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Is there keyboard shortcut to deselect text on a mac?
To select all text in Chrome or other apps I can use:
Command+a
From a web search I found this potential shortcut to deselect text:
Command+Shift+a
Sadly that doesn't work across all apps.
Is there a ...
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ctrl+e followed by another character inserts ♑ character
When using Chrome, and only in some text boxes, the ♑ character (Capricorn, U+2651) gets inserted after using the ctrl+e shortcut to move the cursor to the end of the line.
How can I disable this ...
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Phantom `play_pause` keypress events
I have been experiencing these phantom keystrokes where any app related to media (vlc, music, youtube) constantly plays and pauses or even re-opens after closed. only the foreground app is affected.
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How to find conflicting keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS Ventura?
Is there any way to view all of the shortcuts used by all of the installed applications and extensions to identify conflicting shortcuts?
I've seen some utilities that show the shortcuts available for ...
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Option and command key are switched for a keyboard on my mac?
I just connected a keyboard I haven't used in a while. For some reason the option and command keys are suddenly switched.
I went into settings > Keyboard > Modifier Keys and everything is at ...
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Remap two-finger trackpad scrolling to right click hold plus scrolling for a video game
I am playing World of Warcraft on the trackpad, and there are two important actions:
a) Cursor movement: 1-finger movement.
b) Camera movement: 1-finger movement while holding right click.
It works ...
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Keyboard shortcut to browse Time Machine file versions
In some apps, e.g. Keynote and TextEdit, there is a built-in option to browse previous versions of a file using Time Machinve: File > Revert To > Browse All Versions.
Is there a way to browse ...
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How to map the macOS Clear key to NumLock with iTerm2?
I tried, but failed, mapping macOS Clear key to Numlock functionality in latest iTerm2 (Build 3.4.23) on macOS Sonoma.
I did not see any relevant setting in iTerm2 Preference dialogs:
iTerm2 ...
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How can I investigate why a key ( { ) doesn't immediately respond on the keyboard?
I may have screwed up my Mac keyboard strokes but I have no idea how to investigate.
This issue seems to happen all over the OS and is not specific to a single application.
Some things to have in mind:...
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Terminal Profiles Keyboard Action
Where can I find detailed technical documentation describing what the elements of the GUI found in Terminal.app -> Settings -> Profiles -> keyboard?
The documentation that pops up when the ? ...
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Disable Option+Key=Symbol behavior of arbitrary keyboard layout in MacOS
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I'm looking for a way to disable the Option + Key = Symbol behaviour of most keyboard layouts (like US and dvorak), but still allow the application to capture those keypresses.
Ideal solution
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How can I fix Option + E not working on macOS?
Recently my MacBook has stoped displaying the ´ when I hit Option + e. I can't even press the ´ in the keyboard viewer.
The others accents are working without any problems.
Anyone have any ideas to ...
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Is there a desktop manager/overlay that improves use of keyboard navigation?
For my current job I have to work with an Apple MacBook. The first thing I notice is the high reliance on the mouse. Which is quite slow/painful for me, knowing I need to be careful not to get more ...
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Why does the combination fn+⌘+delete doesn't work?
As a new user of MacOS - coming from the Windows world -, I'm trying to quickly learn how the Delete key works here and what are the possible combinations with other keys.
However, while listed in ...
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How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?
I used to use Karabiner to remap Right Alt to Right Control (as an Emacs user I use Control MUCH more that Alt) but updating to Sierra broke this. Downgrading is not an option.
How do I manually ...
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How to get Cmd-Tab (Mapped to Alt-Tab) in a Parallels Windows VM to cycle just Windows Apps?
I have a Windows VM running in Parallels and is working just fine. I have mapped Apple-⌘ Cmd key to Windows-Alt and Apple-⌥ Opt to Windows-⊞ Win.
When I press ⌘ Cmd-Tab - even in full screen mode - I ...
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How do I set CMD+TAB to show Mission Control
I dislike the cmd + tab app switcher, since I can't switch between apps for my needs.
