Global keyboard shortcuts

Hi Gang,
I tried this in the tunes forum but haven't heard, so I'll try here too...
All I want to do is establish system wide kewyboard shortcuts for itunes, even with a cheap app if need be, so I can play and pause itunes and skip and replay tracks while working in other apps. Seems like it should be the simplest thing in the world. I've managed it for Spotify, Pandora, and even Grooveshark. But I can not, for the life of me, figure out how to achieve this funtion for itunes, even though one would expect it to be built in. Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
David
Lion (not mountain lion) and itunes 11

Get BetterTouchTool (free)
<http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32953/bettertouchtool>
it has iTunes mute, pause, play, volume up/down, next/previous actions. You can bind them to a hotkey combination, or a trackpad gesture, or Magic Mouse gesture, or multi-button mouse button.
And once you have BetterTouchTool, you can create other hotkeys, trackpad gestures, etc... It think BTT is essential for any trackpad user.

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Hi there,
First, sorry to re-up that post after such a long time.
So, for some reasons, I had the same shortcuts problem since I installed Archlinux on my computer (more than ten months ago).
Shortcuts work when I start my computer up, but after a while (and for no reasons), it just stops working.
That problem is very annoying as I have to do everything using the mouse (and for someone like me who is used to shortcuts, it's very hard..... and long).
And, today, I finally managed to get shortcuts working.
And, the problem seems to come from the Dual Screen with my Nvidia graphic card.
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[SOLVED] Global keyboard shortcuts

I would like to assign a combination of keys to make some actions:
- Open the konsole
- Open the file explorer
- Minimize all the windows (to see the "desktop")
I've seen that it's possible to assign some shortcuts by: System Settings -> Keyboard & mouse -> Global keyboard shortcuts. However, it is limited to a set of KDE components and I couldn't assign any of the actions I wanted. This assignment is rather simple in Gnome. Do you know if it is possible in KDE? Do I need to use xbindkeys?
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Last edited by jjjaime (2009-03-19 10:50:18)

Either use xbindkeys, OR if the actions you want are supported by Gnome's keyboard dialog, run gnome-settings-daemon at startup of X/your DE/WM. I personally use both for different reasons. Not only will your gnome/gtk apps inherit your nice gtk theme, you will also have those keyboard shortcuts you wanted.

Assigning Global Keyboard Shortcut to Display Home Folder

Hi there,
I've done some hunting to determine if there is a way to assign a global keyboard shortcut to display a finder window displaying one's home folder contents. I don't see how I can do it using "Keyboard Shortcuts" in system preferences. Does anyone know if there is a way to accomplish this?
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you can't make a keyboard shortcut like that that will work from any application using keyboard system preferences.
You can do it with a 3rd party app as follows.
paste the following into script editor and save it as a script or an application.
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Finder"
make new Finder window
open home
activate
end tell</pre>
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Message was edited by: V.K.

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Apple + M is a global minimize shortcut, but it interferes with my Eudora shortcut where Apple + M is "check mail." Is there a way to disable the global minimize shortcut?
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Same thoughts.
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Globally? No.
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Thanks for any help you can give me!

click the right hand side of the window (where other commands are shown) not the name of the command, it won't work. If you already have the shortcut assigned it'll tell you that it's a duplicate and tell you where you use the shortcut again.
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FYI: on a Mac, OS X 10.10.1, Acrobat 11.0.10
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Hi normharris3,
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Hi All,
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Thanks!
Last edited by MikeDacre (2014-01-28 03:25:42)

Yup, that's it: editable menu Appearance->Settings. Sadly it doesn't work in Thunderbird. Thanks though!
The solution in Thunderbird is the keyconfig extension. I found the help page at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyconfig_ext … hunderbird and figured out the solution:
1. Install keyconfig
2. Navigate to keyconfig Preferences
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5. Replace /* CODE */ with goDoCommand("cmd_sendNow") and click 'OK'
6. Assign a hotkey and click 'Apply'
7. Restart Thunderbird
8. You're done!
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Hi drice,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this issue.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13911
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
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