Shortcut keys to open apps

Is there a way to set up shortcuts to open certain applications? such as the calculator being opened by, say, command+C? This could be helpful. I think I used to do this in windows.
Larry Jay

Good luck. Using AppleScript is relatively easy. Check out the scripts in /Library/Scripts/ and Apple's site: http://www.apple.com/applescript/features/
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Which shortcut key to open a directory or file in Finder?

I found that when I highlight a directory or file and then click "Enter", it actually highlight the file name and then allow me to rename the file.
In XP, it is a normal way to open a directory and file. So I guess there should be a different way to do so in Mac.
Instead of double click the directory or file, is there any shortcut key in Mac to achieve so?
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Depending on how you are viewing things in Finder, just
clicking on a directory will open it. I tend to use the "paned"
view and this is how it works.
If you are using a "list" view, then double clicking does the
job. Are you looking for a short-cut to use instead of the
double click? Command-O "opens" things but I must confess
I have never used it on a directory.
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HT4614 How can I define shortcut keys to run apps, files and folders, OS X?

Hi
It could make work so fast by using shortcut keys
For example using "option + command + Control+P" to go to "picture" folder.
but cant do it in Mountain Lion
is there any way to do that?
Thank you!
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To define keyboard shortcuts use the keyboard Preferences > Shortcuts panel in the Preferences.
Create an Automatotor service, to open the folder you want,
Install that service in your User Library "Services" folder (for example named "OpenPicturesFolder)
Then bind that service to the keycombination you want.
A simple service to open the "Pictures" folder could look like this:
First, an action "Get Specified Finder Items" to select the "Pictures" folder,
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You do not need to create a service, if there are already menu commands that do what yu want. Then simply bind the menu command to the key combination.
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Is it possible to use shortcut keys in VC apps???

I'm really struggling to understand whether or not it is possible to use shortcut keys (via keyboard) instead of the mouse (Click on an action button) for user actions to be submitted within a Visual Composer model I have created. I'd apprecaite your help on this. Thanks in advance

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there are no shortcut keys available in Visual Composer. You can not define an event onkey... as you may know from other development environments like .NET and so on. But I think this is ok, because VC is a tool for BPX. It should be simple for BPX, because they aren't developers. When I think about Web Dynpro there are also no shortcut available only onEnter e.g. for a input field. So when you need shortcuts I think you have to use another environment as I mentioned like .NET.
I think this isn't the answer you wanted to hear, but I'm sorry this isn't possible.
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Shortcut key to move app to other monitor?

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I have two 24" Dell 2405WFP monitors attached to my Mac Pro. I have one monitor rotated 90 degrees so it is in portrait mode. I have about 5,000 photos that I took in Alaska. A lot of them are taken with the aspect ration of 16:9. Some of these 16:9 photos were taken in portrait mode.
I am trying out a program called JustLooking to view the photos. So far, I like it. However, to best view the 9:16 portrait images I have to drag the app to the other monitor which is in portrait mode. Is there a keyboard shortcut that will tel an ap or window to switch/move to the other monitor?
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Setting universal shortcuts to open apps

I would like to set shortcut keys to open applications, but though this seems simple, I can't figure it out. It looks like I can only set shortcuts for specific menu items in apps.
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I'm sure this has been covered elsewhere, so sorry for not finding it...
Is it possible to assign a shortcut key to open a specific folder with Automator or AppleScript? There are 4-5 commonly used folders buried 10-11 levels deep on a server and I'd love to have a shortcut key to open those particular folders in the Finder.
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If I would like to have all opened tabs in my browser stop loading a webpage is their a shortcut key that will allow this?

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When my most front window is a safari one and I use the shortcut key "Command N", it opens a new finder window and a new safari window at the same time. Why does it happen?

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Re: Why is my Finder window popping up when I open my Safari window?
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Mountain Lion Messages App - Shortcut Keys

Question refering to Messages on Mountain Lion
Is there a shortcut key to close conversations?
Is there the ability to disable confirmation dialogues when closing a conversation?.
Thank you.

