So by pressing Command+P+P you are telling MacOS to go directly to the Save As PDF menu item. This trick works because once you’re in the “Print” dialog box, hitting Command+P again will bring up the Save as PDF menu.

So despite setting Command+P, what you will actually press Command+P+P – just press the P key twice in a row quickly to activate the keyboard shortcut to Save as PDF. You keyboard shortcut sequence you press will actually be very slightly different from what you set, in that you’ll press P twice. Now the ‘Save As PDF’ keyboard shortcut is set and it’s ready to be used. Click on “Add” to add the keyboard shortcut and you will see it in the list under All Applications.Now click into “Keyboard Shortcut” and press Command + P.For “Menu Title” type exactly “Save as PDF…” and yes it must include the three periods … on the end.Select ‘App Shortcuts’ from the menu options, then click on the plus button to add a new shortcut.Click on the “Keyboard Shortcuts” button.Choose “Keyboard” from the left side menu options.Click on the  Apple menu in the upper left corner, and choose “System Settings”.In MacOS Ventura 13.0 or later, use the following trick to create and use a keyboard shortcut for Save as PDF: How to Create a “Save as PDF” Keyboard Shortcut in macOS Ventura But with a little adjustment you’ll be able to use the Command+PP trick again for saving as PDF in no time. This is because Apple has renamed the menu title for the action, so if you’re using the old keyboard shortcut it will not register. If you have long been using the old trick to create a Save as PDF keyboard shortcut and recently updated to MacOS Ventura, you may have noticed your old keyboard shortcut doesn’t work anymore.

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