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Mission control move a space shortcut not working in Monterey
After I updated to MacOS Monterey, move right/left a space keyboard shortcut (mission control) is no longer working. I even changed the key mapping but this doesn't seem to fix it. And interestingly, ...
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How to lookup keybinding translation across input sources
I have an application that binds a menu item to trigger on ⌘]. When I set the US input source, I press ⌘] in order to trigger that item. However, when I switch the input source to QWERTZ (German), the ...
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Keyboard Utility: Customize Logitec MX Keys backlight without the Options+ app
Using Logitec MX Keyboard without Logitech's Options+ app. It works fine, but I can't control backlight on-duration.
There are key-mapping utilities, but I can't find one for backlight control. There ...
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Why are the Emacs bindings to move around words (such as M-f (option-f) and M-b (option-b)) not working on bash terminal?
I am using macOS Monterey 12.5 on M1 hardware. In case this can be relevant, I am using an American keyboard with Brazilian Portuguese (ABNT2) as input.
Also, I am using a cool software Karabiner ...
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How to remap a option + i to give me ^, for then to press a vowel to use the accent in Karabiner
I recently changed the keyboard input to ABC - Extended because the normal one wouldn't let me type accents when the caps lock was on. Almost all of the are normal, but there are one there isn't. When ...
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DefaultKeyBinding.dict no longer remaps ctl+arrow windows shortcuts after MacOS update
On my macbook I use DefaultKeyBinding.dict to remap about 12 keys to what they would be in Windows. However, after my update to MacOS Ventura, the remappings for moveWordLeft and moveWordRight stopped ...
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How to remap a single key?
I have a broken key on my Mac's keyboard and I need to remap it to some other key, by double press. Temporarily.
It's not a special but an alphabet letter one. I want to remap it this way:
"f&...
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How to tell iterm2 to use emacs mode, not vi mode
I've recently switched from Hyper terminal (no longer maintained) to iterm2.
I'm surprised that iterm2 seems to be using vi mode: instead of going to start and end of line when I press ctrl+a/ctrl+e ...
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Change width reserved for stage manager when using the the Sequoia tiling keys?
MacOS Sequoia introduced the tiling keys (i.e., ctrl-option-left to place the current window on the left side of the screen). This helpfully leaves space for the stage manager.
For my taste, this ...
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Karabiner-Elements cannot open new Terminal window unless Terminal already in focus
I am on Catalina 10.15.7 and use Karabiner-Elements 13.3.
When I use the rule shown below for opening Terminal nothing happens unless Terminal is in focus (you can see Terminal on the menu bar).
Seems ...
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Possible to change Messages up/down key behaviour?
In most single-line text edit fields, pressing ↑ moves the cursor to the start of the line, and pressing ↓ moves the cursor to the end. But in the Messages app, the behaviour is slightly different; it ...
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Keyboard shortcut to open Terminal at the current folder location in Finder
Say I am in a Finder window (eg: ~/Documents/code ) and I want to be able to use a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal window with the prompt
user@computer: ~/Documents/code$
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Override cmd + tab to control + tab to switch tabs in macOS using Karabiner Elements
I am using a Macbook Air M2 with macOS Monterey. I am trying to get the keyboard bindings to better/more mimic Windows 10.
The laptop keyboard is like this:
{fn/globe} {control} {option} {command}
I ...
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How can I obtain the backslash with a US keyboard configured with a Spanish (ES-ISO) keyboard layout?
I have a Macbook Air with the typical US keyboard layout printed in the keys, but I want to use the keyboard as if it were a Spanish keyboard because I'm accustomed to that layout and since I don't ...
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Is there a way to map a mouse button up action to a key press?
I know it's possible to map mouse buttons to keystrokes (eg using Karabiner to map button3 to ⌘V). Is there a way to map a button when it's released (eg mapping button1-up to ⌘C)?
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Re-mapping PgUp and PgDn on PC keyboard
I have a setup where I use the same (PC) keyboard for my PC and my Mac mini using a switch box. I switch back and forth between the two all the time - and in order to stay sane I have
re-mapped many ...
