Cmd+F Launches Finder — Thanks, Alfred!
One thing I like about Windows is that Start+E launches an Explorer window. I get frustrated when Cmd+Tabbing to a Finder window on Mac OS X, and for some reason I usually have difficulty noticing the Finder icon in the Cmd+Tab popup. I’ve caught myself pressing Cmd+E to get a Finder window, which of course doesn’t work and I just get more frustrated.
I just got the new version of Alfred, and as a Powerpack user I get Global Hotkeys. I just mapped Cmd+F to Finder (/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app), and it launches Finder. Woohoo!
Um . . . yeah . . . Cmd+F is “Find.” Let’s try Cmd+E.
⌘-Option-Space bar opens a Finder window for me. Sure it’s three keys, but they’re all adjacent and it doesn’t require loading anything.
I didn’t know about ⌘-Option-Space bar. Truly, though, I’m more impressed that you knew how to type “⌘” — I just copied and pasted yours 😉