hyperkey Archives - MacSparky https://www.macsparky.com/blog/tag/hyperkey/ Get More Productive with Your Apple Gear Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.macsparky.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-MacSparky-Logo-2022-Slate-White-32x32.png hyperkey Archives - MacSparky https://www.macsparky.com/blog/tag/hyperkey/ 32 32 Setting Up Your Hyper Key with BetterTouchTool (MacSparky Labs) https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2023/05/setting-up-your-hyper-key-with-bettertouchtool-macsparky-labs/ Wed, 24 May 2023 15:08:15 +0000 https://www.macsparky.com/?p=14481 As you get better at making automated tools for your Mac, you’ll realize how scarce unique key combinations become as your number of keyboard-triggered automations increases… This is a post for MacSparky Labs Members only. Care to join? Or perhaps do you need to sign in?

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]]> Hyper Key Via BetterTouchTool https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2021/02/hyper-key-via-bettertouchtool/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:47:14 +0000 https://macsparky.wpengine.com/2021/02/2021-2-hyper-key-via-bettertouchtool/ I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically, I’ve done this remapping with Karabiner Elements. However, this remapping just... Continue reading →

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]]> I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically, I’ve done this remapping with Karabiner Elements. However, this remapping just got a lot easier. BetterTouchTool has added the a new feature that lets you map the hyper key combination to any key (including caps lock). See the screenshots below for how to set it up. Also, the developer has a walkthrough right here.

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