# Breaking shortcut flashed star symbol **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs or Unexpected Behavior\ **Tags:** keyboard\ **Created:** [March 23, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961 "2023-03-23T11:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Solace)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/1 "2023-03-23T11:14:14Z")
Using BetterTouch, I made "CMD + Shift + S" the shortcut trigger to launch Slack. After realizing it overrode tons of native shortcuts in other apps (ex: "save as", share screen in Zoom, etc), I deleted the shortcut in BetterTouch, but it didn't remove the overriding. Instead, everytime I press the shortcut, a star symbol flashed on the screen (pic below). What I've tried - across all below steps, recreate workflow with this shortcut and delete them - updated from Mojave to Ventura - uninstall and reinstall BetterTouch - restart the machine - exploring BetterTouch file system Please help 🙏 **Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):** MacBook Keyboard and Magic Keyboard **Screenshots** ![Screenshot 2023-03-23 at 11.53.41](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b24a66fa0fd23dceeaf04b14ef024bfbd6fa4b02.jpeg) **Device information:** - Type of Mac: Pro M1 16 inches - macOS version: Ventura - BetterTouchTool version: 4.068 ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/2 "2023-03-23T11:20:54Z")
the star symbol seems to be a "SF Symbol" icon which is shown inside of a BTT "HUD" overlay. You have probably configured that to show when the trigger is executed. This means you still have the cmd+shift+s trigger configured somewhere in BTT. Are you sure you checked all your configured Shortcuts for all apps you have configured in BTT? ---
**Author:** ![Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Solace)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/3 "2023-03-23T12:47:25Z")
This is such a quick reply! Thank you so much! I'm sure there is not other BTT trigger. This was the 1st and only one I wrote. See below screenshot ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/c/6/c6c3f3f8696830f8c24ef0d5cd766b3060f1163a.jpeg) The fishy thing is that this symbol appears even when BTT is uninstalled. Note that I uninstalled it twice, and picked "uninstall completely" each time. ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b26cda08bd954a0c97284150bdd5679fe74a10a6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/4 "2023-03-23T13:35:38Z")
Maybe you have another copy of BTT running. (Setapp version and non-setapp version maybe?) ---
**Author:** ![Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Solace)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/5 "2023-03-24T12:52:41Z")
Good question. I only ever installed it through SetApp. I uninstalled it once more. Still has this bug. - No trace of BTT in the application folder and its subfolders. - I also flushed my downloads in case it got installed there and didn't get moved to the applications folder. - I scouted around for hidden files but couldn't find anything. - In finder I searched "BetterTouchTool", "Better Touch Tool", "better touch", and "BTT" and got no result Would you know the filename or filepath of this star so I could search for it specifically? ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/6 "2023-03-24T14:54:12Z")
It's not an icon file, it is part of Apple's SF Symbols font. So you won't be able to search for it. Did I understand correctly, this does happen while BTT is quit? If so that would mean it's not caused by BTT. However as it very much looks like a BTT HUD that would be quite weird. Can you check via Activity Monitor to make sure you have really quit any BetterTouchTool instances? ---
**Author:** ![Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Solace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/7 "2023-03-26T14:15:08Z")
Thanks again for the help Andreas! Got it. Your understanding is correct. Whichever the combination of installed and running it is, I get the bug. I find nothing with Activity Monitor: ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/2/a/2ab503c7109e00f5762288aa176f98b6b880935c.png) ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/b/9/b9d75776c10970ce475584eb173fb592ef6e3b1d.png) Also checked memory just in case. No result either ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/8/3/839ad43284526e3c2c7cde2968b722f3588cd28e.png) Fun bug! ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/8 "2023-03-26T22:23:39Z")
in that case what you are seeing is not caused by BetterTouchTool. Maybe Apple's Shortcutsapp can do similar overlays and you have configured it there? Otherwise I would try to quit app after app to see which one causes this. ---
**Author:** ![Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Solace](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Solace)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/breaking-shortcut-flashed-star-symbol/30961/9 "2023-03-27T08:29:28Z")
God bless you! You were right, it turns out it was a shortcut by [Rewind.ai](http://Rewind.ai), which I installed at the same time as BTT, hence the confusion. Thank you for the patience and the sheer speed of replies! Very nice experience 🙂