- Every Windows command that uses Control is executed with the Command key on a Mac. For example, on Windows, you can use Control + C to copy text but on Mac, this shortcut is Command + C. You can see why it can be confusing. Remap Windows keyboard. To remap the Windows keyboard, you need to open System Preferences and go to Keyboard.
- I use an apple aluminum keyboard for both the mac and the windows system. I would like to map the key combinations for the windows machine to be the same as for mac so I can use the same physical motions on both systems for common tasks. The most important keys would becntrl-x -windows-xcntrl-c -windows-ccntrl-v -.
- Every Windows command that uses Control is executed with the Command key on a Mac. For example, on Windows, you can use Control + C to copy text but on Mac, this shortcut is Command + C. You can see why it can be confusing. Remap Windows keyboard. To remap the Windows keyboard, you need to open System Preferences and go to Keyboard.
- I use an apple aluminum keyboard for both the mac and the windows system. I would like to map the key combinations for the windows machine to be the same as for mac so I can use the same physical motions on both systems for common tasks. The most important keys would becntrl-x -windows-xcntrl-c -windows-ccntrl-v -.
Some keyboards geared towards Windows have useless keys for a Mac. Can they be remapped?Well, perhaps like me, say you have a pretty nice Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard attached to your Mac, but it's got this otherwise useless Application/Submenu
key on the right side. You want it to be something useful, perhaps mimicking the right Option/Alt
key on the standard Apple keyboard. Here's how you can remap that otherwise useless Application
key to something useful under Mac OS using Karabiner (with thanks to StackExchange and KeyChatter)
Install Karabiner-Elements
or install by downloading installer directly from their website
Open Karabiner-Elements application
This will start karabiner and you should see a new icon in your Mac Menu Bar.
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You'll need the Event Viewer, so from Mac Menu bar,
Karabiner-Elements >> Launch Event Viewer
.In the
main
tab, click on the key you want to be able to remap, e.g. thesubmenu/application
key on the MS Ergonomic keyboard. Then, in the upper right of the event-viewer window, you can click onadd 'application' to Karabiner-Elements
That will add the key-code into the list of re-mappable keys via the karabiner preferences.
Remap the key
- Open the karabiner
Preferences >> Simple Modifications
tab. - Select
target device
(e.g. Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard) - Click
Add item
in the lower left - Select
Application
as thefrom key
and thenright-option
as theto key
.
- Open the karabiner
Remap Microsoft Keyboard For Mac Os
To remap a key, changing it to new value, launch the Remap Keyboard settings window with the Remap a Key button. When first launched, no predefined mappings will be displayed. You must select the + button to add a new remap. Once a new remap row appears, select the key whose output you want to change in the 'Key' column. Select the new key.