Can anyone suggest a function key customizer for Snow Leopard?

Mopar_Mike

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Dec 19, 2009, 1:35:38 PM12/19/09

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Hello,
I've just purchased a new iMac 27" quad-core with Snow Leopard.
Unfortunately my old Xkeys 1.1.1 application doesn't seem to work with
10.6. All I'm looking for is a program, free or not, that will allow
me to open a few of my apps by simply striking an F-key.
Does anyone have a recommendation? Thanks in advance. Mike

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Erik Richard Sørensen

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Dec 19, 2009, 3:15:28 PM12/19/09

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What about QuickKeys? It can do lot more than making shortcuts... or
Keyboard Maestro?

QuicKeys 4.0.7
Macro software to automate any task.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11412
Keyboard Maestro 4.0
Hot key/macro tool, switcher, multiple clipboard.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11870

Cheers, Erik Richard

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John Varela

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:10:08 PM12/19/09

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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:39:28 UTC, Michael Vilain
<vil...@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article
> <a1d3eb63-418a-4886...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,

> 10.4.11 allows you to run a program or program f-keys from System
> Preferences > Keyboard&Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts. What that removed
> from 10.6 or were you looking for something more robust? A generalized
> macro program I can't live without has been around for years--Quickeys.

It's in 10.6.2: System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts >
Application Shortcuts, then click on the + sign.

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Mopar_Mike

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Dec 19, 2009, 10:10:42 PM12/19/09

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On Dec 19, 12:15 pm, Erik Richard Sørensen <NOS...@NOSPAM.dk> wrote:
> Mopar_Mike wrote:
> > I've just purchased a new iMac 27" quad-core with Snow Leopard.
> > Unfortunately my old Xkeys 1.1.1 application doesn't seem to work with
> > 10.6. All I'm looking for is a program, free or not, that will allow
> > me to open a few of my apps by simply striking an F-key.
> > Does anyone have a recommendation? Thanks in advance. Mike
>
> What about QuickKeys? It can do lot more than making shortcuts... or
> Keyboard Maestro?
>
> QuicKeys 4.0.7

> Macro software to automate any task.http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11412
> Keyboard Maestro 4.0
> Hot key/macro tool, switcher, multiple clipboard.http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11870

>
> Cheers, Erik Richard
>
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manN...@Mstofanet.dk>

> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing -www.nisus.com
> OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution -www.openoffice.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keyboard Maestro looks like a winner. Thank you to all who helped me
with this question.
Regards,
Mike

Patrick Wolfe

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Dec 21, 2009, 12:37:49 PM12/21/09

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Install Quicksilver (http://www.blacktree.com/). It's a free app that
lets you quickly start apps and search for and perform other actions on
files. Think of it as spotlight on steroids.

I redefined cmnd-space to open the quicksilver popup instead of
spotlight, the press hotkey F14 to start Firefox (or just type "fi" and
press enter). It's a really handy app. I've installed it on every Mac
I use regularly.