Keyboard shortcuts for Export Unmodified Authentic in Photographs for Mac – Ole Begemann

Drawback

1. The Photographs app on macOS doesn’t present a keyboard shortcut for the Export Unmodified Authentic command.
2. macOS lets you add your individual app-specific keyboard shortcuts through System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts. It is advisable enter the precise spelling of the menu merchandise you need to invoke.
3. Photographs renames the command relying on what’s chosen: Export Unmodified Authentic For 1 Picture“ turns into ”… Authentics For two Videos” turns into “… For 3 Gadgets” (for combined picks), and so forth. Argh!
4. The System Settings UI for assigning keyboard shortcuts is extraordinarily tedious to make use of if you wish to add multiple or two shortcuts.

Answer: shell script

Right here’s a Bash script ^{that assigns Ctrl + Decide + Cmd + E to Export Unmodified Originals for as much as 20 chosen gadgets:}

#!/bin/bash

# Assigns a keyboard shortcut to the Export Unmodified Originals
# menu command in Photographs.app on macOS.

# @ = Command
# ^ = Management
# ~ = Possibility
# $ = Shift
shortcut='@~^e'

# Set shortcut for 1 chosen merchandise
echo "Setting shortcut for 1 merchandise"
defaults write com.apple.Photographs NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Export Unmodified Authentic For 1 Picture" "$shortcut"
defaults write com.apple.Photographs NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Export Unmodified Authentic For 1 Video" "$shortcut"

# Set shortcut for 2-20 chosen gadgets
objects=(Photographs Movies Gadgets)
for i in {2..20}
do
  echo "Setting shortcut for $i gadgets"
  for object in "${objects[@]}"
  do
    defaults write com.apple.Photographs NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add "Export Unmodified Originals For $i $object" "$shortcut"
  carried out
carried out

# Use this command to confirm the consequence:
# defaults learn com.apple.Photographs NSUserKeyEquivalents

The script is additionally accessible on GitHub.

Utilization:

1. Stop Photographs.app.
2. Run the script. Be at liberty to vary the important thing combo or depend larger than 20.
3. Open Photographs.app.