Mac Os X Create Shortcut For Particular Preference

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What are system preference files on Mac OS X?
Your Mac's system preference files are files that store the rules (or parameters) that tell your apps how they should work. And you can find these preference files within each applications' contents.

Using Unicode Hex Input. Mac offers different keyboard input methods to type in a language different than your standard keyboard layout. You can change the input method to Unicode Hex Input and type keyboard characters and accented letters. For example, after switching to Unicode Hex Input, open Pages and type Option + 0024 to insert $ symbol. You need to use this method for most of the. OS X has an easy way to add keyboard shortcuts: in System Preferences.app go to the “Keyboard” preference pane, click on “Shortcuts” and then “App Shortcuts”. You can create a “global” keyboard shortcut (which will work in any application which has a matching menu item), or you can create an app specific shortcut which will.

Is a particular keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X giving you grief? If you want to remap it to something you'd like better, there's a handy little setting in System Preferences that can help you out.

And what about broken preferences?
Well, with time, these preference files can be corrupted (or broken) due to things like: an app crash, a sudden blackout, or even hard drive corruption.

Now, to fix them, we must delete them — Clean up these Mac preference files makes the app create a new, default preference file. This can help your app(s) operate correctly again. So, today, we'll go over two ways on how to remove system preference files: the easy way (with a utility), and the hard way (manually).

How to Fix System Preferences on Mac OS X | The Easy Way

Deleting preference files (well, refreshing them) on your Mac is incredibly easy with a Mac utility like CleanMyMac X. It scans your Mac for preference files that are broken and removes them with just a click of a button. CleanMyMac X contains a few cleaning modules responsible for cleaning your Mac in the most efficient manner. The System Junk module looks through your system and application folders to find different kinds of unneeded files, including broken application and system preferences.

To fix preference files on your Mac with CleanMyMac X, just:

  1. Download CleanMyMac X (click here to download it).
  2. Launch CleanMyMac X and select System Junk on the left.
  3. Click Scan.
  4. And then click Clean.

In a few seconds, your Mac will be cleaned of unneeded system data, including broken preference files. If you'd only like to remove the broken preferences, before you click Clean, select 'Review Details,' only checkmark the box that says 'Broken Preferences,' and then click Clean. CleanMyMac X makes reseting system preference files on Mac incredibly simple. And it does a ton more, too. You can read more about it here.

However, if you'd prefer to remove Mac system preference files yourself, check out the section below.

How to Delete System Preference Files on Mac OS X | The Hard Way

How to find system preferences on a Mac? All preference files are stored in [Your Home Folder]/Library/Preferences. Usually they named in this manner:
com.[name of the software vendor].[name of the application].plist

Now, if you have an application that works incorrectly, you can find the corresponding preference file in the above-mentioned folder and remove it from there. On the next launch of the application, it will recreate a default version of that file and then begin working properly. However, if this doesn't happen, that it may be a good decision to put the broken preference file back — They can be a bit temperamental. It's highly advised that you make a copy of the preference file before you delete it, just in case something goes wrong.

So, to remove unnecessary system preferences (or preference files that are bugging your your application), check the:
/Library/Preferences

…system folder. To do this, open a Finder window, press Cmd+Shift+G and type the above in. However, be aware that items stored in that location could be incredibly important to your system and how it functions, so you should be 100% sure about the files you're going to delete.

But again, we'd recommend looking into CleanMyMac X — it makes fixing and removing broken preference files on your Mac easy as can be.

We hope this article has helped you understand what Mac system preferences are, and how to delete system preference files on Mac.

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Apple guru Dave Marra recently tweeted a great Mac tip that I'm going to share with you. Make sure to check out his Marrathon.com site for more great Mac tips.

I have to admit that I'm totally ashamed I didn't know this until just the other day, because Marra tells me it's been around since OS X 10.7 Lion.

How to access OS X System Preferences using the Dock

  1. Open your Dock.
  2. Click on the System Preferences icon and hold it.
  3. A pop-up menu appears showing you all available system preferences. Select whatever preference you need and the Mac will open it.

How to access OS X System Preferences using Spotlight

Don't want to use your mouse or trackpad? Do it with the keyboard instead.

  1. Hold down command
  2. Press the space bar to bring up Spotlight.
  3. Type in the name of the system preference you want to open

Spotlight should take care of the rest.

Any questions? Let me know.

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