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Remap Tilda and Paragraph buttons on a macbook keyboard https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/374074/351784
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replace-paragraph-and-tilda.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Replaces tilda with left shift (literally making left shift button "longer")
# Replaces paragraph with tilda (so your tilda is in top left corner under escape now)
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x7000000E1},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035}
]}'
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reset-remappings.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Removes any remappings and resets back to initial state just by passing an empty array
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[]}'
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swap-tilda-and-paragraph.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Swaps paragraph and tilda (so your tilda is in top left corner under escape now and paragraph is on the left from z)
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035}
]}'
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idanci commented Mar 18, 2021 •
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hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000039,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x70000002A}
]}'

§ -> `
` -> §
caps -> backspace

disable ugly indicator
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plist redesigned_text_cursor -dict-add Enabled -bool NO

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