Key Command question

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jonothon77

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I used to use Quickeys all the time, mostly to open an app with a simple key command, rather than to mouse my way to it. I haven't used it nor upgraded for a while, because I felt it might be interfering with some apps that I used (it had to be open all the time in OSx, unlike before in OS9).

Anyway, I know you can customize menu commands as key commands in os X, but I can't figure out how to simply open an application.

Any help?
 
I know about that. It lets you create key commands WITHIN an app, commands that are already in a menu, but I'm interested in key commands that open programs. for instance a key command to open iCal, instead of mousing to the dock.
 
Upon further research, it seems Apple claims that you can't use their keyboard shortcuts PreferencePane to open applications.

oh well, that sucks. For me, that was the best thing about a macro program like Quickeys. Am I striking out here?
 
Yep, I've been playing with it also and doesn't seem to work for this.

I use Quickeys in OS X.
 
Have you tried QuickSilver? It's free and loaded with more features than I'm even going to go into here. QuickSilver has something called Triggers that allow you to create system-wide keyboard shortcuts for anything, including launching a specific app. It does a whole lot more than that, and triggers are only one small feature. Mainly, QuickSilver is designed to be able to provide searching for applications, files, and commands via a simple keyboard shortcut (Control+Spacebar). I'm still learning it, so go through the documentation online as you use it and learn about the features. Triggers work though, as I just created one to open Safari via the shortcut Control+Option+Command+Shift+B (yes, it's long, but I wanted something that I knew wouldn't conflict with another app so I could test this out).

http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
 
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