Open the emoji picker
Uses AppleScript to press the key combination for the Special Characters palette.
Activate Spotlight/Alfred
Simulates the keyboard shortcut to activate Spotlight or Alfred, letting you type in your workflow command.
Shortcut Information
Map this shortcut to whatever keyboard command you use to activate Alfred – by default it uses the ⌘+Space shortcut that’s set for Spotlight, which I’ve remapped away to give this spot to Alfred.
Also works well if you’re using an app like Screens to control a Mac remotely and don’t want to use the on-screen controls to simulate keyboard shortcuts.
Also works well if you’re using an app like Screens to control a Mac remotely and don’t want to use the on-screen controls to simulate keyboard shortcuts.
Category
Complexity
Interactivity
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Activate%20Spotlight%2FAlfred
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Activate%20Spotlight%2FAlfred
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Activate Spotlight/Alfred”
end tell
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