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Practice Apple Mail keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 44 until you don't have to think about them.

triage the stock inbox — macOS

Stock Mail on macOS — chords verified against Apple’s own shortcut list. New Message (⌘N) is browser-reserved and sits out, like every deck’s reserved chords. Flag has no reliable default shortcut, so it isn’t drilled — neither do VIPs or expand/collapse-all conversations; thread stepping (⌥↑/⌥↓) is.

44 verified moves 5 levels macOS & Windows verified 2026-07-25
Drill the Apple Mail deck free →

Level 1 free · no account · runs in the browser

The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 5: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

  1. Level 19 moves

    Reply to the selected message

    Cmd+R

    the core mail verb, no toolbar trip — same ⌘R as every Mac app

    …and 8 more at this level

  2. Level 25 moves

    Jump to Mailbox Search

    Alt+Cmd+F

    Mail is a database; Mailbox Search is its query box

    …and 4 more at this level

  3. Level 313 moves

    Show or hide the Mail sidebar (mailbox list)

    Ctrl+Cmd+S

    the mailbox list on demand, screen space the rest of the time

    …and 12 more at this level

  4. Level 49 moves

    Apply your Mail rules to the selected messages

    Ctrl+Cmd+L

    run your filing rules on demand instead of waiting for new mail

    …and 8 more at this level

  5. Level 58 moves

    Show the Reply-To address field in your draft

    Alt+Cmd+R

    route replies to a different address than the one you sent from

    …and 7 more at this level

How graduation works. Drill until every move in the deck holds at ≥95% first-try, under 800ms median, across two separate days. Then the deck is done — and you get a certificate stating exactly that, plus a LinkedIn credential in one click.

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