I can't find a shortcut that's working on my MacBook Air. In Windows you can either click the rightmost part of the task bar to show the desktop or hit Windows+D to show the desktop. How do I do this in El Capitan?
macOS Shortcut – Show Desktop Shortcut in El Capitan
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Best Answer
The default shortcut for showing the Desktop is:
⌘Cmd-F3
Technically, the official name is ⌘Cmd-Mission Control but unless you know what "Mission Control" is, you would end up searching for that as well.
Apple has a really good listing of all it's shortcuts - I keep this bookmarked for quick reference.