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Cmd+F Launches Finder — Thanks, Alfred!

By Rob Warner  //  Mac  //  3 Comments

One thing I like about Windows is that Start+E launches an Explorer window. I get frustrated when Cmd+Tabbing to a Finder window on Mac OS X, and for some reason I usually have difficulty noticing the Finder icon in the Cmd+Tab popup. I’ve caught myself pressing Cmd+E to get a Finder window, which of course doesn’t work and I just get more frustrated.

I just got the new version of Alfred, and as a Powerpack user I get Global Hotkeys. I just mapped Cmd+F to Finder (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app), and it launches Finder. Woohoo!

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3 Comments to “Cmd+F Launches Finder — Thanks, Alfred!”

  • Rob Warner May 16, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Um . . . yeah . . . Cmd+F is “Find.” Let’s try Cmd+E.

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  • bill May 19, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    ⌘-Option-Space bar opens a Finder window for me. Sure it’s three keys, but they’re all adjacent and it doesn’t require loading anything.

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  • Rob Warner May 19, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    I didn’t know about ⌘-Option-Space bar. Truly, though, I’m more impressed that you knew how to type “⌘” — I just copied and pasted yours ;-)

    Reply

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