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Enter key on Mac OS X renames files instead of launching

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Mar 15, 202625150 views
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Possible Duplicate: Enter to open a file in Finder On my Mac when I hit the "enter" key on a file on my desktop or in the finder, it enters the "rename file" mode. 1) How do you actually "launch" or "open" (i.e. double click) the file with only the keyboard? In Windows, the Enter key does this. 2) …

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Fix for: Enter key on Mac OS X renames files instead of launching

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Cmd-O. Enter has been the command to enter rename mode for a loooooong time. At least since System 7 in 1993.

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