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Apple Calendar Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac
Calendar on Mac has a compact but genuinely useful shortcut set: switch views, jump to today, create events. All 34 of them are below.
Calendar
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Add new calendar group | ⇧⌘N |
| Add new subscribed calendar | ⌥⌘S |
| Exit full-screen view | ⎋ |
| Go to a specific date | ⇧⌘T |
| Go to next day, week, month, or year | ⌘→ |
| Go to previous day, week, month, or year | ⌘← |
| Go to today's date | ⌘T |
| Make text bigger | ⌘= |
| Make text smaller | ⌘- |
| Print calendar | ⌘P |
| Refresh all calendars | ⌘R |
| Select/deselect calendar checkbox | Space |
| Switch to Day view | ⌘1 |
| Switch to full-screen view | ⌃⌘F |
| Switch to Month view | ⌘3 |
| Switch to Week view | ⌘2 |
| Switch to Year view | ⌘4 |
Event
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Add new event | ⌘N |
| Close event editor | ⏎ |
| Edit in inspector window | ⌥⌘I |
| Edit selected event | ⌘E |
| Go to next field | ⇥ |
| Go to previous field | ⇧⇥ |
| Move event 15 min earlier (Day/Week view) | ⌃⌥↑ |
| Move event 15 min later (Day/Week view) | ⌃⌥↓ |
| Move event one day earlier (Week/Month view) | ⌃⌥← |
| Move event one day later (Week/Month view) | ⌃⌥→ |
| Open Calendar settings | ⌘, |
| Print selected events | ⌘P |
| Search for events | ⌘F |
| Select next event | ⇥ |
| Select previous event | ⇧⇥ |
| Show information | ⌘I |
| Show/hide Availability panel | ⇧⌘A |
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FAQ
How many Apple Calendar keyboard shortcuts are there?
This guide lists 34 Apple Calendar shortcuts as they work on macOS, read from the app itself and kept up to date by Shortcut Flow.
How do I jump to a specific date in Apple Calendar?
Press Shift-Command-T (Go to Date), type the date and hit Return. Command-T brings you back to today.
What is the fastest way to learn Apple Calendar shortcuts?
Not by reading the full list. Shortcut Flow watches which commands you actually use in Apple Calendar and drills you on those first, one minute a day, so the shortcuts you need most stick within days.