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Can I bind a mac keyboard shortcut to enlarge the mouse cursor?

I want to trigger the temporary cursor enlargement that happens when you shake the mouse, but as a button press on my keyboard. I'm trying to make better use of my mousekeys in my keyboard config but ...
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How to set input language shortcuts on macOS?

Problem I regularly use at least 3 languages, so I have the standard shortcut for switching the layouts (cmd+space). This works well if there are only 2 languages, EN->RU and RU->EN, for ...
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How do I find out what macOS app is using a shortcut

So on macOS I want to setup Mail to have command+shift+R to reply all but it isn’t letting me. Looks like another app or something is conflicting with that combination. I don’t see it in the ...
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AppleScript Quick Action Services Shortcut issue - MacOS Catalina

Running on: MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 I made a Quick Action in Automator and it works just fine. In fact, I've been using it for a few years. The code in the action itself is not the problem, nor is it ...
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How to map a new key binding to forward delete on macos?

I would like to map the right option key and the backspace key to forward delete, mostly so that I can forward delete whilst holding a cup of coffee without doing hand acrobatics. Could somebody ...
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Keyboard shortcut for subscript-2?

I have a Mac with OS Catalina. How can I type the letter subscript-2 (which is used in the chemical formula of water H₂O) in a text-editor by using a keyboard shortcut? Does the macOS have a built-in ...
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Prevent overwrite of existing shortcuts

When assigning custom keyboard shortcuts (in Catalina 10.15.4), is it possible to avoid conflicts so that existing (system) shortcuts aren't accidentally overwritten? I was thinking something along ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Service in OS X doesn't work outside of application focus

I have created a service for music application for next and previous track buttons on my keyboard. Problem is when i click on music application and press the keyboard shortcut it works, but when I ...
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Mac OS Catalina "Move to Bin" shortcut

I'd like to add the shortcut Ctrl+Delete to the Command Move to Bin. I open System Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Application Shortcuts -> Finder but when ...
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Prevent Music.app from starting on F8 (play) button (osx 10.15)

I want to control Spotify using the function key media shortcuts, but Music.app opens instead of Spotify playing (even though Spotify is open already. How can I prevent Music.app from listening to ...
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Is there a way to enter 'tab', 'function' or 'escape' keys as keyboard shortcuts for voice control Mac OS X?

I am using voice control in Catalina OS beta 5 to map various keyboard shortcuts to custom commands. Most key shortcuts like "command-f" work just fine, but any key shortcut that uses either the 'tab',...
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