![]() ![]() Many other apps expose shortcuts through menus that can be overridden at the system level, but this gets tedious if you you have more than a few shortcuts you want to override. The apps that are easiest to customize explicitly allow users to declare keyboard shortcuts in the settings. ![]() It may require extra research to apply these principles to non-Mac computers. Tools do exist to accomplish the same results on other operating systems. Note for Windows and Linux users: While the principles outlined here are universal, the tools are Mac only. We'll start by learning how to install and configure the required apps, then, later on, I'll introduce the system of keyboard shortcut organization I use every day. We are going to walk through creating a system to bring uniformity to our apps with a single set of keyboard shortcuts. What if you could eliminate that switching cost? What if switching apps, rather than forcing you to learn new shortcuts, instead reinforced your muscle memory for the shortcuts you already know? In short, what if all of your apps felt the same? So, what happens when you try out a new app, and its keyboard shortcuts don’t align with your muscle memory? You could work on memorizing a whole new set of shortcuts, but then you face a cost of switching every time you change apps. You've likely memorized many of the shortcuts of your most used apps and, somewhere during this process, repetition has given way to muscle memory, making these shortcuts feel like second nature. But you're probably also aware that most of the apps you use on a daily basis provide keyboard shortcuts to increase the efficiency of routine tasks. You likely use a combination of your mouse and keyboard to interact with your computer throughout the day. Karabiner-Elements is a powerful utility for keyboard customization on macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.If you’re reading this, odds are you work on a computer. While it is very powerful, the developers are absolutely doing some great work, and it is an app beloved of many of the Internet’s more prominent Mac users, including yourself, some of the issues that seem to make it through put it in the ‘too risky’ bucket for me. The issue log on GitHub also makes for very interesting reading. I don’t want those headaches any more, and this sort of app can definitely affect system-stability, which is presumably what the OP has experienced. I remember some of the really low-level stuff I used to use at work on Windows that IBM developed in partnership with Microsoft, and even that caused headaches in the real world a lot of the time. ![]() I’ve got so many ways to trigger so many things (often multiple ways), that the cognitive load of adding a hyper-key with Karabiner and just the fundamental need over the hundred of options have just never taken me down that path.Īs it happens, I also *really* don’t like the idea of something poking around at that level without it being part of the OS or being developed in part with Apple. I rely on my more traditional key combinations, Alfred workflows, Keyboard Maestro palettes, a Stream Deck and/or Touch Bar (Better Touch Tool FTW!). Everything else I’ve ever seen always piggy-backs the work being done and has Karabiner as a prerequisite. The thing is, Karabiner is doing some low-level wizardry, and it is the only thing that I’ve ever come across that goes down to that level to do this sort of thing. That’s the nearest option I could find, and I agree, it isn’t a great match, but then I don’t think anything can be. The only issue for me would be that this method is not quite the hyper key:
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