macOS: Use Keyboard Shortcuts in Apple Notes

Did you know you can use keyboard shortcuts in Apple Notes? If you’re a keyboard warrior, you that it’s really fast to navigate and perform tasks on your Mac with keys. I try to do this whenever I can, at least when doing tasks in an app. But I had no idea that Apple Notes supported keyboard shortcuts, although it makes perfect sense. Here’s a list of the commands.

Notes Shortcuts
Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Create a new note	Command-N
Create a new folder	Shift-Command-N
Show the main Notes window	Command-0 (zero) Note: This shortcut is useful if a note open in a separate window is blocking the main Notes window.
Show or hide the Attachments Browser	Command-1
Search all notes	Option-Command-F
Move between the sidebar, notes list, and search field	Tab Note: This shortcut doesn’t work if you are currently editing a note’s contents.
Begin typing in the note selected in the notes list	Return Note: This shortcut places the insertion point at the end of the selected note’s contents. To go back to the notes list, press Command-Return.
Print a note	Command-P

Editing notes shortcuts
Task	Keyboard Shortcut
Attach a file	Shift-Command-A
Create a link	Command-K
Apply Title format	Shift-Command-T
Apply Heading format	Shift-Command-H
Apply Body format	Shift-Command-B
Apply Checklist format	Shift-Command-L
Increase list level	Command-] or Tab
Decrease list level	Command-[ or Shift-Tab
Add a line break (soft return) to a list item or checklist	Shift-Return
Insert a tab character in a list item	Option-Tab
Mark or unmark a checklist item	Shift-Command-U
Zoom in on note’s contents	Shift-Command->
Zoom out on note’s contents	Shift-Command-<
Change size of note’s contents to default	Shift-Command-0 (zero)

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