As with any program, the speed with which you use OSX’s Finder can increase your productivity quite a bit, and we can all use a few extra minutes a day can’t we? With that in mind, here’s a few helpful Finder keyboard shortcuts to help you save the extra few minutes. Finder Views:

• Command 1 = Switch window to icon view
• Command 2 = Switch window to list view
• Command 3 = Switch window to column view
• Command 4 = Switch window to coverflow view
• Command Y = Toggle Quick Look on and off
• Command Option Y = Toggle Slideshow mode

Open Items

• Command Shift i = Open iDisk
• Comand Shift k = Open Network
• Command Shift a = Open Application folder
• Command Shift d = Open Desktop folder