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I'm surprised no one has mentioned keyboard portability. I find it incredibly hard to switch from ctrl on Windows to cmd on Mac. In college I had to switch freq
by morley 8y ago
I'm surprised no one has mentioned keyboard portability. I find it incredibly hard to switch from ctrl on Windows to cmd on Mac. In college I had to switch frequently between Windows and Mac, and it was a nightmare.
Since then, I've committed to only use MacOS on a Macbook and Windows on a real keyboard. That seems to preserve my muscle memory the best. But things can be rough when I use a Windows laptop or a standalone Mac keyboard.
- abrowne 8y agoI am the same, but with the Mac command layout burned into my brain (and thumbs). My solution when I switched to Linux from Mac is to make the control key the one next to the space bar, like command is. Luckily it's super easy to swap control and super or alt (depending on Mac or PC layout) using xkbd on Linux. In MATE and KDE it's in the keyboard settings; in GNOME it's in Tweaks (with Xfce you need to use a config file somehow). I think you can do the same on Windows with autohotkey but I haven't tried.
- slantyyz 8y agoWhen I was using an MBP and a Windows desktop, I got a gaming keyboard that let you remap the keys. I swapped the keycaps on the keyboard so that the Control key was where the Command key would be. Of course, this doesn't help if you're using a laptop, but my desktop keyboard remained that way for a while, even after I left OSX on the laptop side. With respect to Windows on the Macbook Pro, when I used Windows VMs, I would go to the VM preferences and swap the command key mappings so that I could continue using my muscle memory.
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- paulie_a 8y agoI find the Mac keyboards to be garbage for two reasons, the command key is awkward and the tactile feel is subpar
- wtallis 8y ago> the command key is awkward How do you usually try to press the command key? If you're going for it with anything other than your thumb, you're doing it wrong. Note that Apple keyboards often have narrower spacebars than PC keyboards, so the command key is closer to the center of the keyboard (and closer to your thumb) than the alt key on a standard PC keyboard.
- mercer 8y agoI definitely prefer the thumb (CMD, OSX) over the pinky (CTRL, Windows). It feels more ergonomic, and I'm curious how universal that feeling is.
- deepspace 8y agoMy solution is to map Ctrl to CapsLock on Windows and Cmd to CapsLock on MacOS. Not perfect by any means but seems to be an ok compromise muscle-memory wise.
- tonyarkles 8y agoYup! Then I just get confused when I use someone else's computer, but all of mine are fine (Windows, Linux, Mac)
- pokemongoaway 8y agoKarabiner is a great app.
- paulryanrogers 8y agoAnd AutoHotKey to go the other way on Windows
- ReverseCold 8y agoI use a windows desktop and a MacBook. Apart from some hiccups in the first day of using both, I never make mistakes confusing the two keys now. I seem to be switching based on the type of keyboard I'm using. Whenever I open bootcamp I have to consciously remember to use ctrl not cmd.
- kelchm 8y agoAt o e point I was switching between Windows and macOS computers on a daily basis. One way to ease the pain of control vs command is to remap your caps lock key to command in macOS and to control in Windows.
- stcredzero 8y agoI have my Macbook at work, opposite to my Dell work laptop. I just mode switch and use one key on one machine and the other key on the other.