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My keyboard shortcut doesn't work when I'm on finder because of its default keybindings
I have created a shortcut in my Mac's Quick Actions with a shell script to run, and gave it the keyboard shortcuts option+cmd+t.
It works great in any other app than Finder, where it just does its ...
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mac os universal txt shortcut to insert 'current date+time'
Is there a keyboard shortcut to insert text that simply displays the current date and time
ive set up ones for ABN and longer email addresses
but havent found one that consistently inserts the current ...
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SquirrelSQL keyboard shortcuts on MacOS
I am running SquirrelSQL on MacOS.
Many keyboard shortcuts do not work.
For example: find is supposed to be mapped to CTRL-F, but neither CTRL-F nor CMD-F work. Similarly, replace (supposed to be ...
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I am trying to get semicolon to act as shift when held down but ; when tapped and colon when shift is down and also as end when CapsLock is held down
This is the code I have tried in Karabiner-Elements.
The semicolon key sends semicolon when tapped ✔
When shift is held down and semicolon is tapped colon is sent ✔
While CapsLock is held down and ...
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Keyboard shortcut for moving mouse to focused window for MacOs?
Is there a keyboard shortcut for Mac OS, or a setting, to make the mouse cursor "jump" to the currently focused window?
I use a dual monitor setup, and after CmD + Tab -ing to a window on ...
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How to prevent a website overriding macOS keyboard shortcuts in Chrome?
I see a few threads on this for Firefox and Windows, but not for Chrome and Mac.
On macOS, for more than two decades, the keyboard shortcuts command-leftarrow and command-rightarrow have been offered ...
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Switching from Mac to Linux DE: Strategies for globally swapping <ctrl> modifier with <meta>? [closed]
I'm switching from MacOs to Linux and exploring several popular Desktop Environments like KDE Plasma, Gnome & Pantheon, etc.
I find that the MacOS convention of using the meta key (aka the command ...
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switching window keyboard shortcut with screen window management on MacOS
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I used to be a linux user, now I am accessing a server from MacOS, Ventura. I have remapped my Mac Keyboard by switching the ctrol and command keys. However, I came across some problems with the ...
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MacOS - Using function keys without Fn modifier only in specific apps
I know that I can enable the option to have the F-keys function without holding Fn in this options menu:
Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Function Keys > Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard ...
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How to switch writing direction from right to left in Mac apps?
Writing in right-to-left languages on Mac apps
I need to write in a right-to-left language, on my Mac computer. On my Windows computer, I used to press Control (⌃) + Right Shift (⇧) to switch the ...
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How to change find bar "Whole Words" shortcut in Firefox
On macOS, Firefox uses the control key for each of the keyboard shortcuts in the "Find in Page…" bar. For example, Highlight All is currently toggled by Control-I, Match Case is Control-C, ...
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How to use NSStandardKeyBindingResponding with skhd?
I'm using skhd to configure custom keybindings in Mac OS.
I also want to (re)define some key behavior, like the Home and End keys from my external keyboard, by calling methods from ...
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Ctrl+Shift works only on opposing sides on external keyboard
I have an external keyboard (Logitech K120, Windows Layout) connected to my notebook, running Windows 10, and since today I am facing problems when using shortcuts that involve Ctrl+Shift.
One ...
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Mac OS: How to control which characters the cursor jumps to on 'Option' + '←/→'
In most operating systems, including Mac OS, pressing Option/Control + Left/Right Arrow Key permits to skip the cursor position from word to word. Strictly speaking, this command skips the cursor to ...
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How to map Windows Ctrl to Win only when remoted into a Mac
I use TeamViewer to remote from a Windows 10 PC to a MacBookPro (running Catalina up to Monterey). I have a Logitech wireless keyboard attached to the Mac (via Unifying USB). I want to be able to map ...
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Tmux sending wrong keycodes for "ctrl + arrowkey" and "ctrl + shift + arrowkey"
The problem
I upgraded to MacOS 13.5 today and immediately noticed this issue. Inside of tmux (running in iterm2) when I perform ctrl + arrow-key or ctrl + shift + arrow-key the wrong keycodes are ...
