Apple GarageBand Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Navigation/Moving the playhead
Space bar	Play/Pause
Home or Z	Go to beginning
End or Optn-Z	Go to end
Left arrow	Move back by one measure
Right arrow	Move forward by one measure
Page up	Move back by the visible width of the timeline
Page down	Move forward by the visible width of the timeline
Ctrl-Left arrow	Zoom out
Ctrl-Right arrow	Zoom in
Tracks
Cmnd-Optn-N	Create new track
Cmnd-D	Duplicate track
Cmnd-Delete	Delete selected track
Up arrow	Select next higher track
Down arrow	Select next lower track
M	Mute/Unmute selected track
S	Solo/Unsolo selected track
A	Show/Hide track volume curve
Cmnd-B	Show/Hide master track
Track Info Window
Cmnd-I	Show/Hide Track Info
Up arrow (when track info window is open and eithe	Select next higher category or instrument
Down arrow (when track info window is open and eit	Select next lower category or instrument
Left arrow (when track info window is open and an	Move from instrument column to category column
Right arrow (when track info window is open and a	Move from category column to instrument column
New Track Dialog
Up arrow (when New Track dialog is open and either	Select next higher category or instrument
Down arrow (when New Track dialog is open and eith	Select next lower category or instrument
Left arrow (when New Track dialog is open and an i	Move from instrument column to category column
Right arrow (when New Track dialog is open and a c	Move from category column to instrument column
Tab	Toggle between Real/Software Instrument options
Editing and Arranging
Cmnd-Z	Undo
Cmnd-Shft-Z	Redo
Cmnd-X	Cut
Cmnd-C	Copy
Cmnd-V	Paste
Delete	Delete
Cmnd-A	Select all
Cmnd-T	Split region
Cmnd-J	Join selected regions
Cmnd-G	Snap to grid
Recording
R	Record Start/Stop
C	Turn cycle region on/off
Cmnd-U	Turn metronome on/off
Adjusting master volume
Cmnd-Up arrow	Raise master volume
Cmnd-Down arrow	Lower master volume
Showing windows and editors
Cmnd-Y	Show track mixer
Cmnd-I	Show track info window
Cmnd-E	Show track editor
Cmnd-L	Show loop browser
Cmnd-K	Show onscreen keyboard
File menu functions
Cmnd-N	New
Cmnd-O	Open
Cmnd-W	Close
Cmnd-S	Save
Cmnd-Shft-S	Save As...
Application menu functions
Cmnd-comma (,)	Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences
Cmnd-H	Hide GarageBand
Cmnd-Optn-H	Hide other applications
Cmnd-Q	Quit GarageBand
Help menu functions
Cmnd-question mark (?)	GarageBand Help

 

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