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alternative to Seil for keyboard mapping in Sierra

By Anna D, 29 September, 2016

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I often run Windows on my Mac via VMWare Fusion, and when I do, I use JAWS. I have been using Seil and Karabiner to remap the caps lock key on my Mac laptop keyboard to an Insert key when I use Windows for several years. Sierra has broken Seil, and from what I can gather from Google, it sounds like it may not be fixed for quite a while. Does anyone know of another way to remap the caps lock key? I want to remap it to an Applications key and then use sharpKeys in Windows to make it function as a caps lock key in Windows so I can use JAWS effectively. Or alternatively, is there a way to tell VMWARE Fusion to treat the caps lock key as a Windows caps lock key? Thanks so much for any help.

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Just added a guide for this

By David H. Cohen

6 years 2 months ago

I just uploaded a guide to AppleVis that addresses this issue. Here's the link:
http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps-macos/jaws-hot-key-fix-vmware-fusion-and-osx-sierra-laptop
Let me know if it helps you out.

Thanks, David. I've read the

By Anna D

6 years 2 months ago

Club AppleVis Member

In reply to Just added a guide for this by David H. Cohen

Thanks, David. I've read the guide. It seems to require you to map the Insert key to a key other than Caps Lock. Is that correct? Is there a way to use the Caps Lock key instead of the accent key?

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