Customise your keyboard shortcuts, trackpad gestures and mouse buttons.
Free · macOS 15 or later
A shortcut, a trackpad gesture, a mouse button or a typed abbreviation.
Snap a window, open an app, type text, control music or run a script.
Everywhere, or only in the apps you choose.
Taps, swipes, pinches and clicks with two to five fingers. Record a gesture by doing it, and Shortie tells you if macOS already uses it.
Halves, thirds, quarters and more, from the keyboard or by dragging a window to the edge of the screen. Press the same shortcut again to switch between ½, ⅓ and ⅔.
Chain actions together, with pauses in between. You can also run AppleScript or shell scripts, or pick an item from the current app's menus.
Give the red, yellow and green buttons new jobs. Make green maximise instead of going full screen, or right-click red to quit the app.
Window layouts | Save where your windows are, and put them all back with one shortcut. |
Hyper key | Hold Caps Lock for ⌃⌥⇧⌘. Tap it and it's still Caps Lock. |
Mouse buttons | Use your extra buttons, and scroll the other way from the trackpad. |
Text shortcuts | Type ;email and get your email address. |
Clipboard history | Search and paste what you copied earlier. It stays on your Mac. |
Custom menus | Your own menus of actions, in the menu bar or at the pointer. |
Selected text | Change its case, sort lines, search the web, or hear it read aloud. |
Automations | Run actions when an app opens or your Mac wakes up. |
Black menu bar | Hide the notch. |
Tap, double tap and tap and hold with 2, 3, 4 or 5 fingers. TipTap left or right, with 1 or 2 fingers resting. Swipe up, down, left or right with 3, 4 or 5 fingers. Swipe in from the top, bottom, left or right edge with 1 or 2 fingers. Pinch in or out with 3, 4 or 5 fingers. Rotate left or right. Click with 2, 3, 4 or 5 fingers. Click in any corner. Force click.
Any key combination, including with the Hyper key. Typed abbreviations, such as ;email.
Middle, back, forward and higher buttons, alone or with ⌃, ⌥, ⇧ or ⌘.
Click or right-click a window's red, yellow or green button, alone or with ⌃, ⌥, ⇧ or ⌘.
An app opens, quits or comes to the front. The Mac wakes, sleeps, locks or unlocks. The charger is connected or disconnected.
Open App, Open Website or File, Run a Shortcut, Type Text, Press Keys, Choose Menu Item, Run AppleScript, Run Shell Script, Several Actions (with Wait between them), Show Custom Menu, Show Message, Speak Text.
Left Click, Right Click, Middle Click, Double Click.
Left, Right, Top and Bottom Half. Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left and Bottom Right. Left, Centre and Right Third. Left and Right Two Thirds. First, Second, Third and Last Fourth. Maximise, Almost Maximise, Maximise Height, Maximise Width. Centre, Restore. Make Larger, Make Smaller. Move to the Left, Right, Top or Bottom Edge. Next Display, Previous Display. Restore Window Layout.
Close Window, Minimise Window, Enter or Exit Full Screen, Close All of the App's Windows, Minimise All of the App's Windows, Hide App, Hide Other Apps, Quit App, Quit Other Apps.
Play or Pause, Next Track, Previous Track, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, Set Volume, Sound Output, Microphone On or Off.
Brightness Up, Brightness Down, Keyboard Backlight Up, Keyboard Backlight Down, Dark Mode On or Off, Turn Display Off.
Control Centre, Notification Centre, Mission Control, App Exposé, Show Desktop, Show Apps, Spotlight, Emoji & Symbols, Screenshot Tool, Screenshot of Selection, Screenshot of Screen, Hide or Show the Dock, Hide or Show the Menu Bar, Show or Hide Hidden Files, Show or Hide Desktop Icons, Start Screen Saver, Force Quit, Eject All Disks.
Lock Screen, Sleep, Log Out, Restart, Shut Down.
Make UPPERCASE, Make lowercase, Make Title Case, Make Sentence case, Trim Spaces, Join Lines, Sort Lines, Remove Duplicate Lines, URL-Encode, URL-Decode, Search the Web, Speak Selection, Count Words, Paste as Plain Text.
Window Switcher, Clipboard History, Open Shortie Settings, Pause or Resume Shortie.
Version 0.3
Shortie is open source, so anyone can read its code on GitHub. Needs macOS 15 or later. Trackpad gestures use a private part of macOS, so a future update could break them.
With Xcode installed:
git clone https://github.com/sloppyjoo/Shortie.git cd Shortie open Shortie.xcodeproj
Choose your own team under Signing & Capabilities, then press ⌘R.
Older versions are on the Releases page.
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The first time you open Shortie, macOS will show this:
That's expected, because Shortie isn't notarised by Apple yet. Click Done, then Open Anyway in System Settings › Privacy & Security. You only have to do this once.