Apple GarageBand Keyboard Shortcuts

Are you finding the Apple GarageBand Keyboard Shortcuts? Apple GarageBand provides shortcuts to help you quickly work on documents. Here is the list of all shortcuts that you can use. This post will help you to check and make your work faster with the most used.

Navigation/Moving the playhead

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Space barPlay/Pause
Home or ZGo to beginning
End or Optn-ZGo to end
Left arrowMove back by one measure
Right arrowMove forward by one measure
Page upMove back by the visible width of the timeline
Page downMove forward by the visible width of the timeline
Ctrl-Left arrowZoom out
Ctrl-Right arrowZoom in

Tracks

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-Optn-NCreate new track
Cmnd-DDuplicate track
Cmnd-DeleteDelete selected track
Up arrowSelect next higher track
Down arrowSelect next lower track
MMute/Unmute selected track
SSolo/Unsolo selected track
AShow/Hide track volume curve
Cmnd-BShow/Hide master track

Track Info Window

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-IShow/Hide Track Info
Up arrow (when track info window is open and eitheSelect next higher category or instrument
Down arrow (when track info window is open and eitSelect next lower category or instrument
Left arrow (when track info window is open and anMove from instrument column to category column
Right arrow (when track info window is open and aMove from category column to instrument column

New Track Dialog

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Up arrow (when New Track dialog is open and eitherSelect next higher category or instrument
Down arrow (when New Track dialog is open and eithSelect next lower category or instrument
Left arrow (when New Track dialog is open and an iMove from instrument column to category column
Right arrow (when New Track dialog is open and a cMove from category column to instrument column
TabToggle between Real/Software Instrument options

Editing and Arranging

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-ZUndo
Cmnd-Shft-ZRedo
Cmnd-XCut
Cmnd-CCopy
Cmnd-VPaste
DeleteDelete
Cmnd-ASelect all
Cmnd-TSplit region
Cmnd-JJoin selected regions
Cmnd-GSnap to grid

Recording

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
RRecord Start/Stop
CTurn cycle region on/off
Cmnd-UTurn metronome on/off
  

Adjusting master volume

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-Up arrowRaise master volume
Cmnd-Down arrowLower master volume

Showing windows and editors

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-YShow track mixer
Cmnd-IShow track info window
Cmnd-EShow track editor
Cmnd-LShow loop browser
Cmnd-KShow onscreen keyboard

File menu functions

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-NNew
Cmnd-OOpen
Cmnd-WClose
Cmnd-SSave
Cmnd-Shft-SSave As…

Application menu functions

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-comma (,)Show/Hide GarageBand Preferences
Cmnd-HHide GarageBand
Cmnd-Optn-HHide other applications
Cmnd-QQuit GarageBand

Help menu functions

Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac)Menu Description
Cmnd-question mark (?)GarageBand Help

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Well, there you have it, Apple GarageBand shortcuts list. You might not have known about these shortcuts. If I’ve left important something out in this list, feedback is appreciated and welcome on the Make A Public List.

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