How to disable keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X?

Question

I would like to disable keyboard shortcuts Command-W and Command-Q in Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

This is because they inter

Answer 1

BetterTouch wasn't able to change or disable the key that was causing me grief: ctrl-cmd-d.

Here is how I was able to delete it:

1. Edit open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist
2. Find the code for kCGHotKeyLookUpWordInDictionary (70), and set 'enabled' to OFF (if it's not there just create an entry '70' with 'enabled' = OFF).
3. Restart your system

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From this site I learned about symbolic hot keys and found a list of them: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/24/hotkeys_framework2/

These sites have lists of the codes used in the plist file, so one can actually change the shortcuts instead of only deleting them: http://krypted.com/mac-os-x/defaults-symbolichotkeys/ and Documenting com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist.