Overriding ⌘-Q in Safari

I tend to work across a lot of Spaces in Mission Control. I tend to have a lot of Safari windows open across those Spaces. I tend to be hamfisted with my fingers on the keyboard. I curse a lot when I accidentally hit ⌘-Q and close all my Safari windows at once that had been carefully distributed across those Spaces.

I don’t know why this didn’t occur to me until today, but I just remapped Quit in Safari from ⌘-Q to ⌘^⌥-Q. Now I can accidentally bang away on ⌘-Q all day in Safari with no impact on people in nearby offices.

The most straightforward way to do this is in System Preferences→Keyboard→Shortcuts→App Shortcuts, then click the +-button, type “Quit Safari” (exactly as it appears in Safari’s menubar) and mash your desired key combo. Here’s what it should look like once you’ve done that:

I cannot believe I didn’t think of doing this until today. This sands away one of those sharp splinters I stab myself with at least once or twice per week.

(Alternate title: “Why the bleep didn’t I do this years ago?”)