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Mac - Any way to change Hide and Minimize Keyboard shortcuts?
Good day experts
Is there any way to override/change the Hide shortcut (Cmd+H) and Minimize shortcut (Cmd+M) to another keyboard shortcut (for example, Hide= Cmd+Alt+A and Hide=Cmd+Alt+S)?
The only way I've found is by going to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts and for EVERY Application I have to add "Hide <Name of the App>"...but this is really problematic...is there any way to directly override it?
Currently using Mountain Lion
Thanks in advance
Is there any way to override/change the Hide shortcut (Cmd+H) and Minimize shortcut (Cmd+M) to another keyboard shortcut (for example, Hide= Cmd+Alt+A and Hide=Cmd+Alt+S)?
The only way I've found is by going to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts and for EVERY Application I have to add "Hide <Name of the App>"...but this is really problematic...is there any way to directly override it?
Currently using Mountain Lion
Thanks in advance
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@eoinosullivan: thanks for the quick response! If it's not possible (sorry...I'm a newbie with mac)...is there any program/alternative/app that enables to "map" a keyboard shortcut for another combination of keys, instead of overriding it? For example, mapping the key combination (Cmd+Alt+S) to keyboard shortcut (Cmd+M) or (Cmd+H) ? I'm sorry for being so troublesome for this little issue :(
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Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!! :D
There are a number of standard keyboard commands which apply in OSX (Cmd+S = Save etc.) and the Hide and Minimise commands are in this group as they are related to Finder functions.
Most software developers reserve these command key combinations so that they work exactly the same in all applications .. some programs like Photoshop and MS Office allow you to override the keyboard commands from within their Preferences. For all the rest you have to do it on a per application basis in the Keyboard section of System Preferences.
There are tools to remap the keys (e.g. to swap the Cmd and Option keys on the keyboard) but nothing to specifically disable a standard OSX keyboard command.