MacOS – How should I start a new iTerm terminal with shortcut

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I've created a service in automator and assigned a shortcut, and it works.

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But this doesn't start a new iTerm terminal. It only reveals the already running one

How can I start a new "tab" or a new "iTerm window"?

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You can change the Action in your Automator-defined service to an AppleScript action:

Select Library/Run AppleScript in the Actions window
Add the following AppleScript in the created Action and save:

if application "iTerm" is not running then
    activate application "iTerm"
else
    tell application "iTerm"
        create window with default profile
        activate
    end tell
end if

This opens iTerm if it is not running, else it opens a new window. See iTerm documentation for more examples of AppleScript scripting for iTerm.

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The option Command:

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See this question for different ways to assign shortcuts to opening applications.

When I tried using Alfred to assign a keyboard shortcut for MacVim, pressing the shortcut did not always open a new window. You could try using a script like this though:

tell application "MacVim"
    reopen -- open a new default window if there are no open windows
    activate -- make frontmost
end tell

Or try just using activate app "MacVim" or adding different arguments to open -a MacVim.

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