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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Jixr on Mon, 14 July 2014, 15:14:12

Title: Autohotkey for OSX?
Post by: Jixr on Mon, 14 July 2014, 15:14:12

Hey everyone, I use Autohotkey pretty extensively on Windows, and was wondering if anyone knew of any good re-mappers for OSX? there are a few options out there, but some are paid, and reviews are scare and conflicting.

Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Autohotkey for OSX?
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 14 July 2014, 15:41:12

KeyRemap4MacBook is the best, no question. As of a few days ago, it's now called "Karabiner"

Title: Re: Autohotkey for OSX?
Post by: daerid on Wed, 16 July 2014, 09:47:49

TBH, I think ControllerMate is a bit more powerful than KR4MB, but it's $25 and has a bit of a learning curve.

Title: Re: Autohotkey for OSX?
Post by: orihalcon on Wed, 16 July 2014, 19:11:39

If your keyboard supports PS/2, you can use a Soarer's converter to remap keys and that doesn't require any software to be used on the computer. Might not do everything you need, but definitely worth looking into especially if you'll use with multiple computers since the programming is stored in the converter which is resides in the hardware.  So say you have a model M, you could remap the ALT key to the Command/Apple key permanently for example even when used on other computers, no software required.