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You can use your keyboard to quickly accomplish many tasks in iCal. To find the shortcuts for common commands, look in the menus (or see the menu shortcuts below). To do an action, press the keys indicated below.

Action Shortcut
Calendar shortcuts
Go to the next day, week, or month Command-Right Arrow
Go to the previous day, week, or month Command-Left Arrow
Move the calendar view up or down Up Arrow or Down Arrow
View the events on a calendar Click the calendar's checkbox
View only the events on the selected calendar Command-Option-~, or deselect the checkboxes for all other calendars
Check or uncheck the selected calendar in the Calendars list Spacebar
Check or uncheck all the selected calendars in the Calendars list Command-click any calendar's checkbox
Create a new calendar group Shift-click the Add (+) button
Event shortcuts
Select the next event or To Do item in the main calendar view Tab
Select the previous event or To Do in the main calendar view Tab-Shift
Move an event to another calendar Control-click the event, then choose a calendar from the pop-up menu
Move the selected event to the next day Control-Right Arrow
Move the selected event to the previous day Control-Left Arrow
Move the selected event 15 minutes earlier; all-day events move one week earlier (only in Month view) Control-Up Arrow
Move the selected event 15 minutes later; all-day events move one week later (only in Month view) Control-Down Arrow
In Day or Week view, make the selected event end 15 minutes sooner Shift-Control-Up Arrow
In Day or Week view, make the selected event end 15 minutes later Shift-Control-Down Arrow
In month view, move the selected all-day event one week later Control-Down Arrow
In month view, move the selected all-day event one week earlier Control-Up Arrow
Make the selected all-day event last one more day Shift-Control-Right Arrow
Make the selected all-day event start one day sooner Shift-Control-Left Arrow
iCal menu shortcuts
Open iCal preferences Command-comma
Hide the iCal application Command-H
Hide all other applications Option-Command-H
Quit the iCal application Command-Q
File menu shortcuts
Create a new event Command-N
Create a new To Do Command-K
Create a new calendar Option-Command-N
Create a new calendar group Shift-Command-N
Close the iCal window Command-W
Print calendars and To Dos Command-P
Edit menu shortcuts
Undo your last action Command-Z. You can repeatedly press Command-Z to undo each of your actions in reverse order. To see which action you can undo, open the Edit menu.
Redo your last action Shift-Command-Z
Cut the selected text or event Command-X
Copy the selected text or event Command-C
Paste the cut or copied text or event Command-V
Select all text or all events in the current calendar Command-A
Duplicate the selected text or event Command-D
Make the iCal search field active Command-F
Calendar menu shortcuts
Subscribe to a calendar Option-Command-S
Refresh the selected calendar Command-R
Refresh all published or subscribed calendars Shift-Command-R
View menu shortcuts
Show today's date in the main calendar view Command-T
Show a specific date in the main calendar view Shift-Command-T
Switch to day view Command-1
Switch to week view Command-2
Switch to month view Command-3
Go forward in the main calendar view Command-Right Arrow
Go backward in the main calendar view Command-Left Arrow
Show or hide the Info drawer for the selected calendar, event, or To Do item Command-I
Show or Hide the To Do list Option-Command-T
Window menu shortcuts
Put the iCal window in the Dock Command-M
Show or hide the Addresses window Option-Command-A
Help menu shortcuts
Open iCal Help Command-?