[Mac] How to Swap Control and CapsLock Keys on US Keyboard

Tadashi Shigeoka ·  Sat, November 19, 2011

I configured the “Control and CapsLock key swap” setting that apparently almost all programmers in English-speaking countries do, so I’ll share the procedure.

The problem of the Control key being hard to press is fatal for programmers, so naturally there's a solution. ・・・(omitted)・・・ It seems like almost all programmers in English-speaking countries have this configuration.

・Source: 開発者のマシンを英語環境にしない理由はもはや一つもない - Hidden in Plain Sight

Steps to swap Control and CapsLock keys

・“System Preferences” → “Keyboard” → “Keyboard” → “Modifier Keys”

Swap the CapsLock and Control keys as follows:

It might take a while to get used to, but pressing Ctrl+a or Ctrl+e should become easier!

That’s all from the Gemba.