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MAC shortcuts

Create #

⌘ Cmd +  N Create a task
Space Create a task
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  A Quick task creation widget
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  N Create a project
⌘ Cmd +  Alt +  N Create a section

Edit #

⌘ Cmd +  C Copy
⌘ Cmd +  X Cut
⌘ Cmd +  V Paste
⌘ Cmd +  Z Undo an action
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  Z Redo
⌘ Cmd +  1 Assign high priority to the task
⌘ Cmd +  2 Assign medium priority to the task (no priority)
⌘ Cmd +  3 Assign low priority to the task
⌘ Cmd +  0 Pin a task / Unpin
Alt +  Space Mark as completed
⌘ Cmd +  - Mark as canceled
⌘ Cmd +  . Complete for today
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  X Encrypt a task
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  Y Remove encryption forever
⌘ Cmd +  A Select all
Ctrl +  any key Assign a hotkey to the selected tag
Ctrl +  hotkey Assign a tag to a task

Go to #

Alt +  1 Go to Inbox
Alt +  2 Go to Today
Alt +  3 Go to Upcoming
Alt +  4 Go to Unallocated
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  T Go to Tags pane
Alt +  5 Go to Someday
Alt +  6 Go to Archive
Alt +  7 Go to Trash
Alt +  T Go to tasks with a selected tag
⌘ Cmd +  , Go to Settings
Alt +  Left Go to the left pane from the right one
⌘ Cmd +  Ctrl +  N Go to a new window

Move #

⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  M Move Items box
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  L Add an item to Favorites
— a task
— a project
— a section
— a tag
— a group of projects
⌘ Cmd +   Move the task up
⌘ Cmd +   Move the task down
⌘ Cmd +   Shift the task in the hierarchy: put in the previous task
⌘ Cmd +   Shift the task in the hierarchy: return to the top level
⌘ Cmd +  L Move a completed task to Archive
⌘ Cmd +  I Import from Things

Schedule #

⌘ Cmd +  D Set a date
⌘ Cmd +  P Print the plan of the day (on pages, except for Archive and Trash)
⌘ Cmd + Shift   P Restore tasks from Archive
Restore tasks and projects from Trash
⌘ Cmd +  T Set a date Today
⌘ Cmd +  E Set a date Tonight
⌘ Cmd +  O Set a date Someday
⌘ Cmd +  K Set a date Tomorrow
⌘ Cmd +  J Postpone to the weekend
⌘ Cmd +  U Postpone for a month
⌘ Cmd +  R Clear the date
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  R Stick a task on repeat

Delete #

Backspace

⌘ Cmd +  Backspace
Delete
— a checklist
— a tag
— a date (in the editor task pane)
— a deadline (in the editor task pane)
— a priority (in the editor task pane)
— a task
— a project
— a section
Backspace

⌘ Cmd +  Backspace
Remove from Favorites

Tools #

Alt +  Shift +  F Enable / disable focus mode (being in a project)
⌘ Cmd +  F Quick search
⌘ Cmd +  Shift +  F Search
⌘ Cmd +  Q Close the application

You can see the keyboard shortcuts used in the Mac operating system here.