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In Windows, you can open the nth application on the taskbar by doing Windows key + n. How do you do this on a Mac (keyboard shortcut)?

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  • There's no Mac equivalent that I know of. There are ways to launch an app by key command [using Automator/Applescript or 3rd party tools], but not based on position in the dock.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Dec 5, 2021 at 8:27

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I don't know of any shortcut without using a scripting tool but I use a simple, dirty hack.

I use the Raycast launcher (love it!). In its extension panel, I've created numbered hotkeys using the Option modifier key (⌥) where the number corresponds to the position of the app in the dock. For example, ⌥ + 13 is for Finder, ⌥ + 2 for LaunchPad, ⌥ + 3 for Arc Browser, etc.

This generally works great except when I have to reorder the apps in the dock. For this reason, I don't change the order of the first 10 apps.

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