Useful Mac Shortcut Key (show desktop)

Part two of my notes of moving from Windows to Mac - read part 1 here

One of the most popular posts in the blog is the shortcut key in windows to 'show desktop'. I love shortcut keys, but they're all different on the Mac so I'm having to learn them all over again.

Here are the one's I've found so far along with their Windows equivalent;

For some things though, I've found I need to use a shortcut where I used to use a key. For example, "Delete" on windows, is the delete key. It removes the character to the right, as opposed to the "Backspace" key, which removes the character to the left. My Macbook Pro doesn't have a delete key, but the action is available using Fn + Backspace.

It also doesn't have a right mouse button... I'm still learning to live without that but haven't quite memorised the shortcut. I'm also finding gestures a little hard. While I'm remembering to use two fingers to scroll the page (my previous HP had a scroll function on the right side of the mousepad area), I'm finding a feeling of fatigue in my fingers similar to that I remember from learning to type or play the guitar. I like the principle of the gesture control though, so I suspect I'll wonder how I managed without it once I'm used to it.