MacOS

Tips, tricks and information about developing on MacOS. In particular my configuration.

Opening a new keyboard terminal window with a global keyboard shortcut

Create a shell script

In your home directory create a new shell script – term.sh in my case – with the following content:

#!/bin/bash
open -a Terminal ~

Add executable permissions to this file: chmod +x term.sh.

Test this script by executing ./term.sh in a terminal. When a new terminal window is opening, the script works.

Add a quick action with "Automator"

Next, open the "Automator" app and create a new workflow.

• Select "Quick Action"
• Select "No Input" and "Any program"
• On the left under "Library > Utilities" search for "Execute Shell Script"
• Enter ~/term.sh in the box

Press "Run" at the top to test the service. If it works, save it under a name you will easily recognize again.

Add a keyboard shortcut

• Under "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortscuts" select "Services"
• Find your quick action in the list, mine was under "General"
• Double click at the end of the line and add a keyboard shortcut. I chose Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+Opt+T so that I hopefully won't have any conflicts.

Test your keyboard shortcut!