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Savage

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Mar 12, 2008
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Newly returned macOS user here. Being able to add your own keyboard shortcuts for apps seems pretty powerful, though I'm running into one issue.

You need to type the exact shortcut name to add it. But I'm not sure what certain, more specific shortcuts, are supposed to be named. For example, in the Photos app, I'm trying to create a faster way to add photos to a specific album. I tried to create a shortcut with the name "Add to Family", family being the album name. That doesn't seem to work. Then I tried "Add to Album Family". Doesn't work either.

Is this possible? If so, is there a guide to getting creative with shortcuts? I know on iOS the newish Shortcuts app is really powerful for things like this, and pretty easy to figure out in comparison. Can this app being synced to macOS?
 
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