Enter key on Mac OS X renames files instead of launching

Posted by Matt on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Matt
Published on 2010-09-02T02:18:44Z Indexed on 2012/12/04 5:08 UTC
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On my Mac when I hit the "enter" key on a file on my desktop or in the finder, it enters the "rename file" mode.

1) How do you actually "launch" or "open" (i.e. double click) the file with only the keyboard? In Windows, the Enter key does this. 2) Is there a way to map the Enter key to do this in Mac instead of rename?

Honestly, it makes little sense to me. I mean, how often do you rename something? Once, maybe. How often do you open something? Lots and lots of times.

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