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Shortcut to find and preview all PDFs in folder
On MacOS, is there a way to add a shortcut that will quickly search for all PDFs in a selected folder? More specifically, I'd like a shortcut* that, when a folder is selected in Finder, will search ...
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change default apple keyboard shortcut of input sources
I'd like to be able to change the default keystrokes to change input sources. I use Dvorak, but there are some apps like Blender, where it's easier to use the standard keyboard layout.
Apple offers ...
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Is there a Windows 11 equivalent to Mac's "App shortcuts" in the keyboard preferences?
My specific case: I use DaVinci Resolve to edit videos, and I have a few UI layouts saved. These can be accessed in the Workspace menu up top, but the button for loading them is a few layers deep, and ...
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Keyboard shortcut to Insert a new row in Excel on a Mac with a Swedish keyboard
I’ve tried pretty much everything I can think of at this point, but maybe someone will have the answer: is it possible to insert a new row with a keyboard shortcut on a Mac with a Swedish keyboard?
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How do I add a secondary shortcut / shortcut alias on macOS?
I would like to switch Mission Control desktops with another button while still keeping the normal ctrl + arrow shortcut. Is this possible in any feasable way without 3rd party apps?
I'm trying to ...
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How do I change Chrome's full-screen mode keyboard shortcut from the command line?
I would like to change the default Chrome keyboard shortcut, ctrl+cmd+f, to something else, and I would like to do so through a command-line, so that I can share it across my computers using Chezmoi.
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Karabiner Elements: Is it possible to make a complex modification that takes of of multiple keybindings, and presses keys based on the input
I'd like a modification where I could press one of multiple keybinds, like CMD B or CMD I, and it outputs a specific key combination, like CMD A for example, and then outputs whichever keybind I ...
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Creating a keyboard shortcut to go to a specific folder on Mac OS Finder
I use ⌘+SHIFT+G in my routine on macOS and with ⌘+SHIFT+D (go to user/desktop) or ⌘+ALT+L (go to user/downloads) I can travel pretty fast.
But there are some folders that I'd like to go to quickly in ...
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How to remap Control and Cmd in Firefox for MacOS?
MacOS allows to assign a hotkey for copy/paste actions via System settings. However Firefox does not respect remapped application short-cuts in MacOS. I tried several external application to remap ...
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How can I get capslock recognized as a keybind for wow, or remap it in macos?
Long time wow player here. I've recently made the transition from a windows machine to my first mac.
All my keybinds came along with me when i transferred the data. The in-game GUI does show that my ...
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MacBook mouse control keys at login
Hoping this saves some time for someone and avoids frustration. Yesterday after rebooting my MacBook M1 (2021 with Ventura OS 12.0.1), I was not able to use certain keys (7, 8, 9, U, O, J, K, L) on ...
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How to reset Mac keyboard custom mappings using DefaultKeyBinding.dict
Hello I recently wanted to do a custom mapping for my home/end keys to match the windows style behavior. Unfortunately, this also remapped my copy/paste keys. I'd like to revert this.
I mapped the ...
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Additional Quick step Keyboard Shortcuts
Use a lot of keyboard shortcuts through Quick step actions. This lets me sort incoming mail into folders pretty quickly. Limit of course is I can only assign 9 of them. Which is a little limiting.
You'...
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Can I move a tab in Safari with a keyboard shortcut?
In Safari, with multiple tabs open, I want to be able to change the order of the tabs with a keyboard shortcut.
For example, if the third tab of four is active:
A B [C] D
…how can I move the third ...
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Is there a way to rebind copy and paste keyboard shortcuts on a PC so that it matches the mac shortcut? Or vice versa?
For my job I use both a Mac and a PC and am frequently switching between them. So it's probably understandable that sometimes my fingers forget which machine they're typing on and try to use the wrong ...
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In macOS, is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate panes in the Terminal.app?
Ian macOS, is there a keyboard shortcut to navigate among Terminal.app's split panes within a window?
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Bring Window to Current Space in macOS
Background I've been using macOS's "Spaces" feature for years, and it's great. After trying a few different configurations, I use four Spaces: main work (e.g,. Xcode, Sketch), documents (...
