As a last resort, try sacrificing F12 for example, remapping it as fn, then map F12+ spacebar instead. The keyboard shortcut to move focus to next window ⌘ +` is hard to access and if your input is focused on a place that can be used to write doesn't work because his priority is writing text in this case: backtick character.I think there's a rule which prohibits all-function-key combos (like CMD+ALT+CTRL), there has to be a non-functional key in the key combo. One thing that I dislike on MacOS is switch between apps because can't enable an option to switch between windows. More complex combinations can be applied from ke-complex-modifications Sometimes period key on Numpad writes a comma, that why remapping as the period it's a good choice.Īnd if you have problems with and ºª keys, swap them with non_us_backslash and grave_accent_and_tilde. Just select on target device PC Keyboard and define these keys change on Simple Modifications tab: And this forgotten Application Key can resurrect as ⌥ Option (or ⌘ Command). Select your PC Keyboard (my wireless Logitech keyboard was identified as “USB receiver”) on the list and switch ⌥ Option to ⌘ Command and ⌘ Command to ⌥ Option press button and …Ī better approach is to use Karabiner: an excellent keyboard customizer.īecause you can modify the behavior on each key, event on the left o right side. Go to System Preferences → Keyboard and select and press the button. The last step consists of telling macOS, to change this keys behavior. Tada!!! … now you have the same physical (and visual) order as mac keyboard. I highly recommend seeing some youtube videos about removing keys or cleaning keyboards.

This is mac keyboard distribution (with alt on left):Ĭaution: Before removing any of the keyboard keys, unplug the keyboard from the computer or turn off the computer.

I will show you how you can hack your PC keyboard to work as a mac keyboard. I think it’s better to use some systems with his default configuration. In the beginning, it’s really hard to switch your mind because the control keys win/alt/ctrl keys are made in different order ctrl/option/command. I have been working all my life on PC/Linux, now I’m working with macOS due to Xcode dependency for iPhone compilation.

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