command R to run terminal and command E for run finder application

Command-R and Command-E have existing meanings in some apps, so attempting to make them global keyboard shortcuts will be undermined by the apps that already use them.

I tend to use Command-Option-Shift-letter for my personal global keyboard short cuts. Sometimes Control is thrown into the mix either all together or as a substitute for one of the above.

System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts (tab) -> App Shortcuts (tab)

Then some google searches.

You can also create Applications -> Automator -> Quick Actions, and bind them to a key in

System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts (tab) -> Services (tab)

If you are adding a Keyboard Shortcut to an existing app menu entry, and there is ... in the menu name, that is the ellipse and it is Option-Semicolon … Menu keyboard shortcuts must be spelling exactly as shown in the menu, including the use of Option-Semicolon (ellipse) when it is present in the menu name.

FWIW, the Finder runs all the time so there doesn't seem to be a need for a shortcut.

Congrats Bob! :)

BDAqua

🥳 50,001 - It kind of snuck up on me.

And another congrats for what snuck upon thee for all that good advice given…