Apple Music Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 62 keyboard shortcuts found in the Apple Music app. This application is MacOS-only.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Playing Music

Space — Start playing or pause the selected song

Enter — Play the currently selected song from the beginning

Cmd Opt Right — Move forward within a song

Cmd Opt Left — Move backward within a song

Cmd . — Stop playing the selected song

Right — When a song is playing, play the next song in a list

Left — When a song is playing, play the previous song in a list

Cmd L — Show the currently playing song in the list

Cmd Opt U — Show the Playing Next queue

Opt Right — Listen to the next album in a list

Opt Left — Listen to the previous album in a list

Cmd Up — Increase the volume

Cmd Down — Decrease the volume

Cmd Opt E — Open the equalizer

Cmd Shift Right — Go to the next chapter, if available

Cmd Shift Left — Go to the previous chapter, if available

Cmd U — Stream audio file at a specific URL to Music

Playlists

Cmd N — Create a new playlist

Cmd Shift N — Create a playlist from a selection of songs

Cmd Opt N — Create a new Smart Playlist

Opt Space — Start the Genius Shuffle

Cmd R — Refresh a Genius Playlist, when the playlist is selected

Cmd Del — Delete the selected playlist without confirmation

Opt Del — Delete the selected playlist and all songs it contains from your library

Opt Del — Delete the selected song from your library and all playlists

Window Options

Cmd Shift M — Open the MiniPlayer

Cmd Shift F — Open the Full Screen Player

Cmd Ctrl F — Toggle full-screen view

Cmd / — Show or hide the status bar

Cmd I — Open the info window for the selected song

Cmd N — In the info window, see information for the next song

Cmd P — In the info window, see information for the previous song

Cmd Shift [ — Go to the previous pane in the info window

Cmd Shift ] — Go to the next pane in the info window

Cmd J — Open the View Options window for the selected source

Cmd T — Turn the visualizer on or off

? — See more options when a visual effect is showing

Cmd R — Refresh Apple Music or the iTunes Store

Cmd 0 — Open the Music window

Cmd W — Close the Music window

Cmd M — Put the Music window in the Dock

Cmd H — Hide the Music window

Cmd Opt H — Hide all other applications

Library

Cmd O — Add a file to your library

Cmd Shift R — Show where a song file is located

Cmd F — Select the search field

Cmd Z — Undo your last typing change while editing an item

Cmd X — Cut the selected song's information or artwork

Cmd C — Copy the selected song's information or artwork

Cmd V — Paste the selected song's information or artwork

Cmd A — Select all the songs in the list

Cmd B — Show or hide the column browser

Cmd Shift A — De-select all the songs in the list

iTunes Store

Opt Enter — Initiate a search in the iTunes Store

Cmd ] — Go to the next page in the iTunes Store

Cmd [ — Go to the previous page in the iTunes Store

Cmd R — Reload the current page

Other

Cmd , — Open Music Preferences

Cmd Q — Quit the Music app

Cmd E — Eject a CD

Cmd ? — Open the Music Help menu

Cmd Opt — Open a different music library, while opening Music