diff --git a/client/src/composables/__tests__/useModifierKey.spec.ts b/client/src/composables/__tests__/useModifierKey.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d98510c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/composables/__tests__/useModifierKey.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { useModifierKey } from '../useModifierKey'
+
+function withUserAgent(userAgent: string) {
+  vi.spyOn(navigator, 'userAgent', 'get').mockReturnValue(userAgent)
+  return useModifierKey()
+}
+
+describe('useModifierKey', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('uses the command glyph on Apple platforms', () => {
+    const { isMac, modifierKey } = withUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36')
+    expect(isMac.value).toBe(true)
+    expect(modifierKey.value).toBe('⌘')
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['Windows', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36'],
+    ['Linux', 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0'],
+  ])('uses Ctrl on %s, which has no command key', (_platform, userAgent) => {
+    const { isMac, modifierKey } = withUserAgent(userAgent)
+    expect(isMac.value).toBe(false)
+    expect(modifierKey.value).toBe('Ctrl')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/client/src/composables/useModifierKey.ts b/client/src/composables/useModifierKey.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06901a012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/composables/useModifierKey.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { computed, type ComputedRef } from 'vue'
+
+/**
+ * Apple keyboards label the shortcut modifier differently from every other platform, so a hint
+ * that hardcodes one of them is wrong for half the users. Keep the detection here so the label
+ * cannot drift between the places that display it.
+ */
+export function useModifierKey(): { isMac: ComputedRef<boolean>; modifierKey: ComputedRef<string> } {
+  const isMac = computed(() => typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Mac/i.test(navigator.userAgent))
+  return { isMac, modifierKey: computed(() => (isMac.value ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl')) }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/features/book/components/KeyboardShortcutOverlay.vue b/client/src/features/book/components/KeyboardShortcutOverlay.vue
index b9679a268..8ef9e1de1 100644
--- a/client/src/features/book/components/KeyboardShortcutOverlay.vue
+++ b/client/src/features/book/components/KeyboardShortcutOverlay.vue
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { X } from '@lucide/vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
+import { useModifierKey } from '@/composables/useModifierKey'
 
 defineProps<{ open: boolean }>()
 const emit = defineEmits<{ 'update:open': [value: boolean] }>()
 
 const { t } = useI18n()
 
-const isMac = computed(() => typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Mac/i.test(navigator.userAgent))
-const modKey = computed(() => (isMac.value ? '⌘' : 'Ctrl'))
+const { modifierKey: modKey } = useModifierKey()
 
 function handleClose() {
   emit('update:open', false)
diff --git a/client/src/features/settings/__tests__/SettingsNav.spec.ts b/client/src/features/settings/__tests__/SettingsNav.spec.ts
index f408ac70e..d046290eb 100644
--- a/client/src/features/settings/__tests__/SettingsNav.spec.ts
+++ b/client/src/features/settings/__tests__/SettingsNav.spec.ts
@@ -66,10 +66,22 @@ async function search(wrapper: Wrapper, term: string): Promise<string[]> {
 
 describe('SettingsNav', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
     push.mockClear()
   })
 
