Shortcut for "File Backup"

Bobfrost

Create a key shortcut for "file backup", presumably "Ctrl B". Almost every program I use has this combination to create a backup. It seems like a GIANT oversight. It appears it is functional in Quicken for Windows so why not here?

jacobs

@Bobfrost  You can easily set up a keyboard shortcut for this. (And for any other menu command.) It's built into macOS.

(Side note: I don't know if you'd want to use Command-B, since that is the shortcut for bold in most applications. Maybe use Command-Shift-N or Command-Option-B? Or use Command-B if you prefer.)

To create or edit shortcuts in any application…

• Open System Preferences
• Select Keyboard
• Select Shortcuts
• On the left side, select App Shortcuts
• On the right side, click +
• Application: pull down and select Quicken
• Menu Title: type "Save a Backup..." (no quote marks, but otherwise type it exactly the way it appears on the menu)
• Keyboard Shortcut: type the command key you want to associate with that menu command, such as Command-B or Command-Option-B
• Close System Preferences
• Quit and re-launch Quicken.
• Look on the File menu, and you should now see the command key you assigned to the right of the Save a Backup command.