Keyboard shortcuts for the macOS Apple Books app

Apple books

Two weeks are about to be completed since the mandatory confinement that all Spaniards are doing as well as other European countries began. During these days, it is more than likely that we have found the time we needed to read books, watch movies, play ...

If the activity you retrieved is related to reading, and you have become used to using Apple Books on a daily basis, you probably want to know the keyboard shortcuts that we have available through the native macOS application, some keyboard shortcuts that will allow us to know this application in depth.

Books main window

  • Open your library: Command + L
  • Add a collection to your library: Command + N
  • Add books to your library: Shift + Command + O (capital letter O)
  • Open the library: Shift + Command + B
  • Open the audiobook store: Shift + Command + A

Keyboard shortcuts for reading a book

  • Display the table of contents: Command + T
  • Show book thumbnails: Shift + Command + T
  • Show the glossary: ​​Command + 6
  • Show your notes in the margins: Command + 3
  • Show all notes and highlights: Command + 4
  • Show study cards: Command + 5
  • View one page at a time: Command + 1
  • View two pages at once: Command + 2
  • View a book in its actual size: Command + 0 (zero)
  • Zoom in: Command + plus sign
  • Zoom out: Command + Dash
  • Enter full screen view: Control + Command + F

Keyboard shortcuts while reading a book

  • Bookmark your current page: Command + D
  • Go to the next page, picture, call, or question: Right Arrow or Down Arrow
  • Go to the previous page, image, callout or question: Left Arrow or Up Arrow
  • Go to the next chapter: Shift + Command + Right Arrow
  • Go to the previous chapter: Shift + Command + Left Arrow
  • Go back to your previous place: Command + [(left parenthesis)
  • Go forward to your original spot: Command +] (right bracket)
  • Open the search field: Command + F

Trackpad gestures to use macOS Books

  • Go to the next or previous page: Swipe left or right
  • Go to the next or previous image in the gallery: Hover to the left or right with the cursor over a gallery
  • Expand a feature: Hover over interactive media and pinch to open.
  • Open a graphic table of contents: Pinch closed in a book.

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