+  describe('shortcut hint', () => {
+    it('names the command key on Apple platforms', () => {
+      vi.spyOn(navigator, 'userAgent', 'get').mockReturnValue('Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36')
+      expect(mountNav().text()).toContain('Press \u2318K to jump to any setting')
+    })
+
+    it('names Ctrl everywhere else, since those keyboards have no command key', () => {
+      vi.spyOn(navigator, 'userAgent', 'get').mockReturnValue('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0')
+      expect(mountNav().text()).toContain('Press Ctrl+K to jump to any setting')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('places an icon-only back action beside search', () => {
     const wrapper = mountNav()
     const back = wrapper.get('[data-testid="settings-nav-back"]')
diff --git a/client/src/features/settings/components/SettingsNav.vue b/client/src/features/settings/components/SettingsNav.vue
index 6054af81c..c1b02316a 100644
--- a/client/src/features/settings/components/SettingsNav.vue
+++ b/client/src/features/settings/components/SettingsNav.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { computed, ref, watch, onMounted, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { ArrowLeft, ChevronRight, Search, X } from '@lucide/vue'
+import { useModifierKey } from '@/composables/useModifierKey'
 import { usePermissions } from '@/features/auth/composables/usePermissions'
 import { useSettingsNavStatus } from '../composables/useSettingsNavStatus'
 import { visibleSettingsNav, type SettingsNavGroup, type SettingsNavItem } from '../lib/settings-nav'
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ const { t } = useI18n()
 const route = useRoute()
 const router = useRouter()
 const { isSuperuser, userPermissions, isDemoRestrictedAccount } = usePermissions()
+const { isMac, modifierKey } = useModifierKey()
+
+/** Apple writes the combo as one glyph pair, everyone else separates the two keys. */
+const shortcutLabel = computed(() => (isMac.value ? `${modifierKey.value}K` : `${modifierKey.value}+K`))
 
 const query = ref('')
 const searchInput = ref<HTMLInputElement | null>(null)
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@ defineExpose({ focusSearch })
     </div>
 
     <div class="hidden shrink-0 border-t border-border/70 px-4 py-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground md:block">
-      {{ t('settings.nav.shortcutHint') }}
+      {{ t('settings.nav.shortcutHint', { shortcut: shortcutLabel }) }}
     </div>
   </nav>
 </template>
diff --git a/client/src/features/tools/bulk-rename/views/BulkRenameView.vue b/client/src/features/tools/bulk-rename/views/BulkRenameView.vue
index d7876d3ea..f94a91772 100644
--- a/client/src/features/tools/bulk-rename/views/BulkRenameView.vue
+++ b/client/src/features/tools/bulk-rename/views/BulkRenameView.vue
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ function handleRetryPreview(): void {
       <span>{{ t('tools.bulkRename.executionFailed') }} - {{ executionErrorMessage }}</span>
     </div>
 
