For opening apps and the like, stick with Global, because we want to be able to open an app whatever we happen to be doing at the time. We'll start with a shortcut to open Safari. If you feel that being kicked to and from the Shortcuts app whenever you open an app with a custom icon is a nuisance, it may be best to only create Shortcuts for apps you use infrequently, or not. Create a Mac Keyboard Shortcut To Launch Any App If you want to launch an app using a single key press, you can do it by creating an Automator Quick Action and assigning it a keyboard shortcut in System Preferences. Add Shortcut to Website On Mac Using Chrome Browser. Follow the steps below to add shortcut to any website on Google’s Chrome browser. As you will notice, the steps are the same as for Safari browser. Open the Chrome browser on your Mac and visit the website that you want to add the shortcut to.
When it comes to opening apps in macOS you basically have the following options: the app is in your Dock, you use Spotlight, you use Launchpad or you simply open up Finder and go to the Applications folder.
You definitely have options, but they are all slow and time consuming. It would be great if you could assing keyboard shortcuts to open apps, but macOS’ shortcut functionality is very limited. Notion so mac app.
Luckily there’s a 3rd party solution, Thor. A free and open source app that aloows you to do exactly that – assign a keyboard shortcut to any app that’s installed on your system. https://effecttree187.weebly.com/mac-vpn-free-apps.html.
Thor is a simple app with a simple and clean UI. It has a light theme and a dark theme that changes automatically with the appearance of your macOS, a settings screen and a add apps/shortcuts screen.
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Thor is self-explanatory. Just add the app, add a keyboard shortcut and as long as Thor is running ( in your menubar so it’s out of your way. And if you use dozer you’ll never see it ), you can use the assigned shortcuts to open your apps.
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To install Thor you can:
- install it via Homebrew with
brew cask install thor
- download it from the official project page on Github
- install it via Mac App Store