QuickTime Player Keyboard shortcuts

You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in QuickTime Player.

 

Option	Description
QuickTime Player basic tasks
Option-Command (⌘)-N	New movie recording
Control-Option-Command (⌘)-N	New audio recording
Control-Command (⌘)-N	New screen recording
Command (⌘)-O	Open file
Command (⌘)-U	Open location using a URL
Command (⌘)-W	Close window
Shift-Command (⌘)-S	Export
Shift-Command (⌘)-E	Export for the web
Command (⌘)-M	Minimize window
Command (⌘)-I	Show Movie Inspector
Option-Command (⌘)-P	Show export progress
Movie playback shortcuts
Space bar	Play or pause
Command (⌘)-Return	Play or pause all movies
Left Arrow	Stop playback and go back one frame
Right Arrow	Stop playback and go forward one frame
Option-Left Arrow	Go to the beginning of a movie
Option-Right Arrow	Go to the end of a movie
Command (⌘)-Left Arrow	Cycle through rewind speeds
Command (⌘)-Right Arrow	Cycle through fast forward speeds
Up Arrow	Turn volume up
Down Arrow	Turn volume down
Option-Up Arrow	Turn the volume up to the maximum level
Option-Down Arrow	Turn the volume down to the minimum level
Option-Command (⌘)-T	Show closed captioning
Command (⌘)-R	Show chapters
Command (⌘)-L	Loop the movie
Movie size shortcuts
Command (⌘)-F	Enter full-screen mode
Command (⌘)-F or Esc	Exit full-screen mode
Command (⌘)-1	Display movie at actual size
Command (⌘)-3	Fit the movie to the screen
Command (⌘)-4	Fill the screen with the movie
Command (⌘)-5	Display the movie in panoramic mode
Command (⌘)-Plus (+)	Increase the movie size
Command (⌘)-Minus (-)	Decrease the movie size
Movie editing shortcuts
Command (⌘)-Z	Undo
Shift-Command (⌘)-Z	Redo
Command (⌘)-X	Cut
Command (⌘)-C	Copy
Command (⌘)-V	Paste
Command (⌘)-A	Select all
Shift-Command (⌘)-A	Select all excluding silent portions
Shift-Command (⌘)-L	Rotate left
Shift-Command (⌘)-R	Rotate right
Shift-Command (⌘)-H	Flip horizontal
Shift-Command (⌘)-V	Flip vertical
Command (⌘)-Y	Split clip
Command (⌘)-T	Trim