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Keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard shortcuts to play, navigate, and edit in GarageBand.

Action

Shortcut

Playback and Navigation

Start or stop playback

Space bar

Go to beginning

Return or Z or Home

Go to end

Option-Z or End

Move back one measure

Left arrow

Move forward one measure

Right arrow

Move back the visible width of the timeline

Page up

Move forward the visible width of the timeline

Page down

Zoom out

Control-Left arrow

Zoom in

Control-Right arrow

Tracks

Create a new track

Command-Option-N

Create a new Basic track

Command-Shift-N

Duplicate the selected track

Command-D

Delete the selected track

Command-Delete

Select the next higher track

Up arrow

Select the next lower track

Down arrow

Mute/Unmute the selected track

M

Solo/Unsolo the selected track

S

Show/Hide the track's volume and pan curves

A

Show/Hide the master track

Command-B

Show/Hide the podcast track

Command-Shift-B

Show/Hide the video track

Command-Option-B

Track Info pane

Show/Hide the Track Info pane

Command-I

Select the next higher category or instrument

Up arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category or instrument is selected)

Select the next lower category or instrument

Down arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category or instrument is selected)

Move from instrument list to category list

Left arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and an instrument is selected)

Move from category list to instrument list

Right arrow (when the Track Info pane is open and a category is selected)

Editing and Arranging

Undo

Command-Z

Redo

Command-Shift-Z

Cut

Command-X

Copy

Command-C

Paste

Command-V

Delete

Delete

Select all

Command-A

Split selected region

Command-T

Join selected regions

Command-J

Snap to grid

Command-G

Enable/Disable ducking

Command-Shift-F

Recording

Start or stop recording

R

Turn the cycle region on/off

C

Turn the metronome on/off

Command-U

Turn count in on/off

Command-Shift-U

Show/Hide instrument tuner

Command-F

Notation View

Move selected notes to previous grid position

Left arrow

Move selected notes to next grid position

Right arrow

Move selected notes back one measure

Shift-Left arrow

Move selected notes forward one measure

Shift-Right arrow

Transpose selected notes up one semitone

Up arrow

Transpose selected notes down one semitone

Down arrow

Transpose selected notes up one octave

Shift-Up arrow

Transpose selected notes down one octave

Shift-Down arrow

Adjusting Master Volume

Raise master volume

Command-Up arrow

Lower master volume

Command-Down arrow

Showing Windows and Editors

Show track mixer

Command-Y

Show Track Info pane

Command-I

Show editor

Command-E

Show loop browser

Command-L

Show/Hide Media Browser

Command-R

Show onscreen keyboard

Command-K

Show Musical Typing window

Command-Shift-K

File menu commands

Create new project

Command-N

Open an existing project

Command-O

Close the current project

Command-W

Save the current project

Command-S

Save As

Command-Shift-S

Application menu commands

Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences

Command-comma (,)

Hide GarageBand

Command-H

Hide other applications

Command-Option-H

Quit GarageBand

Command-Q

Help menu commands

Open GarageBand Help

Command-question mark (?)