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Remap Application Key

This Automator app turns your PC keyboard's Application key into a right-hand Command key.

It's intended for use in your login items list, so that it runs when you log in. Once run, the effect persists until you reboot.

Requires Mac OS X Sierra or later.

Why

I was moved to do this because my keyboard (MS Natural 4000) has a Windows key between Left Control and Left Alt, and an Application key in the corresponding right-hand spot. This makes sense for Windows, where a right-hand Windows key would be mostly unnecessary, but it's not so hot for OS X, which can benefit from two Command keys. (I mouse left-handed, too, which doesn't help.)

I've been using Karabiner-Elements to do this remapping in Sierra, but it has a bug whereby keys become stuck that I keep running into.

How

It uses hidutil to remap key 0x65 (the Application key) to key 0xe7 (the right-hand GUI key).

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