Pressing Enter key on Mac renames the file

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Enter to open a file in Finder

Pressing Enter key on my Mac renames the file. I don't want that. I don't want to unlearn twelve years of Windows usage. I want to change the rename command to F2 and open files using Enter. Kindly help.

How can I change the key functions?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 12 '12 at 05:25

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As a reference only: Cmd+O will open the selected item

edited Jul 12 '12 at 05:25

Sathyajith Bhat

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answered Jul 12 '12 at 05:16

Canadian Luke

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '12 at 05:31

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Remapping the return does not seem trivial but you get ReturnOpen (an application that maps return to open.

You could try ReturnOpen: http://www.returnopen.com/

answered Jul 12 '12 at 05:31

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 15:00

You can use BetterTouchTool to reconfigure keyboard/mouse/touchpad mappings to your heart's content, including remapping return keypresses in Finder into Cmd+o.

That said, I've gotten so used to it now that I'm looking for a way to change the behavior in windows instead. :-)

Pressing Enter key on Mac renames the file

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