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Keyboard shortcuts in Music on Mac
In Music on your Mac, quickly accomplish many tasks using keyboard shortcuts.
Play songs, music videos and more
Action | Shortcut |
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Start playing or pause the selected song | Space bar |
Play the currently selected song from the beginning | Return |
Move forward or backward within a song | Option-Command-Right Arrow or Left Arrow |
Stop playing the selected song | Command-Full Stop |
When a song is playing, play the next song in a list | Right Arrow |
When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list | Left Arrow |
Show the currently playing song in the list | Command-L |
Show the Playing Next queue | Option-Command-U |
Listen to the next or previous album in a list | Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow |
Increase the volume | Command-Up Arrow |
Decrease the volume | Command-Down Arrow |
Open the equaliser | Option-Command-E |
Go to the next or last chapter (if available) | Shift-Command-Right Arrow or Shift-Command-Left Arrow |
Stream audio file at a specific URL to Music | Command-U |
Create and manage playlists
Action | Shortcut |
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Create a new playlist | Command-N |
Create a playlist from a selection of songs | Shift-Command-N |
Create a new Smart Playlist | Option-Command-N |
Start Genius Shuffle | Option-Space bar |
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected) | Command-R |
Delete the selected playlist without confirming that you want to delete it | Command-Delete |
Delete the selected playlist and all the songs it contains from your library | Option-Delete |
Delete the selected song from your library and all playlists | Option-Delete |
Manage your library and media files
Action | Shortcut |
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Add a file (import) to your library | Command-O |
Show where a song file is located | Shift-Command-R |
Select the search field | Command-F |
Undo your last typing change while editing an item’s information | Command-Z |
Cut the selected song’s information or artwork | Command-X |
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork | Command-C |
Paste the selected song’s information or artwork | Command-V |
Select all the songs in the list | Command-A |
Show or hide the column browser | Command-B |
Unselect all the songs in the list | Shift-Command-A |
Select or unselect all the songs in a list | Command-click the tick box next to a song in the list |
Change what you see
Action | Shortcut |
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Open MiniPlayer | Option-Command-M or Shift-Command-M |
Open Full-Screen Player | Shift-Command-F |
Enter or exit full-screen view | Control-Command-F |
Switch between custom and maximum window sizes | Option-click the green button in the top-left corner of the Music window |
Change the song information columns | Control-click a column heading |
Show or hide the status bar | Command-/ |
Open the Info window for the selected song | Command-I |
In the Info window, see the information for the next or previous song in the list | Command-N or Command-P |
Go to the previous or next pane in the Info window | Shift-Command-Left Bracket ( [ ) or Shift-Command-Right Bracket ( ] ) |
Open the View Options window for the selected source | Command-J |
Turn the visualiser on or off | Command-T |
See more options when a visual effect is showing | Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this) |
Refresh Apple Music or iTunes Store | Command-R |
Open the Music window | Command-0 (zero) |
Close the Music window | Command-W |
Put the Music window in the Dock | Command-M |
Hide the Music window | Command-H |
Hide all other applications | Option-Command-H |
Find items in the iTunes Store
Action | Shortcut |
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Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in Music) | Type a word or phrase in the search field and press Option-Return |
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store | Command-Right Bracket ( ] ) |
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store | Command-Left Bracket ( [ ) |
Reload the current page | Command-R |
Other shortcuts
Action | Shortcut |
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Open Music Preferences | Command-Comma |
Quit Music | Command-Q |
Eject a CD | Command-E |
Open Music Help menu | Command-? |
Open a different music library | Option-Command (while opening Music) |