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Divvy Global Control+Command+Space Shortcut
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I have been using Control+Command+Space as my shortcut to launch Divvy for over a decade. MacOS now assigns that to another system command (Character Viewer) which I assign to another shortcut. To allow Divvy to use this key combo you need to update some defaults keys to force this to happen. The below commands are from Mizage who posted an answer for this on Stack Exchange. I'm reposting this in a gist for preservation and easier access.

  1. Quit Divvy.
  2. Launch Terminal.app and paste this command, on one line, and press enter:

    defaults write com.mizage.direct.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352

  3. Also, paste this command, on one line, and press enter:

    defaults write com.mizage.Divvy globalHotkey -dict keyCode 49 modifiers 4352

  4. Restart Divvy.
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