What's the 'Option' key on a Mac? I can't see anything called that on my Mac keyboard. The Option key is labelled Alt on a Mac keyboard. And the 'Apple key' is what some of us call the Command or Cmd key on a Mac keyboard. How to right-click on a Mac and How to find End and Home on a Mac keyboard. Many Mac users - Brits especially - wonder where to find the Option key on a Mac. And it's hardly surprising that many newcomers to Apple computers may be a little stumped.

Scan the keyboard of any Apple Macintosh sold in the UK since , and you're unlikely to find a key labelled Option. So where is the Mac Option key?

The answer to the question of where is the Option key is simple. The Alt key will be more familiar to Windows PC users as the key immediately to the left of the Spacebar.

So if you plug a Windows or IBM PC keyboard into a Mac, pressing the Alt key has the same effect as pressing the Option key. Bottom row, from left: Ctrl, Alt or Option and Apple or Command keys on a Mac keyboard.

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We don't know why Apple decided to remove the Option legend on some territories' keyboards and instead use only the word 'Alt' and the relevant symbol. If you know or would like to offer your suggestion why this took place, please do get in touch.

No, it's the same. Some of us just got into the habit, a few years ago, of calling the Command key, labelled Cmd, the 'Apple key'.

You might hear this when old-school techies tell you a hotkey shortcut: The Apple key is used with a single letter key for many of the Mac's most common actions: Apple-S saves in most common applications, for instance, and Apple-P prints. Apple-T opens a new tab in your web browser.

For Mac users perhaps the handiest use of Ctrl is for simulating a right-click when using a one-button mouse: Ctrl-left-click does the job.

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