I set this up in Automator with a Quick Action It opens easier from "Finder" not "Application" Add an AppleScript dialogue box for this code (changing your path to match your file!): on run {input, parameters} tell application "Finder" open file "Macintosh HD:Users:yourname:Documents:FolderName:fileName.ext" end tell end run Then I assigned a keyboard shortcut in Settings (Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts... > Services > General) Hope it works for you