![]() ![]() ⇧⌃⌥ plus the letter creates a new object using the current text, image, or file selection (like using the Services menu - in fact a lot of these just call the corresponding Services menu item) ⌃⌥M launches Mail and creates a new message, etc. ⌃⌥ plus the letter creates a new object, e.g. ⌃ plus the letter opens the main application I use for the given object type, e.g.: So, each “object” type is associated with a letter or other key, for example:Įach type of action I associate with one or more modifier keys: For most of them there’s a fairly consistent set of tasks that I might want to do with them: open, make new, find, make with selection, find with selection, plus any number of more specific tasks for each object or application. Most of these “live” mainly, but not necessarily exclusively, in one given application. What I came up with was a list of “objects” such as files, calendar events, contacts, OmniFocus tasks, etc. A few years ago I started running into the problem of remembering all the shortcuts I had created, so I gave some thought to systematizing them. I also have lots of scripts and macros with keyboard shortcuts assigned (mostly in Keyboard Maestro or an older launcher called Butler, which is not so well-known but which I love for its ability to create custom pop-up menus). I do generally set the KM Action to execute a script file, rather than text. While there is a small performance hit for executing a script from KM, I have not noticed any material delays or differences for my scripts. Having them in KM makes it easy to have all of my Macs using the same shortcuts. I don’t even use the macOS Preferences any more. For some time I have been using KM to assign almost all of my custom shortcuts/hotkeys for all apps, so that I have all of these in one place: KM. ![]() LaunchBar also works great for this, since I only have to type a few characters in the folder name to select it.Ĭhris, I know you prefer FastScripts over Keyboard Maestro for triggering a lot of your scripts, but I prefer KM. I use Default Folder X and the Finder Favorites panel for accessing my frequent folders. Wow! I could never remember all of those shortcuts. Here is my FastScripts Finder Menu to give an example of the sort of systems I use
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