With Lion Apple has brought some great new features to the Mac. In this post I have put together some of the most essential new keyboard shortcuts that I think make using Lion so much easier and fun to use. Full screen view Lion brought Full Screen view to most apps to give you a clutter free working environment. Entering full screen mode will create a ‘space’ in Mission Control for each window you put into full screen.

To enter full screen view in any app that supports this feature hit ctrl, cmd and F Accents Menu The english language doesn’t really include any accented words but other languages do, Unfortunately Mac OS X has never really made it easy to accent a letter before but Lion has simplified it, Now accenting a letter is easy with this simple shortcut. To access the accents menu in any app place your cursor over the text then hold down the letter key you want to accent and the accent menu bubble will appear above the letter, Where you can choose from the accent options available for that letter. Dictionary QuickLook Preview Looking up a word in dictionary has never been so easy, With QuickLook in Lion you don’t even have to open up the Dictionary app. To view the QuickLook preview of a word in dictionary highlight a word in any app and hit ctrl, cmd and D Mission Control Mission control merged some of the best features of Mac OS X. With this merge comes some new shortcuts to make it really quick and easy to navigate your open windows on the Mac.

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To Enter Mission Control hit F3 or ctrl and the up arrow key. To move between Spaces and Full Screen apps from the Desktop and in Mission Control hit ctrl and the back and forward arrow keys To enter Mission Control ‘current app view’ hit ctrl and F3 To move between apps in Mission Control current app view’ hit ctrl and F3 then hit shift To QuickLook a window in Mission Control just hover you mouse over a window then hit the space bar Reading List Reading List in Safari was introduced by Apple to make it easy to bookmark links to ‘read later’ these shortcuts will make adding content to your reading list a snap.

To add the current page in safari to your reading list hit cmd, shift and D To add any link on a webpage in safari to your reading list hold down shift and click on the link you want to add to your reading list. To view your reading list in safari hit cmd, shift and L. Launchpad By default Launchpad is not assigned a keyboard shortcut in Lion, Apple has favored using gestures to enter and exit launchpad. Using a trackpad to enter Launchpad you just pinch with your thumb and three fingers and to exit just spread your thumb and three fingers.