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How to change keyboard type if that option is no longer visible?
I am using an EU keyboard layout and the button below the ESC key is "double quotes" on OSX 10.10.3
Suddenly that key is automatically changed to the < >| key
I checked keyboard layout and it ...
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Make backslash \ in terminal (Danish keyboard)
I am using a Danish keyboard language and Danish keyboard layout. When typing in my browser or other applications on my computer, I can make a backslash. In my case I use the combination shift + ...
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How do I get a Save As… option always appear in my Apple apps without using the OPTION key?
Basically, when using Apple apps such as TextEdit, Preview, Pages, Numbers, there is no Save As… option unless you hold down the OPTION key.
Can I add this option so that it appears by default without ...
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Definitive way to enable ESC-key-like functionality for Obsidian on iPhone
Has anyone provided a good solution to the lack of an escape key on iPhone yet, for vim mode? I feel like this needs a definitive solution, and I’d be willing to work on it if nobody has, yet.
Not an ...
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F16-F19 keys on my keyboard in OBS as record start, stop, pause and resume buttons
I would like to use the F16-F19 keys on my keyboard in OBS as record start, stop, pause and resume buttons. How do I do this? In OBS they are recognized correctly, but when I press them to record they ...
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Change key bindings in Apple Mail
Is there a way to change (actually, remove) key bindings in Apple Mail?
I sometimes find myself switching between tasks and impatiently backspacing over some word in an editor - only to find that I've ...
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Can I use CapsLock as Hyper in a keyboard shortcut for window tiling?
[Update: Per agarza's suggestion below, I've looked into Rectangle. It's based on Spectacle so it was familiar enough. I checked "Remove keyboard shortcut restrictions" in settings, and ...
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iterm - what's the key-combo to switch panes?
I've learned how to split my terminal windows with apple-d and apple-shift-d. Its very useful.
How do I then switch between the two panes (see below) using the keyboard?
I know I can use the mouse ...
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MacBook map Windows keyboard Fn key
I am using a 4TECH Windows keyboard with US English layout (picture). I want to map the Fn key to Option key. My Mac doesn't recognise that key - it simply doesn't do anything. Is there a way to fix ...
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Keyboard custom lockscreen shortcut not working on Macbook pro M1
I followed the steps on this stack post and set the shortcut to ⌥ L on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
I can confirm that I see this change in the menu -
However, when I try using this ...
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Why does the necessary key combination to zoom in/out change while using Apple Maps?
When using Maps on my iMac, I'm able to zoom in/out using only +/- when I first open the app. However, after requesting directions to a location, I need to use CMD-(+/-) to zoom in/out, even after I ...
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DefaultKeyBinding.dict method not working to move cursor from word to word(which is by default options + left/right)
I created a DefaultKeyBinding.dict in ~/Library/KeyBindings and copied this code to change how I can move from words to words to command+left/right instead of options + left/right. But it is not ...
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External Keyboard Layout does not match shown on System Preferences
I have a MacBook Air M1 2020 on Monterrey 12.4.
I've just bought the Logitech ERGO K860, which has an ISO layout.
I had a problem that was recognized as ANSI, but I could solve that.
I could set it ...
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Show the shortcuts when hovering over Microsoft Word icons
I am a fervent keyboardist: how can we find out the shortcuts for these icons? They used to be displayed when you hovered over them, but no more.
This is Microsoft Word for Mac version 16.79
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Terminal: To make Option-Control keyboard shortcut work
I use the fish shell, and I added a function that expands variables like it works by default in Zsh. That is, I can type e.g. $PWD, press the keyboard shortcut, and it will be expanded to the current ...
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Trying to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H using Karabiner-Elements
I'm using Karabiner-Elements to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H. (This helps prevent me from closing a window so that when I switch to the app using Cmd+Tab, the window will appear, which only happens for open ...
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How do I add "pull-down", aka "hotkey window" functionality to any app?
I like to add the hotkey window functionality of iTerm to any app. I have heard this is possible with BetterTouchTool, but I don't know how. I have seen opensource solutions like tdrop for linux, but ...
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How can I restore Command+Left arrow in macOS?
