Keyboard shortcut to open terminal in mac OSX ?
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22120 thousand people looking for this, and no solution provided.– Lucas BustamanteCommented Mar 17, 2019 at 12:38
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@LucasBustamante there is an (accepted) answer below, and a link to further answers in the yellow box at the top. If none of these answers solve the problem, please use the „Ask Question“ button to ask a new question. If you do so, please also explain why the existing answers don‘t work for you.– nohillside ♦Commented Mar 17, 2019 at 13:16
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@Lri There is no need to reopen a question just to repost an answer which already exists on one of the original questions. Avoiding duplicate answers is exactly the reason for closing questions as a duplicate :-)– nohillside ♦Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 13:03
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2@nohillside even though I can, I urge you to consider that this question has 6x more people searching for this specific solution.– Lucas BustamanteCommented Mar 23, 2019 at 20:55
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2To be fair, this is the top search result for "osx terminal shortcut" on duckduckgo, and the top stackexchange result on google for the same search term. I for one am unlikely to look at the other duplicate questions when the answers on this one don't have a simple solution, I'm sure others are unlikely to as well.– Kelly BangCommented Jul 30, 2019 at 15:44
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Press CmdSpace to open spotlight search, and type terminal and hit return.
Or if you are in the terminal press CmdT to open a new tab OR CmdN to open a new Terminal window.
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30As schlenger said, that is not a keyboard shortcut. Terrible solution. Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 12:52
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5Doesn't work if you already have a terminal window open. Commented Mar 7, 2018 at 0:17
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9This does not seem to be the right answer for OP. Here are the steps: 1. Go to
Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts2. Select App shortcuts from the left pane 3. Click on + sign to add a new shortcut 4. On the application drop down, select "Other" and then chooseSystem > Application > Utilities > Terminal.app5. Enter the name and register your shortcut (I use cmd + shift + t) 6. Save Commented Oct 22, 2020 at 17:39
Karabiner-Elements (10.12 and later)
Karabiner stopped working in 10.12 due to changes in the kernel architecture, and Karabiner was rewritten as Karabiner-Elements which uses a new JSON format for the configuration files.
You can now add a rule like this to karabiner.json (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/json.html):
{
"from": {
"key_code": "t",
"modifiers": {
"mandatory": [
"right_option"
]
}
},
"to": [
{
"shell_command": "open -aterminal"
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
Karabiner (10.11 and earlier)
Save a file like this as private.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<vkopenurldef>
<name>KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_TERMINAL</name>
<url>file:///Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app</url>
</vkopenurldef>
<item>
<name>custom</name>
<identifier>custom</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::T, ModifierFlag::OPTION_R | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_TERMINAL</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Alfred
If you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred, you can create a workflow like this:
Hotkeys have a short delay by default, but you can reduce the delay by changing the "Trigger behaviour" option from "Simulate modifier keys released" to "Pass through modifier keys (Fastest)":
Raycast
If you use Raycast, you can go to Settings > Extensions and find iTerm in the Applications folder or by searching for it. Then add a shortcut:
iTerm 2
iTerm 2 has an option to enable a global keyboard shortcut for focusing the application in "Preferences > Keys > Show/hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey":
