Questions tagged [shortcut]
Series of one or several keys that invoke some software/os action when triggered by the user
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How can I change the fn + C shortcut in macOS?
I'm trying to set up Minecraft speedrunning on my M1 MacBook Air on Tahoe 26.1, and I am using a program for triangulation called NinjaBrainBot. However, this calculator uses the keyboard shortcut fn+...
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What keyboard shortcut is there for switching between document tabs in Foxit Reader?
I want to switch between multiple document tabs in Foxit Reader (v 2025.2.x) using a keyboard shortcut.
Tab-switching (or window-switching) keyboard shortcuts I know from other applications (e.g. opt+...
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What key triggers display mirroring (by accident)
A couple of times I have accidentally hit some key combination that turns on display mirroring (which I never want).
I can't figure out what key this is. A web search suggests Command-F1, but it's ...
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tagging an Apple Note via a shortcut
I've made my first shortcut for creating my own daily journal entry in Apple Notes. It actually works very well except, the tags that the shortcut adds to the new note are not recognized as tags. The ...
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A word by word shortcut
Since CMD-right or left arrow will move you to the end or beginning of a sentence, how do you move from word to word?
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If ShortcutDetective crashes what is a good way to determine why alt + arrow keys does not jump a word back?
macOS 15.5 (24F74) MacBook Air M2
I confirmed with Keykaster that the shortcut I am doing is alt + an arrow. Normally this jumps me to the next/previous word no matter what the application is. Now it ...
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How can I use Shortcuts to download a YouTube video?
I tried to use Shortcuts to download a YouTube video but I couldn't find a an action for this. Is there a way to accomplish this?
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How to prevent Cmd+Space from opening emoji window in Firefox for Mac?
I managed to disable "Show Spotlight search" in keyboard options, but now it opens the "Emoji & Symbols" window in Firefox on macOS.
It doesn't always occur: perhaps a firefox ...
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Is there any way to trigger some action or behaviour when a new reminder is created (e.g. by Siri)?
Is there any way to trigger some sort of action, automation, Shortcut, or webhook, whenever a new Reminder is added?
In particular, I'm looking for a method that doesn't require interacting with the ...
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Disable control-a keyboard shortcut
The Ctrl-A keyboard shortcut (text editing, move to beginning of line) does not appear to be in any of the lists in System Preferences under "Keyboard Shortcuts". How can I disable it?
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How to disable @@ substitution with my email
How can I disable the automatic substitution of @@ with my email on MacOS Sequoia 15.3.2. It is not in Keyboard->Text Input->Text Replacements.
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Unable to map keyboard like I could in previous macOS versions ...?
On my ancient 2014 macbook pro, I could map control-minus and control-equal to switch to the next desktop on the left or right, respectively.
However, it doesn't seem like this sort of thing is ...
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How to jump to start/end of the texts (Cmd+Left, Cmd+Right) in Chrome Browser without the Chrome navigating back/forth in the browser history?
In MacOS, jumping to the start/end of a text while typing is by CMD+Left or CMD+Right. But Chrome browser is overriding those by making the current page going back/forth in the browsing history. ...
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How to run a keyboard shortcut in terminal./Proper syntax to run a keyboard shortcut in the terminal
I would like to accomplish the simple task of making a 'button' (folder, executable, alias, etc.) open the Force Quit dialog box, on my mac. This button would ideally sit in the dock.
On windows, this ...
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Can I simulate whatever change that causes spotlight to need an arrow down and up before launching each new app?
On macOS Sequoia I have to press arrow down and up before selecting on an item for the first time. Every time after that one can open the item normally. This is a per-new-app restriction in my ...
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