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I switch very regularly and had difficulty until I begun to just swap out keyboards between macOS and Windows. That somehow ties my muscle memory for each OS mu
by ideamotor 6y ago
I switch very regularly and had difficulty until I begun to just swap out keyboards between macOS and Windows. That somehow ties my muscle memory for each OS much better. I pretty much have exclusive keyboards for different OS even if I use VMs on my laptop.
Plus, after much searching, there is not a good non-Apple keyboard for the Mac and the Apple keyboards aren't good for Windows. One example: the right side of of the left ⌘ key should be vertically flush with the right side of the X key. This makes it much more natural to reach for all those ⌘ shortcuts (particularly ⌘ + r and ⌘ + t, and for me I have many ⌥ hotkeys setup with BTT). On most Windows keyboards, Alt is left of Spacebar, and Alt's right side lands vertically on the middle of the X key, not on the right side.
- kergonath 6y ago> there is not a good non-Apple keyboard for the Mac I have been very happy with my successive Matias keyboards over the years.
- ideamotor 6y agoOk, I spoke too soon, I see a TKL Matias with ⌘ aligned with X. I may have missed this one because when I search for a replacement I usually focus on mechanical keyboards. The mechanical Matias I see is not aligned so it's not for me at least.
- kergonath 6y agoYou're right. I never really paid attention to that, actually (my current one is a non-mechanical one, and the X is ~1mm to the left compared to the command key).
- uncledave 6y agoDurgod K320 works nicely with macOS. You can get replacement key tops from eBay for about $20 to get cmd/opt back etc
- Tsiklon 6y agoIt’s not explicitly a Mac layout, but I find the HHKB layout to be quite comfortable for both Mac and Windows. But if you don’t like the home row positioning of the ctrl key you may find it problematic