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Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in QuickTime Player. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To complete an action, press the shortcut keys indicated below.

  Action Shortcut
QuickTime Player keyboard shortcuts

Play/Pause

Space bar

Play or pause all movies

Command-Return

Play movie backward

Shift-double-click
Command-Left Arrow

Stop playback and go back one frame

Left Arrow

Stop playback and go forward one frame

Right Arrow

Go to beginning of selection or movie

Option-Left Arrow

Go to end of selection or movie

Option-Right Arrow

Turn volume up

Up Arrow

Turn volume down

Down Arrow

Turn volume up to maximum level

Option-Up Arrow

Turn volume down to minimum level

Option-Down Arrow

Enter full-screen mode Command-F
Exit full-screen mode Command-period or Esc
QuickTime Pro keyboard shortcuts
Play movie at half size Command-0
Play movie at normal size Command-1
Play movie at double size Command-2
Play movie at full size Command-3

Move In marker to playhead location

I

Move Out marker to playhead location

O

Extend selection to the left

Option-Shift-Left Arrow

Extend selection to the right

Option-Shift-Right Arrow

Extend selection to the point clicked in LCD

Shift-click