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Last active March 30, 2018 23:16
Create custom Services, Automator (Mac) and Windows AutoHotkey (Windows), and trigger them with keyboard shortcuts.

Trigger a Service created in Automator (Mac)

As an example, trigger an Illustrator script using a keyboard shortcut. Credit to Joonas.


  1. Open Automator

  2. Create a new Service

  3. At the top Service receives [no input] in [Adobe Illustrator]

    If you specify [any application], you can launch the script when any window is active