Mac Keyboard Shortcut to Bring Up Finder [duplicate]

  1. Launch Automator (in Utilities)
  2. Menu: File -> New Window
  3. Choose: Quick Action*
  4. Worflow receives: no input
  5. In Utilities on left, double click: Run Shell Script
  6. Shell: /bin/zsh
  7. Enter for the shell command: open -a Finder
  8. Save the service with whatever name you want
  9. In System Preferences, click on Keyboard
  10. Click on Shortcuts at the top and then on Services at the left
  11. On the right part of the window, scroll down to General
  12. Find the service that you just saved, make sure it is checked, and set a unique hotkey for it
  13. Quit the System Preferences

Enjoy your new hotkey to bring up the Finder.

* In versions of macOS before macOS Mojave, the option was called Service.