Menu commands show their shortcut beside them, so the menu bar is always the authority. This is the same list in one place.
Notes & files
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘N | New note |
| ⌥⌘N | New window |
| ⇧⌘T | Today’s note |
| ⌘O | Open a collection… |
| ⇧⌘O | Open Quickly |
| ⌃⌘N | New note from a prompt… |
| ⇧⌘P | Command palette |
| ⇧⌘R | Rename note… |
| ⌘D | Duplicate note |
| ⇧⌘D | Add / remove bookmark |
| ⇧⌘L | Review links… |
| ⌘⌫ | Move note to Trash |
| ⌃⌘D | Dictate to daily note |
| ⌥⌘R | Rescan collection |
| ⌘P | Print… |
Editing
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘F | Find & replace in the note |
| ⌥⌘F | Search all collections |
| ⌘B | Bold |
| ⌘I | Italic |
| ⌥⌘1 … ⌥⌘3 | Heading level 1–3 |
| ⇧⌘7 | Bulleted list |
| ⇧⌘9 | Numbered list |
Windows & views
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘1 … ⌘4 | Editor mode: Edit / Preview / Markdown / Split |
| ⇧⌘G | Graph view |
| ⇧⌘J | Ask Library |
| ⇧⌘A | Assistant |
| ⌘, | Settings |
System-wide
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌃⌥⌘N | Bring HelloNotes forward and start a new note |
Inside particular windows
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌘W | Close the editor tab, when more than one is open — otherwise ⌘W closes the window |
| ⌘⏎ | Append, in the menu-bar quick-capture popover |
| ← / → | Previous / next slide, in Slides |
While a suggestion is showing
These need Suggest as I type switched on. The first three act on suggestion text that is already visible and do nothing when none is — so Esc still belongs to whatever else is open. ⌥Esc and F5 are the opposite: they ask for a suggestion when none is showing.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| ⌥⇥ | Accept the suggestion |
| → | Accept the suggestion |
| Esc | Dismiss it |
| ⌥Esc / F5 | Ask for a suggestion now |
Standard macOS shortcuts
Because the editor is a native text view, every system text shortcut works as it does elsewhere on macOS — ⌘Z undo, ⇧⌘Z redo, ⌥←/⌥→ by word, ⌘↑/⌘↓ to the start or end of the document, and the full set of Emacs-style control bindings.
Writing Tools, dictation, Emoji & Symbols and the system spell checker are all available from the Edit menu.