# minor request: shortcut key for "Sync with External Folder"

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224>\
**Category:** Wish List\
**Created:** [November 6, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224 "2010-11-06T22:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![yuvigroovy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@yuvigroovy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/yuvigroovy)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224/1 "2010-11-06T22:42:08Z")

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Absolutely remarkable work with version 2.0. It is an amazing tool.

Given all that Scrivener does, this is quite a trivial request, but I’m big on using keyboard shortcuts and I find myself syncing to an external folder a lot. Any chance of adding a keyboard shortcut for that functionality?

Thank you!

~yyy

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**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224/2 "2010-11-06T23:16:21Z")

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You can add your own using the Keyboard pane of System Preferences.

Hope that helps!

All the best,  
Keith

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**Author:** ![yuvigroovy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@yuvigroovy](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/yuvigroovy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224/3 "2010-11-07T01:57:53Z")

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Oh. I never used that OSX feature before. Cool. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KB](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/KB)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/minor-request-shortcut-key-for-sync-with-external-folder/9224/4 "2010-11-07T02:01:49Z")

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I know - most people don’t know it’s there, but it’s fantastic; it allows you to add your own preferred shortcuts to almost any application. It’s great because there are only so many simple key combos, and Scrivener already uses most of them, but you can use the System Preferences feature to override them and choose the ones you want.