Is it possible to change or override the default keyboard shortcuts in Finder?

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Published on 2011-05-16T08:36:40Z Indexed on 2012/09/16 9:41 UTC
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I would like to override the keyboard-shortcut for a particular built-in action in finder (OS X 10.6.7).

An example would be to override the Cmd+N for a New Finder Window to some other action, say Open a blank Text document.

I can create the service for opening a blank Text document in automator - and I can map a new keyboard shortcut for this - but the new keyboard shortcut will not override a default keyboard shortcut.

I do not want to install any 3rd party applications (like QuickSilver).

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