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Everything in SearchOnMac works from the keyboard.
1 min read · Updated September 2026
The essentials
These work in every search:
- Open or close SearchOnMac, from any app⌥Space
- Move between results↑↓
- Open the selected result↵
- Show it in Finder⌘↵
- See every action for it⌘K
- Show or hide the preview⌘Y
- Close SearchOnMac⎋
More with ⌘ K
Press ⌘ K on any result to see everything you can do with it: open it, show it in Finder, copy it or its path, share it, preview it or move it to the Trash.
Try it on your Mac.
Press ⌥ Space and type what you remember.