Mac keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Find macOS shortcuts for switching views, navigating history, opening Inspector tabs, and working with observation tables. Availability depends on the active view or table.

Main views

CommandShortcutResult
View › Real Time⌘1Opens Real Time
View › Historical⌘2Opens Historical
View › Observations⌘3Opens Observations
View › Map⌘4Opens Map
View › Dashboard View › Large or Compact—Switches the dashboard layout

Periods

These View menu commands change the period in the active Historical or Observations view.

CommandShortcutAvailable in
View › Last 24 Hours⌃⌘1Historical
View › Day⌃⌘2Historical and Observations
View › Last 7 Days⌃⌘3Historical
View › Week⌃⌘4Historical and Observations
View › Month⌃⌘5Historical and Observations
View › Year⌃⌘6Historical and Observations
View › All⌃⌘7Observations

Historical navigation

CommandShortcutResult
View › Previous Day, Previous Week, Previous Month, or Previous Year⌘←Moves to the previous available historical period
View › Next Day, Next Week, Next Month, or Next Year⌘→Moves to the next available historical period

The exact label follows the current calendar period. The View menu also provides date selection and Jump To commands for stored periods.

Inspectors

CommandShortcutResult
View › Show Inspector / Hide Inspector⌃⌘IShows or hides the Inspector
View › Inspectors › Observation⌘⌥1Opens the Inspector and selects Observation
View › Inspectors › Weather Station⌘⌥2Opens the Inspector and selects Weather Station
View › Inspectors › Data⌘⌥3Opens the Inspector and selects Data

Windows and files

CommandShortcutResult
File › New Window⌘NOpens another window
File › New Window With…—Opens a new window for a chosen station
File › Save Snapshot…—Saves an image of the active dashboard
File › Back Up Database…—Backs up the selected station database
File › Restore Backup…—Opens a station backup for review and restore
Window › Activity Progress—Shows current activity
Window › Show Main Window—Opens or brings forward a main window

Station and data

The Station menu contains Weather Station, Add Station…, Rename Station…, Update Station Location…, and Refresh Stations.

The Data menu contains the active view’s refresh command, history downloads, Recalculate Summaries, and Optimize Storage…. Airport history uses Download All Available History; other providers use Download Older Data. Stopped resumable work can show Resume.

CommandShortcutResult
Data › Refresh Real Time⌘RRefreshes data while Real Time is active
Data › Refresh Historical⌘RRefreshes data while Historical or Observations is active
Data › Refresh Stations⌘RRefreshes station metadata while Map is active

Table actions

CommandShortcutResult
Edit › Copy⌘CCopies the selected observation rows as CSV
Edit › Select All⌘ASelects all rows in the active table
Edit › Deselect All⇧⌘AClears the current table selection