Use the search field to locate the Act as Hyper Key option and click it. You can choose from a huge selection of actions. Next, add the action you want to the key press by clicking the + button. I always use Caps Lock because I never use it for anything else. Next, assign the key you want to use as the Hyper Key by pressing it. Then select Keyboard Shortcuts from the drop-down at the top of the window and click the + button to create your first keyboard shortcut.
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Here’s how to set up the hyper key in BetterTouchTool:įirst, select All Apps in the left sidebar. Creating the Hyper Key in BetterTouchTool I found one in BetterTouchTool, an app that allows you to customize input devices on your Mac. But when I switched to an M1 Mac mini I suspected the app was causing my frequent kernel panics and started looking for an alternative. I first heard about setting up a hyper key via Karabiner Elements from Brett Terpstra, and used this method for years to remap my Caps Lock key into a hyper key that made using custom keyboard shortcuts a whole lot easier.
Which is where the concept of a hyper key comes in.Ī hyper key basically simulates pressing all those modifier keys at once. Shift-Control-Option-Command-M opens up my email client), but the human hand was not made to hit all those keys at the same time. One way around this to mash a bunch of modifier keys (i.e. But you probably also have trouble creating keyboard shortcuts that don’t conflict with the built-in ones that ship with macOS.
If you’re like me, you probably love using keyboard shortcuts to speed things up on your Mac using automation tools like Keyboard Maestro.
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