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Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:15 pm**

I just recently switched from windows to mac and I'm still having issues with learning the different hotkeys.
One thing I can't figure out at all, and I can't seem to find anything about it either, is clicking to the exact position in arrangement view unattached from the grid.
On Windows it is [ALT] + LEFT Click but on Mac it doesn't seem to exist.
The only way I found is [CTRL] + [COMMAND] + Left Click but that also opens the rightclick context menu which I guess is not the right way?

Posted: **Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:44 pm**

keengently wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:15 pm
I just recently switched from windows to mac and I'm still having issues with learning the different hotkeys.
One thing I can't figure out at all, and I can't seem to find anything about it either, is clicking to the exact position in arrangement view unattached from the grid.
On Windows it is [ALT] + LEFT Click but on Mac it doesn't seem to exist.
The only way I found is [CTRL] + [COMMAND] + Left Click but that also opens the rightclick context menu which I guess is not the right way?

Use only CMD.

CTRL+left click is the same as a right click in MacOS.

Here are all the shortcuts.
https://www.ableton.com/en/manual/live- ... -shortcuts
Often they are also mentioned in the Info View.

Most of the time you can replace the CTRL you use on Windows with a CMD on Mac. And an ALT on Windows with OPT/ALT on Mac.
But there are a couple of exceptions as you already found out.

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