Need to assign keyboard shortcuts to open applications!

How can I assign keyboard shortcuts to open applications such as mail, safari, iphoto, fcp, shake and etc...
Thanks in advance,

Zia

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Posted on Aug 25, 2007 7:38 PM

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Aug 25, 2007 9:00 PM in response to Kenichi Watanabe

Thanks, I got that far but in the window it is asking me for "Menu Title". It says to "enter the exact name of the menu command you want to add". I have already assigned the keyboard shortcut to the app but can't figure out Menu Title or the name of menu command I want to add.
My question is, what is going to be the Menu Title for an app such as final cut pro, safari, etc...

-z

Aug 25, 2007 9:16 PM in response to Zia Basith

It's a bit confusing, but you cannot assign a keyboard short-cut to launch an app. That window is for assigning a keyboard shortcut to an EXISTING menu command in the app you selected, if that menu command does not have a keyboard shortcut already.

So if you select System Preference as the app, and enter Menu Title of "About System Preferences" and enter Opt-Cmd-A as the shortcut, once you close and reopen System Preferences, Opt-Cmd-A will open the About System Preferences window, which is an existing command under the File menu that previously did not have a keyboard shortcut.

You may be able to do what you want with a macro program like Quickeys.

Aug 25, 2007 9:42 PM in response to Zia Basith

Maybe there a misunderstanding here... You can't do that using the built-in Keyboard Shortcuts feature; it is for adding or modifying keyboard shortcuts for existing menu commands INSIDE applications. It is not for opening applications.

Once your apps are open, don't close them. Once running, you can use the Command-Tab keystroke. The application switcher will pop up and each Tab will go to the next app in the row.

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