How to disable Command-Space bar for Spotlight?

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How to disable Command-Space bar for Spotlight?

This isn't specific to Mavericks. I've had this issue with my previous OSs too. Is there anyway to disable the key combination of Command + Space bar that is used to open the Spotlight menu? I can't tell you how many times I've inadvertently tapped this combination while typing. If you're not looking at the screen, and you trigger this combination, you discover that you have inadvertently entered the last eight or nine words into Spotlight's search field instead of into your document, Mail, etc. Then, in order to get back to your document and leave Spotlight, you must click on it (the document, etc.) and retype those words again. I'd love to find a fix for this! Any help would be very much appreciated!

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jan 16, 2014 1:29 PM

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Kurt Lang

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Jan 16, 2014 1:33 PM in response to WildBill

Open the System Preferences and click the Keyboard icon, then the Shortcuts tab. Click Spotlight in the left column and then uncheck both boxes at the right.

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Kurt Lang

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Apr 6, 2016 6:36 PM in response to Georgie5025

If I press Command+Space while in Safari, it stays there. Other apps bounce me back to the iPad's desktop and the Search bar opens. Haven't looked to see if there's a way to control it yet in the preferences.

Edit: Nothing under iOS 9.3.1 with an iPad 3. But different iPads have different options under the same OS version. So that I don't have a way to control it doesn't necessarily mean no one does.

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