iPhoto 8.0 Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iPhoto. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To complete an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.
Import and export
Import photos
Shift-Command-I
Export photos
Command-Shift-E
Organize
Move to the top of the photo library
Home
Move to the bottom of the photo library
End
Create new folder
Shift-Command-Option-N
Create new album
Command-N
Create new album from selection
Shift-Command-N
Create new Smart Album
Option-Command-N or press the Option key while clicking the Add button
Switch to Events view (from an album)
E
Open an Event in a separate window
Command-double-click the Event
Set key photo (from Events or Faces view)
Press Space bar when correct photo appears
Scroll selected Event into view
G
Split Event
S
Change size of photo thumbnails
0, 3, 2, 1
Magnify photo
M
Move to next or previous magnified photo
Use left and right arrow keys
Magnify photo or edit photo (depends on the double-click preference you set in iPhoto > Preferences)
Double-click the photo
Reverse double-click preference when opening a photo
Option-double-click the photo
Open photo in edit view
Return
Show or hide titles
Shift-Command-T
Show or hide keywords
Shift-Command-K
Show or hide Event titles
Shift-Command-F
Show or hide hidden photos
Shift-Command-H
Show or hide ratings
Shift-Command-R
Set the title, date, or comments of multiple photos (”batch change”)
Shift-Command-B
Show a photo’s image and camera information
Command-I
Duplicate a photo
Command-D
Cut photo
Command-X
Copy photo
Command-C
Paste photo
Command-V
Flag photo
Command-period (.)
Hide photo
Command-L
Move photo to Trash from the photo library, or remove photo from album
Delete
Move photo to Trash from album
Command-Option-Delete
Empty Trash
Shift-Command-Delete
Selecting and deselecting photos
Select a single photo
Click the photo
Select all photos
Command-A
Select all photos between the current selection and a nonadjacent photo
Hold down the Shift key and click the nonadjacent photo
Select photos that are not adjacent to each other
Select the first photo, then hold down the Command key and click additional photos
Select several photos located together
Click outside the photos and drag to enclose them within the selection rectangle
Select all photos in an Event
Click the key photo of the Event
Deselect specific photos in a group of selected photos
Hold down the Command key and click the photos you want to deselect
Deselect all photos
Shift-Command-A or click outside a photo
Information pane
Go to next photo when editing text
Command-right bracket (])
Go to previous photo when editing text
Command-left bracket ([)
Show extended photo information
Option-Command-I
Rating photos
Rating photos
Remove a photo’s rating
Assign one star to a photo
Command-1
Assign two stars to a photo
Command-2
Assign three stars to a photo
Command-3
Assign four stars to a photo
Command-4
Assign five stars to a photo
Command-5
Slideshows
Stop a slideshow
Press the mouse button to show toolbar, and then click close button
Pause and resume playing
Press the Space bar
Move through a slideshow manually
Use the Right and Left Arrow keys
Rate photos while slideshow is playing
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
Edit
Rotate photo
Command-R
Rotate photo in opposite direction
Option-Command-R or press the Option key while clicking the Rotate button
Enter crop mode
C
Disable constrain setting in crop tool when selecting an area
Press the Shift key while dragging
Switch between portrait and landscape constrain setting in crop tool when selecting an area
Press the Option key while dragging
Remove red eye
R
Open Adjust pane
A
Open Effects pane
E
Straighten photo
S
Retouch photo
T
Adjust white balance
W
Show Recovery slider in Adjust pane (for RAW-format photos only)
Press Option key (Exposure slider changes to Recovery slider)
Compare before and after edit
Press the Shift key
Go to next photo
Press the Right Arrow key
Go to previous photo
Press the Left Arrow key
Zoom in on photo 100 percent
1
Zoom in on photo 200 percent
2
Zoom in on center of photo 100 percent
Option-1
Zoom in on center of photo 200 percent
Option-2
Zoom out
0 or ` key
Adjust the view of a photo when zoomed in
Press the Space bar while dragging
Enter full-screen edit view
Option-Command-F
Return to organize view
Double-click the photo
Exit without saving
Escape
Undo last action
Command-Z
Redo last action
Shift-Command-Z
Book
Move forward one page or spread
Press the Right Arrow key
Move back one page or spread
Press the Left Arrow key
Remove photo from page
Select photo and press Delete
Remove unplaced photo from book
Select the unplaced photo in the photo browser and press Delete
Remove page from book
Select the page and press Delete
Move to the beginning of the photo browser or page view area
Home
Move to the end of the photo browser or page view area
End
Show fonts
Command-T
Spelling
Command-Shift-semicolon (;)
Share
Command-P
Subscribe to photo feed
Command-U
General
Show preferences
Command-comma (,)
iPhoto Help
Command-?
Close window
Command-W
Minimize window
Command-M
Hide iPhoto
Command-H
Quit iPhoto
Command-Q