I prefer Mission Control for this.
Is it possible to re-map cmd + tab to show Mission Control on macOS?
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Copy and Paste Lines in Nano on MacOS
I am on ARM-based MacOS Sonoma 14.
For some reason, I have no luck with the 'copy' step from this answer to the same question on OS X. I have tried both with and without the 'use Option as Meta key' ...
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Can I accomplish similar functionality to Windows Auto Hot Key (AHK) on macOS Sonoma?
I switched recently to an Macbook Pro with an M3 Pro chip after using Windows for a lifetime. I am trying to make a a shortcut which can trigger many different actions and in my case all the actions ...
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Curly brackets with german keyboard
Having a usb keyboard in german language connected to the MacBook.
Curly brackets are on Alt+Gr+7 / Alt+Gr+0 on German keyboards, but pressing these keys gives me different characters.
So how can I ...
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Can't remap plus minus (±) sign to tilde sign (~)
Until the last update to Sonoma 14.2 (23C64) I used the following script to remap the absolutely USLESS ± sign to the FREQUENTLY used in nearly ALL of the programming languages ~:
UserKeyMapping:(
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MacBook Pro: Using Fn key to select the next input sources
On my MacBook Pro running Monterey, "control-Space" is assigned to "switch to next input source" (I think this is the default).
When I connect an external Mac keyboard to my ...
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Why is Terminal.app weird about stealing keyboard focus on Monterey?
I use Due for reminders, and have it set up to use the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Opt+D to activate the Due window (which lives only in the Menu Bar, not the Dock). This works fine in most applications and ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to close the Character Viewer popup window?
I have some unicode characters that I like to use. In most programs there is a keyboard shortcut Command+Control+Space to show this window. But then if hit Command-W, I will close the app's main ...
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MacBook Pro password contains #\~- symbols how do i get this correct
I have just purchased a new MacBook Pro and having a lot of difficulty trying to log in, the keyboard has been set to British and my password contains the following characters
# I press the following ...
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How to prevent Command-I/Command-Shift-I from opening Mac Mail when in browser?
When in a browser (Chrome or Safari), the following keyboard shortcuts both launch the MacOS Mail app, and there doesn't seem to be any way to change or disable them.
Command+I
Command+Shift+I
Cmd-I / ...
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How do I add, change or remove a key command (shortcut) from a menu item?
How do I add, change or remove a key command from an application's menu, or contextual menu, without any third party application?
Can I use something other than Cmd ⌘ with my trigger?
What if a menu ...
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On lock screen, how to select 'other user' with keyboard?
We share a imac with 4 people. Most of the time the computer switches on it is locked for someone else. I'd like to switch to my own account without using a mouse.
From the lock screen, how do I ...
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Mac OSX not automatically remapping Windows key to Cmd
I'm currently using a Cooler Master Quickfire Ultimate keyboard that works perfect with Windows 7. However, whenever I have it plugged into my Macbook pro (running OSX 10.9.5),
the default mappings ...
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How to set up a shortcut for 2 finger trackpad scrolling?
I would like to set up a keyboard shortcut (say Command + Left Arrow and command + Right Arrow) to do the same thing as 2 finger Left/Right scrolling.
Or, map the mousewheel to this input.
How to do ...
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Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys not working
I have a MacBook Pro with touchbar and macOS 10.14.1
I'm using a non apple docking station to which I plugged in an LMP keyboard (Model KB-1243) via USB.
Now I want to use the function keys in ...
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How can I use readline instead of editline in the Python REPL and other programs?
I prefer to use readline instead of editline in the Python REPL and MySQL for example. These programs are compiled with editline support as provided by Apple or Homebrew. How can I make them work with ...
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How to change the default behaviour of the fullscreen/maximize button?
There is a question that deals with the different behaviour of the fullscreen button in the window bar. There, it is shown that by doing:
⌥ + ⇧ + Click on green or outer right icon (plus icon)
I can ...
