Keyboard shortcut to get to System Preferences in Mojave?

[JohnDohe]

I need a keyboard shortcut to open System Preferences in my MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
running Mojave (OS version 20.14.6)

I've gone to,
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App shortcuts ,
clicked "+" to add "System Preferences" to "All Applications" and "All controls"
and gave it the keystroke shortcut option+`

then I quit Firefox, rebooted, and the shortcut doesn't work.

Then I added ellipses to the end of the name of System Preferences…
using option+; to create the ellipses, quit Firefoxk, rebooted . . .
and the shortcut still doesn't work.

What am I missing??

Thanks!

 

[pen-helm]

"Keyboard Maestro" can do this (although it costs money.) It's pretty powerful. I have totally gotten accustomed to it.

 

[AppleSmack]

I'm not sure what quitting Firefox has to do with enabling keyboard shortcuts.

How about just using cmd+space to bring up spotlight, then type "pref", and system preferences should be a top result.