift-w
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| Close Contact Sheet tab/window | ⌘-w |
| Ingest | ⌘-g |
| Ingest From Selection | ⌘-Shift-s
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| Live Ingest | ⌘-Shift-g |
| Live Slide Show | ⌘-Shift-l (lowercase L) |
| Rename Photos | ⌘-m |
| Copy/Move items | ⌘-y |
| Delete | ⌘-Delete |
| Save As | ⌘-s |
| Send items via email | ⌘-Shift-e |
| FTP | ⌘-u |
| Upload | ⌘-Ctrl-u |
| Export | ⌘-Ctrl-x |
| Page setup | ⌘-Shift-p |
| Print | ⌘-p |
| Undo | ⌘-z |
| Redo | ⌘-Shift-z |
| Cut | ⌘-x |
| Copy | ⌘-c |
| Paste | ⌘-v |
| Take Metadata (IPTC) Snapshot | ⌘-Opt-c |
| Paste Metadata (IPTC) Snapshot | ⌘-Opt-v |
| Find | ⌘-f |
| Find and Replace | ⌘-Shift-f |
| Search using Spotlight | ⌘-Opt-f |
| Select all | ⌘-a |
| Deselect all | ⌘-d |
| Select tagged items | ⌘-t |
| Select rotated items | ⌘-Shift-r |
| Select Cropped | ⌘-Shift-c
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| Select others (invert selection) | ⌘-Shift-o |
| Select Color Class 1-8 | ⌘-Ctrl-1 thru 8 |
| Select anything with a Color Class | ⌘-Ctrl-9 |
| Select items with no Color Class | ⌘-Ctrl-0 |
| Select Star Rating 1-5 | ⌘-Opt-1 thru 5 |
| Select anything Star Rated | ⌘-Opt-6 |
| Select anything not Star Rated | ⌘-Opt-0 |
| Set Code Replacements | ⌘-Ctrl-c |
| Reload Code Replacements | Shift-⌘-Ctrl-c |
| Emojis and Symbols | Fn-E
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| Metadata (IPTC) Template | ⌘-i |
| Apply Metadata Template | ⌘-Shift-i |
| Keywords panel | ⌘-k |
| Structured Keywords panel | ⌘-Opt-k |
| Rotate counter-clockwise 90° | ⌘-[ |
| Rotate clockwise 90° | ⌘-] |
| Mirror Photos Horizontally | ⌘-Ctrl-[
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| Mirror Photos Vertically | ⌘-Ctrl-]
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| Tag photos | ⌘-+ |
| Untag | ⌘-- (minus) |
| Preview | ⌘-r |
| Edit items | ⌘-e |
| Slide Show | ⌘-l (lowercase L) |
| Set Color Class | ⌘-1 thru 8 |
| Remove Color Class | ⌘-0 |
| Set Star Rating | Ctrl-1 thru 5 |
| Remove Star Rating | Ctrl-0 |
| Include Selected Items (add to catalog) | ⌘-Ctrl-a |
| Remove Selected Items (delete from catalog) | ⌘-Ctrl-s |
| Map Location Search | ⌘-Ctrl-m |
| Add the selected items to the selected collection | ⌘-b |
| Toggle combined RAW+JPEG | ⌘-j |
| View all | F1 |
| View selected | F2 |
| View tagged | F3 |
| View untagged | F4 |
| Refresh | F5 |
| Rescan Contact Sheet | ⌘-/ |
| Show/Hide Info tooltips | ⌘-Shift-t |
| Show images by star rating | ⌘-Shift-F1 thru F5 |
| Show images by color rating | ⌘-Ctrl-F1 thru F8 |
| Show images with no color rating | ⌘-Ctrl-F9 |
| Toggle Full Screen mode | Fn-F
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| Apply rotation to JPEGs | ⌘-Ctrl-r |
| Select previous tab | ⌘-{ |
| Select next tab | ⌘-} |
* If you have single key shortcuts set in Preferences > Accessibility then you can use single keys (0-5 for star ratings or 0-8 for color classes) as well.
