10.6: Launch applications via keyboard shortcuts

Sep 17, '09 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: V.K.

Snow Leopard makes it possible to create keyboard shortcuts to launch applications without using third-party application launchers.

To do so, create a Service using Automator with a single action to launch an application. Set the conditions of this service to receive "no input," and make it available in all applications. Save the Service and create a shortcut to it on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard System Preferences panel.

Note that the shortcut will not work in apps (Firefox, for one) that don't support Services.

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