There is an answer, but it's because of some dumb wording by Apple here that you, I, and possibly others are confused..
When you first open Messages, the shortcut key to "Close Conversation" is cmd+backspace. However, pressing that shortcut, Messages asks you if you want to delete the conversation and warns this cannot be undone.
Hey Apple, closing and deleting are not the same thing!
Before
SOLUTION
Go to preferences in Messages and check "Save history when conversations are closed."
After
Now the cmd+backspace shortcut is revealed for what it really is: "Delete Conversation."
The real keyboard shortcut to "Close Conversation" is: shift+cmd+W
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Does anybody know if it's possible to get the focus to a Java application, when it is not selected, using a keyboard shortcut key?
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BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)

BUG: KEYBOARD SHORTCUT KEYS DO NOT ALWAYS ACTIVATE A SERVICE (A WORKFLOW)
When you assign a keyboard shortcut to a Service (such as a Service Workflow created in Automator) using the System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts, if that shortcut key combination includes the Command key, pressing that shortcut will always successfully activate the Service. No problem there.
However, shortcut key combinations that do not include the Command key (for example, the shortcut key combo Ctrl-Shift-D) WILL NOT activate the Service in any newly opened application, until you click on the Services Menu option in that application.
As soon as you click on the application's Services Menu, this seems to bind the shortcut key combo to the Service, and thereafter, that keyboard shortcut will activate the Service in that particular app. But if you then quit and reopen the app, you'll find the Service will once again lose its binding to the shortcut key combination and will thus fail to work again.
This means that shortcut key combinations such as Ctrl-D, Ctrl-Shift-D, F15, Alt-F15, etc are not really viable shortcuts for Services, because they will not work in any newly-opened application until you click on the Services Menu in that application.
This bug thus greatly limits the shortcuts that you can employ for Services, because you can only reliably use shortcut key combos that contain the Command key. This is a fault that Apple really needs to fix. This is a very old glitch: I notice it is present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, as well as Yosemite 10.10.1.
This bug does not apply to application shortcuts, however, or to other shortcuts in the Shortcuts Preference Pane, just to Services shortcuts (including the Mac's default Services, or any Services you make yourself using Workflows on the Automator software).
To give some examples:
The following keyboard shortcuts for Services WILL NOT work until you click on the Services Menu in the application you are using (and they will cease working again when you quit and reopen the app):
Ctrl-X
Ctrl-Shift-X
Ctrl-Alt-X
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-X
Alt-X
Alt-Shift-X
F1, F2, F3, etc
So until Apple fixes this bug, the above type of key combinations, that do not contain the Command key, are best avoided as shortcuts for Services. It is particularly unfortunate that function keys F1 to F19 do not work reliably, as these would make great single-key shortcuts to Services.
However, the following sort of keyboard shortcuts for Services, all containing the Command key, once set up will always work without fail:
Command-Alt-X
Command-Ctrl-X
Command-Shift-X
Command-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-Alt-Ctrl-Shift-X
Command-F1, Command-F2, Command-F3, etc
So all the above can be reliably used as shortcuts to Services.
Here X denotes keyboard keys such as A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, =, \, [, etc.
Note that even for keyboard shortcuts containing the Command key, you may very occasionally need to click the Services Menu to get them to work initially in an application (notably in the System Preferences application itself). But if this is necessary, it is just required once when they are first set up, and thereafter the shortcuts containing the Command key will always work without fail.
The above was tested on Yosemite 10.10.1, but most likely applies to other versions of OS X as well, as I believe this bug is an old one. This bug is definitely present in Snow Leopard 10.6.8, because I have observed this same fault in an old Mac I have that runs Snow Leopard.
I have reported this bug to Apple, so hopefully they will see my report and act upon it. However, it might be an idea if others also report this problem of Services shortcuts not working property, to ensure that Apple get the message. You can report a bug to Apple via their bug feedback page here.

Exactly where do you want to use a GO BACK "shortcut" in Bridge? Maybe I don't even understand what you mean by Go Back. Bridge is only a file browser, nothing more. It doesn't open, edit, manipulate or save files at all.
Are you simply referring to going back to view a folder that you viewed before?
Please don't take this a criticism. As someone who will gladly pay money not to have to learn any shortcuts at all, I'm just puzzled and curious, that's all.

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