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I defined a shortcut for opening a Terminal, but it isn't working.

Any ideas?

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Paul
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    Please don't add answers to the question itself. Either accept the answer which helped you most (by clicking on the checkmark at the left) or post an answer yourself (and accept it). – nohillside Jul 20 '16 at 14:26
  • Or, in this case, upvote the corresponding answer to the linked question ;-) – nohillside Jul 20 '16 at 14:26

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This is because the shortcut you created is specific to the Application.

When you create the shortcut, you need to enter the "exact name of the menu command" within the Application specified in the dropdown above.

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Typing "Terminal" won't work.

3 Options to quickly Launch Terminal

Add to your Dock

Open Your Applications Folder and simply drag the Terminal icon to your dock. Click on it whenever you want.

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Use Spotlight

One of my favorite ways to launch programs is to simply type it in Spotlight. Press Command Space to invoke Spotlight and just start typing

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Use Karabiner

If you have to have a keyboard shortcut to run Terminal, consider using Karabiner. It's free software that allows you create custom shortcuts for virtually any task. Best of all, it's free.

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  • but I didn't type "Terminal", I selected the 'Terminal.app' in the 'Application - select box' – Paul Jul 20 '16 at 13:59
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    There's no menu called "Terminal" in Terminal. There's a Menu called "New Window with Same Settings" within Terminal, but you will have to be in Terminal to to have the keyboard shortcut recognized. – Allan Jul 20 '16 at 14:07
  • I solved it like this: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/167967/creating-system-wide-keyboard-shortcut-to-launch-applications – Paul Jul 20 '16 at 14:13
  • So, what Mateusz said. You should upvote his answer if that worked. – Allan Jul 20 '16 at 14:17
  • @Allan - shouldn't he accept rather than upvote the answer? Not that I expect he will - he never did seem to understand your answer, so he probably just doesn't care. – Marty Fried Feb 15 '17 at 23:16
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    @MartyFried - If the answer worked for him, he should accept, but there's no rule that he has to. I'm not worried about it.... – Allan Feb 15 '17 at 23:36
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Create a Service Automator workflow. Set it as no input and available from any application. Place there "Open Application" module and choose Terminal.app. Save it with the name like: "OpenTerminal". Then in keyboard shortcuts preferences, select Services and look for "OpenTerminal" service -> assign Your shortcut there.

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  • I'm on 10.11.6 and I've tried that method but my newly saved Automator Service does not show under the Services in the Shortcuts :( – Pinchus G. Jul 20 '16 at 14:19
  • Have You followed all the steps from this answer http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/167974/74657 ? – Mateusz Szlosek Jul 20 '16 at 14:22
  • I didn't follow that link but I did try it with an Apple Script, but hey if that works then I'm very glad.

    I tried the script below: on run {input, parameters} tell application "Terminal" activate reopen end tell return input end run

     – Pinchus G. Jul 20 '16 at 14:25