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So it looks like Illustrator 2025 has changed the zoom keyboard shortcut from Command/Space Bar to simply the Z key. Why do they do this?
Like @jane-e I would suspect Spotlight to be the culprit. If you press spacebar first, does it then work?
If you have already deactivated that shortcut there are several other third party apps that could be interfering:
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I've branched your post from a thread in the Photoshop forum and moved it to the Illustrator forum.
"Z" has always been a shortcut for the Zoom tool. I am away from my office and can't test the Command+Spacebar shortcut right now, but someone else will surely chime in.
Jane
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Thanks Jane, I've been using Command+Space Bar in all Adobe apps for so many years. And in the past few weeks when I use it, my sound goes mute for like 5 seconds. Something hijacked that shortcut. Unless I hit Command and Space Bar at the EXACT same time. In the past I could always hit command first and the space bar right after
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Me too @smk17 !
I'll check when I get back to my office, but we have seen that sometimes another app takes over shortcuts.
Try this:
Sometimes it's a browser that takes over the shortcuts.
Command+Spacebar is also the macOS shortcut for launching Spotlight. This has never been an issue for me, as soon as I start to drag, the shortcut works in Adobe apps.
I have a new Mac with Sequoia and will test when I get back to my office. I don't want to lose that either!
Jane
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Like @jane-e I would suspect Spotlight to be the culprit. If you press spacebar first, does it then work?
If you have already deactivated that shortcut there are several other third party apps that could be interfering:
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Monika, I just tried your suggestion of hitting the space bar first and that works! Okay, I'm happy again lol, thank you
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Glad you could solve it!