Shortcut to Sound preferences

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Shortcut to Sound preferences

Okay, I know how to make a keyboard shortcut for system preferences in general, but it's not much different than clicking it on the dock. I wanted a shortcut to take me directly to the sound preferences, which seems to be too specific of a command. I tried using "Sound" and "Sound Preferences" and neither of those worked. I just wondered if there was another name I'm not thinking of that would make it work. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure there's just no way of doing this.

Mac Pro dual quad 3.2/Nvidia 8800GT, 8GB of RAM, 500GB and 1TB internal HDs, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 27, 2009 11:24 AM

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Limnos

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Mar 27, 2009 1:35 PM in response to Etchie

option + volume (on my keyboard one of the two keys that let you increase or decrease volume, just above the number pad).

reference: http://guides.macrumors.com/Keyboard_shortcuts

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Limnos

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Mar 27, 2009 11:36 AM in response to Etchie

Make alias to System > Library > PreferencePanes > Sound.prefPane

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nerowolfe

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Mar 27, 2009 11:57 AM in response to Limnos

I would add that there is a very similar app - Audio MIDI Setup.app which does many things that can also be done with the preference pane.

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Etchie Author

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Mar 27, 2009 1:08 PM in response to Limnos

Well, I tried doing that but when I highlight the file, I don't have the option of making an alias. I also tried using "SoundprefPane..." but that didn't work either. If nothing comes of this it's really not a big deal. I just wondered if this was possible. I'm guessing at this point that it's probably not.

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Pyro9

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Mar 28, 2009 1:02 AM in response to Limnos

Yup, I was going to suggest just that, ⌥+F5 (or Fn ⌥F5 if you've flipped F-keys)
you could use it on your keyboard that came with MacPro.

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Mar 28, 2009 2:12 AM in response to Etchie

Just to add to what Limnos said above.

Follow his navigation but rather than making a desktop style short cut just drag the document icon ONTO your dock.
You will see it change appearance from a document style icon to a speaker cone (You need to drop it to the right hand side of the dock, near trash and other folders files).
Now when you click on it you are taken directly to the speaker preference pane rather than the general system preferences window.
This works for all system preferences panels in just the same way.
I find it especially useful to drop the StartupDisk.prefPane here as it gives me one click access to switching to and forth between differing OSes over Bootcamp similar to the tray icon under windows !

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Etchie Author

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Mar 28, 2009 9:49 AM in response to Limnos

Limnos, that's exactly what I was looking for! Just a simple keyboard shortcut. I have a Mac Pro and I'm constantly switching the audio signal between my speakers and my headphones. Anyone know if there's also one for the keyboard and mouse preference? I've got it on my dock which is pretty much close enough, but it would be wonderful if there was also a shortcut to that.

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