{"id":48614,"date":"2019-06-06T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=48614"},"modified":"2019-06-20T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:40:49","slug":"tip-off-6-make-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/48614-tip-off-6-make-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"&#x1f680; TipOff #6: Make a Keyboard Shortcut for Any Menu Item"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-48808\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-120x120.png\" alt=\"Tip Off\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-284x284.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-380x380.png 380w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo.png 1456w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-120x120@2x.png 240w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tip-off-logo-284x284@2x.png 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/>We all know that <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/48398-top-10-greatest-mac-keyboard-shortcuts-of-all-time\">keyboard shortcuts<\/a> help save time, but did you know that you can create your own keyboard shortcut for any menu option? It&#8217;s super helpful if you are constantly pointing and selecting the same menu item over and over and over and over&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Create a Keyboard Shortcut<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>Go to <kbd>System Preferences &gt; Keyboard &gt; Application Shortcuts.<\/kbd><\/li>\n<li>Click the + button to add a new shortcut.<\/li>\n<li>From the drop-down list, choose which app you want the shortcut to apply to.<\/li>\n<li>Type the exact name of the menu command into the next box, including correct case and special characters.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, choose your unique key combination to invoke the command, and click <kbd>Add<\/kbd>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that keyboard shortcuts help save time, but did you know that you can create your own keyboard shortcut for any menu option? 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