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I have to agree. I fought with it a while, looking for third party utilities to fill the void, but eventually I realized it was more trouble than it was worth

I have to agree. I fought with it a while, looking for third party utilities to fill the void, but eventually I realized it was more trouble than it was worth and gave up. I guess I got used to it, because I don't even miss them any more.

egypturnash 13y ago
If you want to change command key-centric menu shortcuts for a program, you can do that in the keyboard pane of system prefs.
- jlarocco 13y ago
  No. In Linux I have global keyboard shortcuts to launch specific applications and do some other stuff. I hit a key combo and a new terminal pops up, or a new tab pops up in my browser, or a new email, or the Python shell, or whatever else I want. It launches regardless of what other application I'm currently using. In OSX, last time I looked (maybe a version or two ago), there was really no builtin way to achieve the same thing. Command+Space then typing what I want to open is pretty close, but way more keystrokes, and not as powerful.
  - fyrabanks 13y ago
    It won't reduce keystrokes, but if you're looking for something more powerful try Launchbar. Alternatively, Quicksilver's free, but I haven't used it in a couple years and management changed hands; so I'm not sure how good it is now.
    - redacted 13y ago
      Quicksilver nearly died, but the community resuscitated it and it is currently working better than ever (YMMV, I never used half of the crazy stuff Quicksilver can do)
  - matthewmacleod 13y ago
    This have been available for many versions. It's not quite as straightforward, but you can define custom services using Automator, and subsequently bind them to any key combo using System Preferences. Since Automator workflows can do pretty much anything (like running AppleScripts, shell scripts, manipulating other apps etc...) you're pretty much free to do what you want.
  - 72deluxe 13y ago
    I think I used Automator in OSX to open a terminal window after missing such a shortcut that I used on Linux. For your reference: http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.html http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.h...

egypturnash 13y ago

If you want to change command key-centric menu shortcuts for a program, you can do that in the keyboard pane of system prefs.

jlarocco 13y ago
No. In Linux I have global keyboard shortcuts to launch specific applications and do some other stuff. I hit a key combo and a new terminal pops up, or a new tab pops up in my browser, or a new email, or the Python shell, or whatever else I want. It launches regardless of what other application I'm currently using. In OSX, last time I looked (maybe a version or two ago), there was really no builtin way to achieve the same thing. Command+Space then typing what I want to open is pretty close, but way more keystrokes, and not as powerful.
- fyrabanks 13y ago
  It won't reduce keystrokes, but if you're looking for something more powerful try Launchbar. Alternatively, Quicksilver's free, but I haven't used it in a couple years and management changed hands; so I'm not sure how good it is now.
  - redacted 13y ago
    Quicksilver nearly died, but the community resuscitated it and it is currently working better than ever (YMMV, I never used half of the crazy stuff Quicksilver can do)
- matthewmacleod 13y ago
  This have been available for many versions. It's not quite as straightforward, but you can define custom services using Automator, and subsequently bind them to any key combo using System Preferences. Since Automator workflows can do pretty much anything (like running AppleScripts, shell scripts, manipulating other apps etc...) you're pretty much free to do what you want.
- 72deluxe 13y ago
  I think I used Automator in OSX to open a terminal window after missing such a shortcut that I used on Linux. For your reference: http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.html http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.h...