I mapped Cmd+← to a new shortcut in the Keyboard Shortcuts area of System Settings, and now I can't figure out how to set it back to "go back to the start of the line." I have tried:
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Disable accent functionality from backtick button
I often type backticks (`) in various situations (Markdown, GitHub, SO, etc), and since the button used to type them also is used to modify letters (é/è/ú), writing backticks is generally a pain. On a ...
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key combo then shift+enter started launching apps recently
I noticed in the past week that some random key combos started launching Apple apps (like the App Store, iMovie, and GarageBand) and it's really annoying. After experimenting I figured out that ...
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option+left and option+right skip special characters
So I have a new Mac M1
I'm trying to set up the terminal as it was in my previous system.
The problem now is that when using option+arrow (left or right) it jumps to the next space character instead ...
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How can I remap keys on an external keyboard, but keep the default layout on the internal?
I have an external keyboard with Windows keys. I'd like to remap the keys so the layout of the keys on the bottom-left is identical to the internal keyboard on my MacBook Pro.
This...
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Tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) in wrong place on keyboard
I'm using a MacBook Pro with a Swedish physical keyboard but with a U.S. layout defined in System Preferences. However, the tilde (~) and plus-minus (±) keys seem switched. The following key ...
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How to use Shortcuts app to mute/unmute MS Teams from anywhere (globally)?
The standard keybinding for MS Teams mute toggle is ⌘ShiftM. However, it only works if Teams is the current focussed application. So when I'm working on a document or typing notes in another app, I ...
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Simulate INSERT key in Mac OS X
Long story short, I am using Citrix to remote into my PC at work, and several applications require the use of the INSERT key, which, as everyone knows, Apple chose to eliminate from their keyboards. I'...
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How can I add a keyboard shortcut for a nested menu item?
It used to be possible (on macOS 10.14 below at least), to set up a keyboard shortcut to open up a specific terminal profile:
Unfortunately, on macOS 12 and later (at least, I never ran 10.15 or 11), ...
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Keyboard shortcuts with a single key?
Some apps (e.g. Tweetbot) have single-key keyboard shortcuts.
However, when trying to set shortcuts in System Preferences, we’re not allowed to do the same. Is there a user-facing way of achieving ...
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How to Enable iTerm Profile Shortcut Key cmd-ctrl-d key by Disabling Dictionary Lookup in macOS for iTerm?
I've been trying to set up a specific shortcut key (cmd-control-d) in iTerm to trigger a profile action. However, this shortcut conflicts with macOS's default dictionary lookup feature. I'm looking ...
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How do I disable the "home" button on a game controller in macOS?
My 8bitdo SN30 has a "home" button on the lower right hand side. I only ever hit this button by accident when gaming on my mac, and it opens some weird sub-folder of the never-used Launchpad ...
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How should I adapt my software's keyboard shortcuts for macOS users (e.g. when to use Cmd instead of Ctrl)?
I'm not familiar with macOS at all. Nevertheless, when designing cross-platform software features, one needs to be aware of such small differences. I've seen a lot of keybindings which are usually ...
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MacOS Music script does not work triggered inside app
For years, I've been using a really simple AppleScript to reset Music's AirPlay device back to my computer. I trigger it using a keyboard shortcut Command + E and the script doesn’t run. Same if I use ...
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How can I change/remove the shortcut fn+C for opening the Control Centre
Since I upgraded to macOS Monterey, fn + C (i.e. the fn key + the C key) opens the Control Centre in the Menu Bar.
How can I change or even remove this shortcut?
Same question for the shortcut fn + A.
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How can I assign a shortcut in Karabiner-Elements to open VS Code?
I am new to Karabiner-Elements and I am trying to find a way to assign a shortcut to open VS Code.
I would like to press Left Command and Right Command at the same time then leave it then press V to ...
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How to remap left-arrow (←) key to ctrl in MacOS or iTerm2?
On a 2017 MacBook Pro 15", I want symmetry in my three modifier keys (ctrl, option, cmd), i.e. what's available to my right hand would be mirror-symmetrical to what's available to my left. The ...
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