I have been spending more or less year and a half on OS X and yet I’m still forgetting what the keyboard symbols mean (some of them anyway). If you’re like me, here’s a simple guide to these confusing keyboard symbols on OS X.
| Symbol | Name | Notes |
| ^ | Control key | not to be confused with circumflex or caret (^) Shift + 6 |
| ⌥ | Option key | Alt key if you’re on Windows |
| ⌘ | Command Key | |
| | Command Key | This is for OLDER Macs, Apple has since switched to the ⌘ for most of their products |
| ⇧ | Shift key | |
| ⇪ | Capslock Key | |
| ⎋ | Esc or Escape | |
| ⌫ | Delete key | A.K.A backspace |
| ⌦ | Forward Delete key | |
| ⇥ | Tab key | |
| ⏎ | Return key | |
| ⌤ | Enter key | |
| ↖ ⤒ ⤓ ↘ | Home, PgUp, PgDown, End Keys | |
| ⌧ | Clear key | An application defined key found on extended keyboards |
