AirPods
Pause without reaching for your phone
Press stem once → Play / pause
AirPods 3, 4, 5; AirPods Pro 1, 2, 3
Explore · Tasks
Start from what you want to do.
One rail per outcome. Open a task to compare every method side by side.
Control media
Play or manage audio without the usual companion phone
AirPods
Skip forward
Double-press stem → Next track
AirPods 3, 4, 5; AirPods Pro 1, 2, 3
AirPods
Go back a track
Triple-press stem → Previous track
AirPods 3, 4, 5; AirPods Pro 1, 2, 3
AirPods
Adjust volume at the stem
Swipe stem up / down → Change volume
AirPods Pro 2 / 3; AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case
AirPods
Change your listening mode
Hold stem → Switch configured listening modes
AirPods Pro 1 / 2 / 3; AirPods 4 (ANC); AirPods 5
AirPods
Set up the classic double-tap
Double-tap AirPod → Assigned action
AirPods 1 / 2
AirPods
Control playback with the Crown
Press Digital Crown → Play / pause
AirPods Max 1 / 2
AirPods
Dial in the volume
Turn Digital Crown → Adjust volume
AirPods Max 1 / 2
Copy images
Capture or copy image content. Screenshot is an image capture — not a text-copy method.
iPadOS
Screenshot
macOS
Copy a screenshot to the clipboard
⌃⇧⌘3
Copy text
Copy content to the clipboard
iOS/iPadOS
Copy selected text
Three-finger pinch inward
Copy, cut, and paste with three-finger pinch gestures.
macOS
Copy
⌘C
Copy selected text on Mac or iPad with a keyboard. Use Command-A first to select all text in an editable text field.
Terminal
Copy command output
command | pbcopy
Terminal to Notes to Email in one step.
macOS
Copy selected text by dragging
Option-drag
Cut text
Manage windows
Switch, expose, and arrange windows/spaces
macOS
Switch desktops with the keyboard
⌃← / ⌃→
macOS
Mission Control
Move text
macOS
Move selected text
Drag the selection
Open file
macOS
Open a selected file in Finder
⌘O
Paste content
macOS
Paste clipboard content
⌘V
Paste text
Paste clipboard content
macOS
Paste
⌘V
Terminal
Read clipboard text
pbpaste
Turn copied text into data.
Search
macOS
Open Spotlight from the keyboard
⌘Space
Select text
Select words, paragraphs, and ranges
iOS/iPadOS
Select text by tapping and adjusting selection handles
iOS/iPadOS
Copy selected text
Three-finger pinch inward
Copy, cut, and paste with three-finger pinch gestures.
macOS
Select to a line boundary
⇧⌘← / ⇧⌘→ · Shift–Command–Arrow
macOS
Select all
⌘A
Focus the editable text field or document, then press Command-A to select its text. On iPad, use a connected physical keyboard.
macOS
Extend selection by words
⇧⌥← / ⇧⌥→ · Shift–Option–Arrow
Place the cursor in editable text. Hold Shift and Option, then press Left Arrow or Right Arrow to extend the selection word by word. App be…
macOS
Extend a selection to a distant point
Shift-click the endpoint
macOS
Triple‑Tap = Select Paragraph
macOS
Select a text range by clicking and dragging
Switch apps
macOS
Switch apps with Command-Tab
⌘Tab
Transfer content between devices
Move clipboard or media across Apple devices
iOS / iPadOS
Universal Clipboard
Undo edit
macOS
Undo the last edit
⌘Z