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How to change macOS keyboard shortcuts for Word 365? (2022 / v16)
I recently switched from LibreOffice to Word 365 on macOS Monterey. And instead of using Word's proprietary keyboard shortcuts, I want to change some of them to the standard ones I'm already used to ...
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How to switch to another window in macOS?
Sometimes I have two windows open in macOS. But one question, how to switch to another window in macOS? Is there any keyboard shortcut to do this?
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Command + Delete shortcut on windows 10 [closed]
I'm a mac user for a quite a while now.
The most used shortcut I use is command (or windows key) + delete.
That deletes the whole line. But whenever I switch to windows, command + delete doesn't work.
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Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or maximize a window in macOS?
Every time I want to minimize or maximize the window, I need to move the mouse to the top left corner and click the minimize button or maximize button. Are there any keyboard shortcuts to minimize or ...
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Unable to change keyboard shortcut for changing browser tabs in macOS
In Edge, the keyboard shortcut to change tabs is {control} tab.
I set a custom application shortcut for Edge to use {option} tab:
But it still does not work. Pressing {option} tab does not change to ...
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Issue Logitech ergo keyboard: Cannot write greater or less than symbols on Mac (< >)
I'm using Logitech's K860 keyboard on a Macbook and haven't found any way to output the greater or less than symbols. This keyboard is set up to ISO (Latin America).
The shift key is working correctly ...
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On brave browser running macOS, what is the shortcut to focus on web page (the opposite of `control-l`)?
I am using a Macbook M1 with macOS Monterey 12.5. Also, I must
highlight that I am using a software called
Karabiner-elements
to tweak some keybindings. You can see my
config
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On Brave browser (...
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How to use macos key shortcuts in a linux virtualbox?
With macOS as host, I want cmd + c to copy in the kali linux environment instead of having to press ctrl + c instead. And this is not all, in fact, I want all macOS key shortcuts done in the terminal ...
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Switching focus according to a window's position on the screen
I'm a programmer who uses a large monitor, with multiple windows visible alongside each other. E.g I might have an IDE, a text editor, multiple terminals and a web browser open and visible at the same ...
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Is it possible to change Google Chrome's previous/next tabs shortcuts?
Is it possible to change Google Chrome's previous/next tabs shortcut (⌘+Option+← and ⌘+Option+→) to ⌘+Shift+← and ⌘+Shift+→ instead?
I use both Safari and Chrome (for different purposes) and bounce ...
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How can I have Spotify play music instead of iTunes when pressing the play/F8 key on MacOS?
When I turn on my MBP the first thing I do is play some Spotify music and I got it loaded on startup, although when I press play/F8 which is play button on keyboard iTunes pops up.
Even with the ...
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How can I see ALL global shortcuts currently active across Finder + other apps?
I've just started using Amethyst and would love to be able to use the CTRL + optn + NumPad[0-9] shortcuts, but some of these aren't working and I'm assuming they're reserved by something else. I've ...
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MacOS Switch between active windows of application in active display
I have 2 displays and its really annoying that cycling between windows of an app jumps between displays.
I want to cycle between windows of an app on the active display only (of the currently active ...
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Karabiner Elements: Map Sequence of Keys (Multiple) to Sequence of Keys
I am using a US International Keyboard on Windows to easily type special characters by combining (=consecutively typing) single quotes / double quotes and vowels to get German umlaute characters.
For ...
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How can I map the "Print Screen" button to start a "crosshair" screenshot via Skitch app on Mac?
CmdShift5 is supposedly the shortcut / hotkey to start a crosshair screenshot, but:
A) That hotkey doesn't work very well.
(What I want to replicate is the type of crosshair screenshot I can take by ...
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How to change mac terminal keybinding for color picker to execute the escape sequence instead?
Every time I hit command + shift + c in the terminal app it opens a color picker. I would like this keybinding to instead send the escape sequence to the terminal to cancel the execution of the ...
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Chrome on MacOS – Zoom In (cmd - plus) not working after update
After updating Mac OS a while ago, I cannot zoom in in Chrome using cmd-plus any longer. Zooming out (cmd-minus) and zooming to 100 (cmd-0) works just fine.
(according to the docs – "webpage ...
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