@LucasBustamante there is an (accepted) answer below, and a link to further answers in the yellow box at the top. If none of these answers solve the problem, please use the „Ask Question“ button to ask a new question. If you do so, please also explain why the existing answers don‘t work for you.
Commented Mar 17, 2019 at 13:16@Lri There is no need to reopen a question just to repost an answer which already exists on one of the original questions. Avoiding duplicate answers is exactly the reason for closing questions as a duplicate :-)
Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 13:03@nohillside even though I can, I urge you to consider that this question has 6x more people searching for this specific solution.
Commented Mar 23, 2019 at 20:55To be fair, this is the top search result for "osx terminal shortcut" on duckduckgo, and the top stackexchange result on google for the same search term. I for one am unlikely to look at the other duplicate questions when the answers on this one don't have a simple solution, I'm sure others are unlikely to as well.
Commented Jul 30, 2019 at 15:44Press Cmd Space to open spotlight search, and type terminal and hit return.
Or if you are in the terminal press Cmd T to open a new tab OR Cmd N to open a new Terminal window.
answered Oct 7, 2016 at 4:57 killswitch killswitch 1,626 1 1 gold badge 14 14 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges Is there any command like Ubuntu CTRL + ALT + T Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 5:06 That's not a shortcut. Only a middle step workaround. Commented Jan 19, 2018 at 12:54 As schlenger said, that is not a keyboard shortcut. Terrible solution. Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 12:52 Doesn't work if you already have a terminal window open. Commented Mar 7, 2018 at 0:17This does not seem to be the right answer for OP. Here are the steps: 1. Go to Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts 2. Select App shortcuts from the left pane 3. Click on + sign to add a new shortcut 4. On the application drop down, select "Other" and then choose System > Application > Utilities > Terminal.app 5. Enter the name and register your shortcut (I use cmd + shift + t) 6. Save
Commented Oct 22, 2020 at 17:39Karabiner stopped working in 10.12 due to changes in the kernel architecture, and Karabiner was rewritten as Karabiner-Elements which uses a new JSON format for the configuration files.
You can now add a rule like this to karabiner.json (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/json.html):
< "from": < "key_code": "t", "modifiers": < "mandatory": [ "right_option" ] >>, "to": [ < "shell_command": "open -aterminal" >], "type": "basic" > Save a file like this as private.xml:
KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_TERMINAL file:///Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app custom custom __KeyToKey__ KeyCode::T, ModifierFlag::OPTION_R | ModifierFlag::NONE, KeyCode::VK_OPEN_URL_TERMINAL If you have bought the Powerpack for Alfred, you can create a workflow like this:
Hotkeys have a short delay by default, but you can reduce the delay by changing the "Trigger behaviour" option from "Simulate modifier keys released" to "Pass through modifier keys (Fastest)":
If you use Raycast, you can go to Settings > Extensions and find iTerm in the Applications folder or by searching for it. Then add a shortcut:
iTerm 2 has an option to enable a global keyboard shortcut for focusing the application in "Preferences > Keys > Show/hide all windows with a system-wide hotkey":
