Alt+Enter Shortcut in MacOS

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For over 10 years I have been using Linux, where I always had Alt+Enter as a shortcut to open a new terminal. Recently due to employment change I have to use MacOS. About 100 times a day I hit Alt+Enter with nothing happening. I would like to set or hack my beloved shortcut into MacOS. Using Shortcuts in System Preferences/Keyboard does not seem to accept the Enter key.

You would earn my eternal gratitude by pointing me in the right direction!

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You can try and follow the Automator action at the following related post.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/120300/316076

I do something like this to launch my work apps in the morning.

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Not all programs that use text fields will use the default keybindings, but this will help with many programs.

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