How to make service keyboard combi work system-wide
Goodmorning all,
On installing iMacs on behave of a big customer of ours, we want to enable a keyboard shortcut. Upon pressing a certain keyboard combo, a certain programm should launch. We have used this method:
http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/tut01/index.html
However, the shortcuts are only active in programms (let's take safari for example), when we first select Safari -> Services in the menubar.
At first i thought rebooting the iMac should solve it, but no such luck.
To make things worse, we have to do this for EVERY programm. So when we make the keyboard combo 'active' in safari, when selecting Safari -> Services in the menubar, the combo still won't work in other programms. We have to repeat the trick for Google Chrome, Libre Office, and so on.
Additional info: I created the services with the automator service launch application. We choose the option Service receives selected text in ANY application.
The OS X version is 10.8.5 an we've tried this on various 24 and 27 inch iMacs and a Macbook Pro with both mavericks and mountain lion. Results are the same all over the place.
Any help on getting this service active is much, veeeery much appreciated!
Michel
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
