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Hi, this is probably a silly question and already covered, but how do I launch an app and get it to perform an action?

 

Eg, hotkey to open my email app AND compose a new email right away?

or launch whatsapp and search AND place the cursor in the search box?

 

Many thanks, 

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Welcome @mattsim23,

 

There’s no one way to do what you ask; it’s app and action dependent. Even between email clients, it may be different steps or commands for the same action.

 

Some apps will allow you to do it the proper way (programmatically, e.g. with AppleScript), while others will require you fake key presses.

 

As it is, the question is too broad to be answered.

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