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wwwuser
wwwuser

Reputation: 6372

Keyboard shortcut to open Google Chrome on Mac

On a Mac, I'd like to have a keyboard shortcut to open Google Chrome. I know how to set a keyboard shortcut in the system preferences, however I'm unsure how to script it and hook it up.

Is this possible through AppleScript?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 20644

Answers (4)

user3113626
user3113626

Reputation: 699

Here is a trick. Use Ctrl + ↑ to create a new desktop, say desktop2, and drag chrome application into that new desktop.

Open the keyboard preference pane, switch to the shortcut tab, and select mission control to assign a key to that desktop2. Now you can switch to chrome use that key.

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Upvotes: 0

Lri
Lri

Reputation: 27633

Shortcuts for Automator services might not always work until the service has been selected once from the menu bar. And they won't be available in applications that don't have a Services menu. There's usually also a noticable delay before they are run.

Using a third party application like Alfred or Apptivate would probably be a better idea.

Another option would be assign shortcuts to AppleScripts like this:

tell application "iTunes"
    reopen
    activate
end tell

Upvotes: 2

Kassym Dorsel
Kassym Dorsel

Reputation: 4843

If you don't want to use any third party applications you need to create a service and assign it a shortcut.

Open Automator and select Service. You want it to look like the following : enter image description here

Save it to its default location. ie ~/Library/Services

Open System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Keyboard Shortcuts. Enable the service and assign it a shortcut. enter image description here

Upvotes: 15

user149341
user149341

Reputation:

Not with AppleScript alone -- there's no way to bind a keyboard shortcut to execute an arbitrary command.

Instead of writing something yourself, you may want to take a look at some existing launcher applications, like Butler, Spark, or Quicksilver.

Upvotes: 0

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