macOS lets you assign, or re-assign, any app’s menu command to a keyboard shortcut of your choice. This is useful if you’d like a different shortcut than Bear’s default, if a command you use often has no shortcut, or if a shortcut from another app conflicts with Bear.

Custom shortcuts work for any Bear command that appears in the menu bar. For Bear’s built-in shortcuts, see the full list of Mac keyboard shortcuts.

How to add a custom shortcut for Bear

macOS Ventura and later

1. Open System Settings → Keyboard, then click Keyboard Shortcuts…
2. Select App Shortcuts, click the + button and choose Bear as the application
3. In the Menu title field, type the menu command exactly as it appears in Bear’s menu
4. Click the Keyboard shortcut field, press the key combination you want, then click Done

macOS Monterey and earlier

1. Open System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts
2. Select App Shortcuts, click the + button and choose Bear
3. In the Menu Title field, type the menu command exactly as it appears in Bear’s menu
4. Choose a keyboard shortcut for the menu command and click Add

Tips & things to know

• The menu title must match Bear’s menu exactly, including capitalization and any trailing “…”
• To change or remove a custom shortcut later, return to App Shortcuts, then double-click the shortcut to change it, or select it and click – to remove it

For more details, see Apple’s guide to creating keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac.