Open Terminal shortcut

  1. Open Automator.app and choose “Quick Action”.
  2. Set “Workflow receives current” to “no input” (last item in dropdown menu).
  3. Under Actions > Library > Utilities; drag “Run AppleScript” into the Workflow Builder area.
  4. Type in:
    on run {input, parameters}
    
    tell application "Terminal"
    reopen
    activate
    end tell
    
    end run
    
  5. Save the file as something like: “Open Terminal”, and quit the Automator.app.
  6. In System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services; select “General” and scroll to the end of the list; under General. Here you’ll should see “Open Terminal” (or whatever you called it when saving the Quick Action in Automator.app) …
  7. Click the “Add shortcut button” and type your preferred shortcut (Cmd + Alt + x).