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UPDATE: Added screenshots to clarify what the macOS share menu is. This is located on iOS and macOS as an arrow icon on Apple applications (a majority of them). The screenshots are from Safari's share menu.

I'm looking for a way to toggle the Share Menu you can find on many apps such as Mail, Safari, Messages, Finder, etc.

I've looked everywhere for a way to create a shortcut for a specific option on the dropdown. Such as the Message share menu or Reminders. The dropdown application option I want is not an apple native application.

This discussion is exactly what I'm looking for however their resolution was to not create a successfully working shortcut for the Share Menu.

Any help would be appreciated. Per usual, searching anything macOS related gives apple.support results that don't have anything to do with you search keywords therefore that was no help.

Share menu in the Safari toolbar

Share menu from the File menu dropdown ***Notice the key-bind for your default Mail application

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  • In High Sierra, there is already a shortcut for Share via Email (Cmd+I for Safari for instance). Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 21:28
  • The share menu option I want to shortcut isn't Mail. Commented Apr 1, 2018 at 21:29
  • What is the share menu? Screen shot or key combination? Commented Apr 12, 2018 at 0:52
  • @bmike want to elaborate on what you mean? The share menu is a build-in iOS and MacOS app feature to send what’s in the current application to another application. I don’t know what you’re asking so I hope that helps. Commented Feb 14, 2020 at 20:03

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You can set the custom shortcuts via System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts

The trick is to specify the exact path to the menu item. For instance if you wish to add a shortcut for Share Messages, you have to write for "Menu Title":

File->Share->Messages

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  • Hey there, It isn't working for me, or I'm not doing it correctly. Would you be able to screenshot the shortcut? Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 1:08
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    I've added screenshots to the answer. Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 2:00
  • IT WORKS! YES! Thank you! I've been trying to figure out how to do that for a year or two! Commented Apr 21, 2018 at 2:04
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    Perfect. I've been looking for a way to quickly share a page in Safari to Notes. "File->Share->Notes" worked. I used Command-Shift-N (similar to "Email this Page" default of Command-Shift-I). In Safari this automatically removed that shortcut from its previous use (New Private Window) but not in Chrome. Commented Aug 4, 2022 at 2:41
  • Does anybody know how to take an item that has a default shortcut (eg File->Share->Email Link has a shortcut of ⌘I) and change it to not have a keyboard shortcut? If I leave Keyboard Shortcut blank in the dialog, the Done button is disabled. Commented Apr 15 at 13:01

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