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I want to be able to rename a document on apple applications (Pages, Logic, and TextEdit specifically) from within the application itself. ⇧+⌥+⌘+S activates "Save as", but this duplicates the document and then renames the duplicate, leaving the original with the same name.

Is there a common keyboard shortcut to rename a document without duplicating it?

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  • Do you need this to be a key command, or is mouse OK?
    – Tetsujin
    Feb 21, 2022 at 10:23
  • Yes, this is primarily just for workflow efficiency, I am aware of the conventional way to rename a file
    – Krill_Bill
    Feb 21, 2022 at 10:28

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You can add a keyboard command to any menu item, either per app or globally.

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System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts

Click + to add a shortcut.
Type the exact menu name, being careful with the ellipsis … which is not the same thing as three stops/periods. You can generate this with Opt ⌥ ; [semicolon] on English layouts.
Make sure your command won't conflict with anything else - I didn't actually test if this one would conflict, just to show as an example.

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This will then be reflected in the menu itself.

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For sake of completeness, you can also rename by mouse-click on the name at the top of the document, which will change in the Finder.

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    Thank you, I've used this feature lots before, don't know why I didn't think of it
    – Krill_Bill
    Feb 21, 2022 at 10:47
  • Possibly because in this case you don't really expect there to be a menu item for Rename - it's not really a common menu item other than in Apple's 'magic save' apps.
    – Tetsujin
    Feb 21, 2022 at 10:48

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