Macos – How to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to Preview app on Mac OS X Yosemite

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I want to assign a keyboard shortcut to the "Blank Page" menu item in Preview on Mac OS X Yosemite. Keyboard shortcuts on Mac are easy to assign, so I thought it would just work:

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But it doesn't work. I try assigning to other menu items like "Adjust Sizeā€¦". No luck. What am I missing?

Best Answer

You can overcome this issue by saving your shortcuts under "All Applications" rather than saving them specifically to "Preview.app". As a side effect, this will affect other applications with the same menu names.