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How To Disable MacOS Spotlight Keyboard Shortcut
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Introduction
MacOS spotlight search function is a useful function that can help you find files in your Mac. For example if you want to search a file, you just need to press Command + Space to popup the spotlight search input box, and then input the part text of the file name in the search box, then Spotlight will list all the files match the input text.
MacOS spotlight search function is a useful function that can help you find files in your Mac. For example if you want to search a file, you just need to press Command + Space to popup the spotlight search input box, and then input the part text of the file name in the search box, then Spotlight will list all the files match the input text.
But often, the Command + Space shortcut is not convenient. You may want to use the shortcut for another application. So this article will explain how to disable Command + Space shortcut for Spotlight search.
How To Disable MacOS Spotlight Keyboard Shortcut Command + Space
- Disable Spotlight Search Shortcut Command + Space.
- Click the Mac icon at the left top corner.
- Then click System Preferences… menu item.
- Click Spotlight icon.
- Click Keyboard Shortcuts… button in the Spotlight dialog.
- Click Spotlight in left list, then uncheck the checkbox in right panel. Now when you press Command + Space shortcut, it will not trigger the spotlight search tool. Yay!
The easier way.
A simple Applescript to toggle the command+space shortcut in OSX system preferences/keyboard. This is useful for apps like Pro Tools that use command+space for recording and will save you a few clicks if you find yourself enabling and disabling this setting often.
https://github.com/boomspot/Toggle-Spotlight-Search-Applescript