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How can I control playback in IINA using a game controller?
I want to use my game controller to fast-forward/rewind video playing in the app IINA. Specifically, I want to rotate one of the controller's joysticks counterclockwise to move IINA's playback back, ...
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Mimic Terminal.app behavior in iTerm2 for option-arrow keys (left and right)
This is probably related to this question:
How do I do Home and End in iterm2?
but fiddling with the iTerm2 key mappings (both general and per-profile) to un-map option plus the left and right arrow ...
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Can't rebind caret and tilde in DefaultKeyBinding.dict
I have an extensive DefaultKeyBinding.Dict file that mostly works very well for me. I use Karabiner Elements to change the behavior of the right-alt so that it sends §, which signals the beginning of ...
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Using Karabiner to modify keyboard keys
I have two bluetooth keyboards that I use with my MacBookPro - Apple's Magic Keyboard with Number Pad and the Rii RK801 Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard. The issue that I have is that the Home and End keys ...
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Entering emoji on Mac with keyboard only
I know that there is a keyboard shortcut to bring up the special characters and emoji dialog. (On my Mac you just press the function key once, but I think by default it's ctrl-cmd-space.)
However, you ...
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Show key bindings in editline
In the man page for .editrc a command is shown for listing key bindings for editline. Editline is a library that is used in Python and MySQL, etc., in MacOS for command line editing.
bind
or
bind -l
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The perfect app for customizing a 5button mouse?
I'm a new Mac user but I still struggle with ideal mouse settings for a common 5button mouse (I use Logitech MX500 with horizontal scroll and a small travel Razer). I need something from Logi Options, ...
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Can the mapping of the function keys change on a per-app basis on windows [duplicate]
I would like to know if there is a third party application or other automation that can remap the keyboard based on the current application.
For example in terminal or you favourite IDE you want to ...
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Hide menu bar only for full-screen videos
I like to have the menu bar present when using apps in full screen. So, I have the auto-hide option unchecked. However, when I want to view a netflix or youtube video in full screen, the menu bar is ...
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How to enter Hungarian characters ő (long ö) and ű (long ü) on a Mac with German keyboard layout?
I found that I can write characters with single acute accent, but there is no double acute accent present on my German keyboard. What is the simplest and shortest workaround to enter ő (long ö) and ű (...
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Type special characters in iTerm2: Dead keys seem to be ignored
How to type special characters in iTerm2 using dead keys, e.g. typing
Opt ⌥ + e + e should give é
also in iTerm.
Note, there is a workaround as in this answer https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/...
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Type Lambda λ on a Mac? [duplicate]
Is there a way to type lambda λ on a mac without switching the entire keyboard binding to Greek, as described here: How do you type Theta on a Mac?
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Remap quit app keyboard shortcut globally [duplicate]
In Windows and Linux I can remap the Quit Application key globally to something else (usually Ctrl + F4). Mac has the ability to remap keys based on a menu item name. However, this does not work for ...
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Switching Tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) when using an external keyboard over a USB receiver
I have a MB Pro 2021, with an ISO keyboard layout. I wanted to swap between the (~) and plus-minus (±) keys. I already tried the option in Tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) in wrong place on keyboard, ...
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How can I remap End/Home keys in Keynote?
I use an external keyboard, and I'm used to using End/Home to move to the end/start of the line, respectively.
However, when typing text in Keynotes, pressing End/Home moves me to the last/first slide,...
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Reprogram / Remap a Button on Apple Keyboard to send a sequence of keystrokes [duplicate]
I am seeking help with my iMac.
I am an independent Nasdaq day-trader using Trading View as an analytical platform on a daily basis. If it is possible, I would like to reprogram the Fn
button (or any ...
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Simulating trackpad three/four-finger down using Hammerspoon or Karabiner-Elements
I am trying to simulate a three-finger (four-finger if the three-finger drag is enabled) trackpad swipe gesture using either Hammerspoon or Karabiner-Elements on macOS. The goal is to simulate the ...
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