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Re:My daughter's boyfriend gave me a custom keyboard? I don'... by f30e3dfed1c9 on Saturday January 17, 2026 @04:30AM (#46656633)
> The crucial difference between Mac and Windows layouts is... the order of the Option and Command keys.

> MacOS has a per-keyboard software setting that allows you to remap those two keys specifically, but I'd advise against using that because it never worked reliably for me.

I've been doing this for 20 or 30 years and it's never been a problem. Works fine. Been using standard PC keyboards with my desktop macs for so long I don't remember when I started.

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Re:My daughter's boyfriend gave me a custom keyboard? I don'... by Hackbraten on Saturday January 17, 2026 @08:28AM (#46657903)
> I've been doing this for 20 or 30 years and it's never been a problem. Works fine.

Good to know! (I assume you’re referring to the macOS-side remapping.)

Sounds like I may have hit some obscure bug that may not bite everyone.

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