Contents
GarageBand Keyboard Shortcuts Basics
How to Customize Garageband Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts for File Menu Commands
Shortcuts for Working with Tracks
Shortcuts for Navigation and Playback
Shortcuts for Showing Windows and Editors
Shortcuts for Working with the Track Info Pane
Shortcuts for Arranging and Editing Tracks
Shortcuts for Recording
Shortcuts for Working in Notation View
Shortcuts for Adjusting the Master Volume
Shortcuts for LCD Mode Commands
Shortcuts for Application Menu Commands
Shortcuts for Help Menu Commands
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How to Customize Garageband Keyboard Shortcuts
In addition to the dozens of built-in keyboard shortcuts in GarageBand, you can also customize shortcuts to any of GarageBand’s menu commands (the commands listed when you click on a menu, such as the File menu, Edit menu, and so on). To create a keyboard shortcut for a menu command that does not already have one:
- Go to the Apple menu by clicking on the Apple at the top left corner of your screen.
- In the drop-down menu that appears, select System Preferences. A System Preferences window will appear. Click Keyboard & Mouse.
- The System Preferences window will become a Keyboard & Mouse window. Select the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Click the + button.
- A new window will appear in front of the Keyboard & Mouse window. Click on the All Applications drop-down menu, then scroll to select GarageBand.
- In the Menu Title field, type in the exact name of the command for which you want to create a shortcut as it appears in the GarageBand menu. Type Option+; if the command contains an ellipsis. In the rare case in which using Option+; doesn’t work, try Typing three periods (without touching the Option key).
- Click in the Keyboard Shortcut field and press the combination of keys you want to use as your keyboard shortcut. Your keyboard shortcut may include one letter or number key; one of either the Command, Option, or Ctrl keys;
and the Shift key.
- Click Add.
- Quit and then restart GarageBand. The shortcut that you created will appear next to the command in its menu.
If you try to create a keyboard shortcut that’s already used for another command in GarageBand, the new shortcut won’t appear in the menu next to its command, and it also won’t work. In this case, the easiest thing to do is to try to create the shortcut again but with a different key combination.
How to Change a Keyboard Shortcut
You can also change an existing keyboard shortcut if you want. To do so, follow the same procedure for creating a shortcut, but type in the name of the menu command that you’d like to change and then type in the new key combination that you’d like to use as the command’s keyboard shortcut.
How to Delete a Keyboard Shortcut
You can delete a keyboard shortcut that you’ve created by selecting it in the window and then clicking the – button, which is located next to the + button.
Restoring Shortcuts to Original Settings
If you’ve added or modified many shortcuts in GarageBand, the easiest way to delete them may be to restore all the original shortcut settings at once. To do this, click the Restore Defaults button.
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