title: What's the shortcut to apply absolute reference to a cell in Google Sheets on Mac?
body: <p>I want my cell B12 to be anchored using absolute reference. So it needs to become $B$12.</p>
  
  <p>According to this answer: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60766435/shortcut-to-anchor-a-cell-in-google-sheets-chrome-mac-2020">Shortcut to anchor a cell in Google Sheets + Chrome + Mac + 2020</a></p>
  
  <p>And also according to the official documents from Google sheets: <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/181110?p=spreadsheets_shortcuts&amp;visit_id=637202590745115819-3984292513&amp;rd=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.google.com/docs/answer/181110?p=spreadsheets_shortcuts&amp;visit_id=637202590745115819-3984292513&amp;rd=1</a></p>
  
  <p>The shortcut for applying absolute reference (or "anchoring") to a cell in Google Sheets on a Mac is: <strong>fn + f4</strong></p>
  
  <p>However, on my Mac this isn't working...</p>
  
  <p>Could someone please provide a solution so that I can anchor multiple cells at once in my Google Sheet?</p>
  
  <p>I have a lot of cells that need to be anchored like this, and doing it manually will take a lot of time.</p>
  
  <p><strong>NB</strong>: I'm not looking for this solution where you use find and replace. It's a workaround, not a solution. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29659641/lock-multiple-cells-in-google-spreadsheets-with-absolute-reference">Lock multiple cells in Google Spreadsheets with absolute reference ($)</a></p>
  
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  <p>EDIT:</p>
  
  <p>I've found out that <strong>fn + f4</strong> does work when you're <em>inside</em> the formula editor. </p>
  
  <p>This was not exactly what I'm looking for, as I still cannot bulk edit multiple cells. But it seems that this is the only thing that's possible.</p>