This is an extended comment containing some suggestions of things to try and help you diagnose your problem, but I don't claim that any of these will definitely solve your issue: ### Check `defaults` to look for clashing keyboard shortcuts Your service runs with a different shortcut and inside _Automator_. So there is possibly a conflicting shortcut that has appeared and is blocking your original. In _Terminal_ (or other terminal emulator), you can retrieve all the active app-specific keyboard shortcuts: ```sh defaults find NSUserKeyEquivalents ``` and your service workflow shortcuts: ```sh defaults find NSServicesStatus ``` The symbols used to represent modifier keys are: - **`@`**: <kbd>⌘</kbd> _`command`_ - **`$`**: <kbd>⇧</kbd> _`shift`_ - **`~`**: <kbd>⌥</kbd> _`alt`/`option`_ - **`^`**: <kbd>⌃</kbd> _`ctrl`_ Thus, <kbd>⌘</kbd>+<kbd>⌥</kbd>+<kbd>⌃</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> is symbolised as `@~^c` (the `c` is lowercase). You can do a general `defaults` search through all the preference files to look for that specific combination of characters: ```sh defaults find '@~^c' ``` You can also search for matching preferences files: ```sh grep -iE '@~\^c' ~/Library/Preferences/* /Library/Preferences/* 2>/dev/null ``` which, upon matching, will output something like: ```sh Binary file /Users/CK/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services.plist matches ``` and then you can target the specific domain to examine its `defaults`: ```sh defaults read com.apple.ServicesMenu.Services ``` ### Third-party Application There are third-party apps that allow you to see what keyboard shortcuts are being used by which applications on your system. The one I know of is [**KeyCue**](https://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/): <img src="https://www.ergonis.com/images/products/kc/kc_finder-tenaya.png"> <img src="https://www.ergonis.com/images/products/kc/kc_dark.png"> I'm not endorsing the product and have never used it myself, but I believe it would be very useful in finding out if there's interference from another application or from within _Finder_ stopping you from using that shortcut combination. It's a paid app (€19.99), but has a free evaluation period: > _All our products are available for evaluation before purchase. As long as you do not have a license key, KeyCue operates in trial mode and occasionally displays a registration reminder instead of the shortcut table._