Create custom shortcuts
Get instant access to important apps and folders with HotKey
IT WILL TAKE
>10 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
>How to create your own keyboard shortcuts
YOU’LL NEED
>HotKey, Mac OS X 10.10 or later
Genius tip!
>Don’t forget about Apple’s own shortcuts, which run through macOS like the words in a stick of rock: bit.ly/ mac370kbshortcuts
One of our favourite kinds of app is the one that’s clearly a labour of love, and it often comes into being when a developer spots a feature Apple hasn’t provided and steps up to offer it. HotKey is a brilliant example of that. Peter Vorwieger has created a simple, free and really useful utility for macOS that enables you to quickly and easily create all kinds of keyboard shortcuts – not just for apps but for folders and the clipboard too. So if there’s a particular folder you’re always opening or an app you often need to call up, you can create a keyboard combination for it and access it instantly.