Quick Search
Open apps, files, and folders from the keyboard.
Keybumps
Overview
Quick Search opens the apps, files, and folders on your Mac from the keyboard. Press ⌘ Space, type a few letters, and press Return to open the result.
Its Search tab comes first in Quick Search by default. Besides apps, files, and folders, it finds your snippets by keyword, name, or a word in their text, and typing a plugin’s name, such as “dictation” or “snippets”, takes you straight to it.
- Shortcut
- ⌘Space
- Tab in Quick Search
- Search ⌘1 by default
- macOS permissions
- None needed
How to use it
- Press ⌘ Space from any app.⌘Space
- Type a few letters of an app, file, folder, or snippet.
- Press Return to open it.↩
Key features
- Open apps, files, and folders without leaving the keyboard
- Recent Items: what you last opened from Quick Search, listed while the search is empty
- Apps and commands you pick more often rank higher, weighed against how well they match
- Finds snippets by keyword, name, or a word in their text; a keyword typed in full comes first
- Type a plugin’s name to go to it, or open Keybumps Settings
- If Spotlight uses ⌘ Space, Keybumps turns off only Spotlight’s shortcut; Spotlight search stays available
Commands
Open its tab in Quick Search, or use its shortcuts from any app. You can change the shortcuts in Settings › Quick Search.
- Search tabIn Quick Search, with its default key⌘1
- Open Quick Search⌘Space
Permissions and privacy
Quick Search needs no macOS permissions.
What it keeps on your Mac
Recent Items, and how often you pick each app or command, stay on this Mac. That count only ranks results, and no search is kept.
Questions
What if Spotlight already uses ⌘ Space?
Keybumps turns off only Spotlight’s shortcut. Spotlight search stays available.
Can it find my snippets?
Yes. It finds snippets by keyword, by name, and by a word in their text, and shows each one’s text under its name. A sensitive snippet’s text stays hidden and is never searched, but its keyword and name still find it. A keyword typed in full comes first. Return or ⌘C copies one, and ⌘V pastes it into the app you were using. With Emoji Picker on, it finds emoji too, which copy and paste the same way.
Does it learn what I open?
Apps and commands you pick more often rank higher, weighed against how well they match. While the search is empty, it lists what you last opened from it.
Get Quick Search with Keybumps.
Apple silicon · macOS 14.2 or later