MacOS – How to create a keyboard shortcut to access a specific folder in Finder

finderkeyboardmacosuti

I have been using Total Commander as a file manager on Windows for years. There is one feature I miss a lot in Finder: a shortcut to one specific folder.

Saying I have a folder ~/Downloads, ~/Dropbox, ~/Code, ~/Books.
Is it possible to setup a customized keyboard shortcut for each of them?

In Total Commander you could do ctrl+D+1/2/C/B/… etc.

Best Answer

One option would be to create an Automator service and assign it a shortcut in the Keyboard preferences.

tell application "Finder"
    reopen
    activate
    set p to (system attribute "HOME") & "/Downloads/"
    set target of Finder window 1 to POSIX file p
end tell

You could also save the script to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Finder/ with AppleScript Editor and use FastScripts to assign the shortcut.

Related Solutions

How to maximize `Preview` by keyboard shortcut

To make Preview open PDFs in the "Two Pages" mode, go to Preferences --> PDF, then select the desired mode in the "Show as" menu.

There is no shortcut to go to "Almost Fullscreen Mode" by default, but you can create one:

Go to System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Shortcuts;
Click "App Shortcuts";
Click the "+" button to add a new shortcut;
You'll be asked for the menu title you want to link to a shortcut. For the command you want, it is "Zoom";
You will also be able to specify whether you want the shortcut to be available in all application or a specific application only.

EDIT: Here's an AppleScript solution to set the first window of Preview (the frontmost opened document of Preview) to the size of the screen (works only with one display connected):

tell application "Preview"
    tell application "Finder" to set screen_resolution to bounds of window of desktop
    set bounds of window 1 to screen_resolution
end tell

MacOS – force the Finder’s Go Menu to open a new window

Not sure you can open one directly, but Cmd/n Cmd/shift/[letter] is pretty quick & will achieve the same result.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

How to maximize `Preview` by keyboard shortcut

MacOS – force the Finder’s Go Menu to open a new window

Related Question