--- title: remap caps lock permalink: remap-caps-lock date: 2022-01-15T20:41:11-08:00 tags: mac --- The caps lock key is conveniently located next to your left pinkie on the home row, easier to press than almost all other modifiers despite being one I find least useful. Luckily, macOS makes it very easy to remap this key[^alternative]. [^alternative]: There is other software for much more powerful key remapping, which I'll write about in the future. It's nice that this is an OS-provided preference, so you can quickly set it without installing anything. In System Preferences → Keyboard, press "Modifier Keys..." to open a menu mapping physical keys to the action they apply. I always remap my caps lock key to "Control", since I spend a fair amount of time in Terminal, where Control is used a fair amount (like Control-C to send `SIGINT`, or Control-Z to send `SIGTSTP`). ![Screen Shot 2022-01-15 at 8.39.01 PM.png](../media/91e205164869e572.png)