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I verified that the shortcuts are enabled (in Keyboard preference), but occasionally Control+1, Control+2, etc stop working on my computer. It works again when I reboot. I'm on Yosemite 10.10.3

What's strange is I can still switch spaces via Control+arrow key.

Jason Aller
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I had the exact same problem.

To fix it I renamed that com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file to com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist.backup (just in case), then ran killall Dock and then restarted Dock via Spotlight and now it works fine again.

I have ctrl-1, ctrl-2, etc mapped to spaces. A habit from my Linux days.

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    This fixed the exact same issue in May 2019 on my Mac with MacOS 10.13.6. Google+StackExchange is a miracle! – Pete May 15 '19 at 07:23