The New Big » system preferences http://thenewbig.com Small pieces of the new big world Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:32:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Per-keyboard layouts in Leopard http://thenewbig.com/2007/11/01/per-keyboard-layouts-in-leopard/ http://thenewbig.com/2007/11/01/per-keyboard-layouts-in-leopard/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:18:33 +0000 stumax http://thenewbig.com/2007/11/01/per-keyboard-layouts-in-leopard/ Brett Terpstra discovered a wicked cool keyboard tip for those of you running OS X 10.5, something I never would have thought to look for: per-keyboard modifier key settings. Just go to System Preferences, Keyboard & Mouse, the Keyboard tab, and then click the Modifier Keys button at the bottom left. You can then select the keyboard you want to re-map from the top of the page.

Modifier Keys on a per-keyboard basis in Leopard

I just got a new Logitech cordless ergonomic keyboard and had already resigned myself to mentally swapping the option and command keys. Now, I can save those precious synapse firings.

Which reminds me… why aren’t there any ergonomic Bluetooth keyboards?

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