
Keyboard shortcuts
Use these keyboard shortcuts to play, navigate, and edit in GarageBand.
Action |
Shortcut |
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Playback and Navigation |
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Start or stop playback |
Space bar |
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Go to beginning |
Return or Z or Home |
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Go to end |
Option-Z or End |
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Move back one measure |
Left arrow |
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Move forward one measure |
Right arrow |
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Move back the visible width of the timeline |
Page up |
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Move forward the visible width of the timeline |
Page down |
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Zoom out |
Control-Left arrow |
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Zoom in |
Control-Right arrow |
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Tracks |
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Create a new track |
Command-Option-N |
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Create a new Basic track |
Command-Shift-N |
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Duplicate the selected track |
Command-D |
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Delete the selected track |
Command-Delete |
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Select the next higher track |
Up arrow |
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Select the next lower track |
Down arrow |
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Mute/Unmute the selected track |
M |
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Solo/Unsolo the selected track |
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S |
Show/Hide the track's volume and pan curves |
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A |
Show/Hide the master track |
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Command-B |
Show/Hide the podcast track |
Command-Shift-B |
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Show/Hide the video track |
Command-Option-B |
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Track Info pane |
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Show/Hide the Track Info pane |
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Command-I |
Select the next higher category or instrument |
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Up arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category or instrument is selected) |
Select the next lower category or instrument |
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Down arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category or instrument is selected) |
Move from instrument list to category list |
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Left arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and an instrument is selected) |
Move from category list to instrument list |
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Right arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category is selected) |
Editing and Arranging |
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Undo |
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Command-Z |
Redo |
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Command-Shift-Z |
Cut |
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Command-X |
Copy |
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Command-C |
Paste |
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Command-V |
Delete |
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Delete |
Select all |
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Command-A |
Split selected region |
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Command-T |
Join selected regions |
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Command-J |
Snap to grid |
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Command-G |
Enable/Disable ducking |
Command-Shift-F |
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Recording |
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Start or stop recording |
R |
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Turn the cycle region on/off |
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C |
Turn the metronome on/off |
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Command-U |
Turn count in on/off |
Command-Shift-U |
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Show/Hide instrument tuner |
Command-F |
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Notation View |
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Move selected notes to previous grid position |
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Left arrow |
Move selected notes to next grid position |
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Right arrow |
Move selected notes back one measure |
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Shift-Left arrow |
Move selected notes forward one measure |
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Shift-Right arrow |
Transpose selected notes up one semitone |
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Up arrow |
Transpose selected notes down one semitone |
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Down arrow |
Transpose selected notes up one octave |
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Shift-Up arrow |
Transpose selected notes down one octave |
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Shift-Down arrow |
Adjusting Master Volume |
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Raise master volume |
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Command-Up arrow |
Lower master volume |
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Command-Down arrow |
Showing Windows and Editors |
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Show track mixer |
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Command-Y |
Show Track Info pane |
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Command-I |
Show editor |
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Command-E |
Show loop browser |
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Command-L |
Show/Hide Media Browser |
Command-R |
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Show onscreen keyboard |
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Command-K |
Show Musical Typing window |
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Command-Shift-K |
File menu commands |
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Create new project |
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Command-N |
Open an existing project |
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Command-O |
Close the current project |
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Command-W |
Save the current project |
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Command-S |
Save As |
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Command-Shift-S |
Application menu commands |
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Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences |
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Command-comma (,) |
Hide GarageBand |
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Command-H |
Hide other applications |
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Command-Option-H |
Quit GarageBand |
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Command-Q |
Help menu commands |
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Open GarageBand Help |
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Command-question mark (?) |