Keyboard shortcuts in Music on Mac

In the Music app on your Mac, you can quickly accomplish many tasks using keyboard shortcuts. See the shortcuts below, as well as in Music menus in the menu bar. In app menus, keyboard shortcuts are represented by symbols.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts in apps may vary depending on the language and keyboard layout you’re using on your Mac. If the shortcuts below don’t work as you expect, look in the app menus in the menu bar to see the correct shortcuts. You can also use the Keyboard Viewer to see your current keyboard layout, known as an input source.

Open Music for me

Play songs, music videos and more

Action	Shortcut
Start playing or pause the selected song	Space bar
Play the currently selected song from the beginning	Return
Move forward or backward within a song	Option-Command-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Stop playing the selected song	Command-Full Stop
When a song is playing, play the next song in a list	Right Arrow
When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list	Left Arrow
Show the currently playing song in the list	Command-L
Show the Playing Next queue	Option-Command-U
Listen to the next or previous album in a list	Option-Right Arrow or Left Arrow
Increase the volume	Command-Up Arrow
Decrease the volume	Command-Down Arrow
Open the equaliser	Option-Command-E
Go to the next or last chapter (if available)	Shift-Command-Right Arrow or Shift-Command-Left Arrow
Stream audio file at a specific URL to Music	Command-U

Create and manage playlists

Action	Shortcut
Create a new playlist	Command-N
Create a playlist from a selection of songs	Shift-Command-N
Create a new Smart Playlist	Option-Command-N
Start Genius Shuffle	Option-Space bar
Refresh a Genius Playlist (when the playlist is selected)	Command-R
Delete the selected song from the playlist or library	Delete
Delete the selected song from the playlist or library without confirming that you want to delete it	Command-Delete
Delete the selected song from your library and all playlists	Option-Delete

Manage your library and media files

Action	Shortcut
Add a file (import) to your library	Command-O
Show where a song file is located	Shift-Command-R
Select the search field	Command-F
Undo your last typing change while editing an item’s information	Command-Z
Cut the selected song’s information or artwork	Command-X
Copy the selected song’s information or artwork	Command-C
Paste the selected song’s information or artwork	Command-V
Select all the songs in the list	Command-A
Show or hide the column browser	Command-B
Unselect all the songs in the list	Shift-Command-A
Select or unselect all the songs in a list	Command-click the tick box next to a song in the list

Change what you see

Action	Shortcut
Open or close MiniPlayer	Option-Command-M or Shift-Command-M
Open or close Full Screen Player	Shift-Command-F
Switch between custom and maximum window sizes	Option-click the green button in the top-left corner of the Music window
Change the song information columns	Control-click a column heading
Show or hide the status bar	Command-/
Open the Info window for the selected song	Command-I
In the Info window, see the information for the next or previous song in the list	Command-Left Bracket ( [ ) or Command-Right Bracket ( ] )
Open the View Options window for the selected source	Command-J
Turn the visualiser on or off	Command-T
See more options when a visual effect is showing	Press ?, then press the indicated key to use an option (not all visual effects support this)
Refresh Apple Music or iTunes Store	Command-R
Open the Music window	Command-0 (zero)
Close the Music window	Command-W
Put the Music window in the Dock	Command-M
Hide the Music window	Command-H
Hide all other applications	Option-Command-H

Find items in the iTunes Store

Action	Shortcut
Initiate a search in the iTunes Store (from anywhere in Music)	Type a word or phrase in the search field and press Option-Return
Go to the next page in the iTunes Store	Command-Right Bracket ( ] )
Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store	Command-Left Bracket ( [ )
Reload the current page	Command-R

Other shortcuts

Action	Shortcut
Open Music Preferences	Command-Comma
Quit Music	Command-Q
Eject a CD	Command-E
Open Music Help menu	Command-?
Open a different music library	Option (while opening Music)

Helpful?

Apple Music User Guide