GarageBand is Apple's beginner-friendly music creation app for recording instruments, arranging loops, and producing tracks. Its keyboard shortcuts speed up transport control, track editing, and navigation, helping you capture musical ideas before they slip away.
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All GarageBand keyboard shortcuts (Mac)
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44 shortcuts
Playback/Transport 10
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Play / Stop | ␣ |
| Go to beginning | ↵ |
| Cycle mode on/off | C |
| Metronome on/off | K |
| Play from selection | ⇧␣ |
| Back one bar | , |
| Forward one bar | . |
| Go to end | ⌥↵ |
| Count-in on/off | ⇧K |
| Catch playhead | ` |
Tracks 10
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New track | ⌥⌘N |
| Solo / Unsolo track | S |
| Mute / Unmute track | M |
| New audio track | ⌥⌘A |
| New software instrument track | ⌥⌘S |
| Duplicate track | ⌘D |
| Delete track | ⌘⌦ |
| Show / Hide automation | A |
| Next track | ↑ |
| Previous track | ↓ |
Editing 8
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Select all | ⌘A |
| Transpose notes up one semitone | ⌥↑ |
| Transpose notes down one semitone | ⌥↓ |
Regions 7
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Split regions at playhead | ⌘T |
| Join regions | ⌘J |
| Loop region | L |
| Quantize | Q |
| Previous region | ← |
| Next region | → |
| Rename region | ⇧N |
View 6
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Show / Hide Editor | E |
| Show / Hide Library | Y |
| Show / Hide Smart Controls | B |
| Open Loop Browser | O |
| Zoom in | ⌘→ |
| Zoom out | ⌘← |
Recording 3
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Record toggle | R |
| Record enable track | ⌃R |
| Input monitoring toggle | ⌃I |
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These shortcuts, on physical keys
There is a Stream Deck profile for GarageBand — 85 shortcuts laid out across the keys, each one labelled, installed by double-clicking a file. It fits every current Stream Deck model.
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- GarageBand has 44 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
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- We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
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