-    <div v-if="bulk.selectedLibraryId.value === null" class="flex flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-10 text-center">
+    <div v-if="bulk.selectedLibraryId.value === null" class="flex flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-start gap-4 px-10 pt-12 pb-10 text-center">
       <span class="grid size-14 place-items-center rounded-full bg-muted text-muted-foreground">
         <SlidersHorizontal class="size-6" aria-hidden="true" />
       </span>
diff --git a/client/src/locales/de.json b/client/src/locales/de.json
index e1dd5b771..1e1ffb39a 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/de.json
@@ -3089,7 +3089,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Sucheinstellungen",
       "clearSearch": "Suche zurücksetzen",
       "noResults": "Keine Einstellungen entsprechen {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Drücke Cmd K um zu einer beliebigen Einstellung zu springen",
       "groups": {
         "you": "Du",
         "library": "Bibliothek",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/el.json b/client/src/locales/el.json
index fe65cc8d1..5d6b782bf 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/el.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/el.json
@@ -2291,7 +2291,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Ρυθμίσεις αναζήτησης",
       "clearSearch": "Εκκαθάριση αναζήτησης",
       "noResults": "Καμία ρύθμιση δεν ταιριάζει με το {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Πατήστε Cmd K για να μεταβείτε σε οποιαδήποτε ρύθμιση",
       "groups": {
         "you": "Εσείς",
         "library": "Βιβλιοθήκη",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/en.json b/client/src/locales/en.json
index cbad2a938..f7ccab723 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/en.json
@@ -3368,7 +3368,7 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Search settings",
       "clearSearch": "Clear search",
       "noResults": "No settings match {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Press Cmd K to jump to any setting",
+      "shortcutHint": "Press {shortcut} to jump to any setting",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "Scanning"
       },
diff --git a/client/src/locales/es.json b/client/src/locales/es.json
index 797a62de3..dc5c381e5 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/es.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/es.json
@@ -3365,7 +3365,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Ajustes de búsqueda",
       "clearSearch": "Borrar búsqueda",
       "noResults": "No hay ajustes que coincidan con {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Presiona Cmd K para saltar a cualquier ajuste",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "Escaneando"
       },
diff --git a/client/src/locales/fr.json b/client/src/locales/fr.json
index a8a603855..7924f9245 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/fr.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/fr.json
@@ -3306,7 +3306,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Rechercher des paramètres",
       "clearSearch": "Effacer la recherche",
       "noResults": "Aucun paramètre ne correspond à « {query} ».",
-      "shortcutHint": "Appuyez sur Cmd K pour accéder directement à un paramètre",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "Analyse en cours"
       },
diff --git a/client/src/locales/hu.json b/client/src/locales/hu.json
index d03a58406..ba20c0179 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/hu.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/hu.json
@@ -3238,7 +3238,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Keresési beállítások",
       "clearSearch": "Keresés törlése",
       "noResults": "Nincsenek a következőnek megfelelő beállítások: {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Nyomd meg a Cmd K billentyűkombinációt bármelyik beállításhoz ugráshoz",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "Beolvasás"
       },
diff --git a/client/src/locales/ja.json b/client/src/locales/ja.json
index b773b3585..0b319a359 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/ja.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/ja.json
@@ -2262,7 +2262,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "検索設定",
       "clearSearch": "検索をクリア",
       "noResults": "{query} に一致する設定がありません。",
-      "shortcutHint": "Cmd K を押して任意の設定にジャンプします",
       "groups": {
         "you": "あなたです",
         "library": "ライブラリ",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/ko.json b/client/src/locales/ko.json
index c35179a3c..3008bc004 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/ko.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/ko.json
@@ -2946,7 +2946,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "설정 검색",
       "clearSearch": "검색 초기화",
       "noResults": "{query}와 일치하는 설정 항목 없음",
-      "shortcutHint": "설정으로 이동하려면 Cmd K 단축키를 눌러주세요",
       "groups": {
         "you": "개인",
         "library": "라이브러리",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/pt.json b/client/src/locales/pt.json
index a75d52798..7390f3f20 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/pt.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/pt.json
@@ -3241,7 +3241,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Procurar nas configurações",
       "clearSearch": "Limpar busca",
       "noResults": "Nenhuma configuração corresponde a {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Pressione Cmd K para pular para qualquer configuração",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "Analisando"
       },
diff --git a/client/src/locales/ro.json b/client/src/locales/ro.json
index f2c1d7eef..6991f7ddd 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/ro.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/ro.json
@@ -2359,7 +2359,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Setări căutare",
       "clearSearch": "Ștergeți căutarea",
       "noResults": "Nicio setare nu corespunde cu {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Apăsați Cmd K pentru a sări la orice setare",
       "groups": {
         "you": "Tu",
         "library": "Bibliotecă",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/sl.json b/client/src/locales/sl.json
index 671b70429..94ddded27 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/sl.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/sl.json
@@ -2509,7 +2509,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "Nastavitve iskanja",
       "clearSearch": "Počisti iskanje",
       "noResults": "Nobena nastavitev ne ustreza {query}.",
-      "shortcutHint": "Pritisnite Cmd K za skok na katero koli nastavitev",
       "groups": {
         "you": "Vi",
         "library": "Knjižnica",
diff --git a/client/src/locales/zh.json b/client/src/locales/zh.json
index d80cfddf8..70c4d9223 100644
--- a/client/src/locales/zh.json
+++ b/client/src/locales/zh.json
@@ -3015,7 +3015,6 @@
       "searchPlaceholder": "搜索设置",
       "clearSearch": "清空搜索内容",
       "noResults": "没有设置匹配{query}",
-      "shortcutHint": "按 Cmd K 跳转到任何设置",
       "status": {
         "scanning": "扫描中"
       },