QuickTime Player 10.x: Keyboard shortcuts for QuickTime Player

Keyboard shortcuts for QuickTime Player

You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in QuickTime Player.

Option Description

QuickTime Player basic tasks

 

Option-Command (⌘)-N

New movie recording

Control-Option-Command (⌘)-N

New audio recording

Control-Command (⌘)-N

New screen recording

Command (⌘)-O

Open file

Command (⌘)-U

Open location using a URL

Command (⌘)-W

Close window

Shift-Command (⌘)-S

Export

Shift-Command (⌘)-E

Export for the web

Command (⌘)-M

Minimize window

Command (⌘)-I

Show Movie Inspector

Option-Command (⌘)-P

Show export progress

Movie playback shortcuts

 

Space bar

Play or pause

Command (⌘)-Return

Play or pause all movies

Left Arrow

Stop playback and go back one frame

Right Arrow

Stop playback and go forward one frame

Option-Left Arrow

Go to the beginning of a movie

Option-Right Arrow

Go to the end of a movie

Command (⌘)-Left Arrow

Cycle through rewind speeds

Command (⌘)-Right Arrow

Cycle through fast forward speeds

Up Arrow

Turn volume up

Down Arrow

Turn volume down

Option-Up Arrow

Turn the volume up to the maximum level

Option-Down Arrow

Turn the volume down to the minimum level

Option-Command (⌘)-T

Show closed captioning

Command (⌘)-R

Show chapters

Command (⌘)-L

Loop the movie

Movie size shortcuts

 

Command (⌘)-F

Enter full-screen mode

Command (⌘)-F or Esc

Exit full-screen mode

Command (⌘)-1

Display movie at actual size

Command (⌘)-3

Fit the movie to the screen

Command (⌘)-4

Fill the screen with the movie

Command (⌘)-5

Display the movie in panoramic mode

Command (⌘)-Plus (+)

Increase the movie size

Command (⌘)-Minus (-)

Decrease the movie size

Movie editing shortcuts

 

Command (⌘)-Z

Undo

Shift-Command (⌘)-Z

Redo

Command (⌘)-X

Cut

Command (⌘)-C

Copy

Command (⌘)-V

Paste

Command (⌘)-A

Select all

Shift-Command (⌘)-A

Select all excluding silent portions

Shift-Command (⌘)-L

Rotate left

Shift-Command (⌘)-R

Rotate right

Shift-Command (⌘)-H

Flip horizontal

Shift-Command (⌘)-V

Flip vertical

Command (⌘)-Y

Split clip

Command (⌘)-T

Trim

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2012
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