# Mac keyboard for a PC user?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 20, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435 "2010-09-20T17:29:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435/1 "2010-09-20T17:29:11Z")
Is there a way to swap what buttons do what on a Mac keyboard? I’ve got my hands programmed to hit “control” to do most of the stuff Mac wants me to use the “apple” button for – and though I’m now on a Mac at work, I’m still on a PC at home, so reprogramming my hands isn’t really the answer.
TIA.
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### Author:  [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435/2 "2010-09-20T18:25:48Z")
[Does this help?](http://alanhogan.com/tips/swap-left-alt-and-ctrl-keys-in-windows)
AFAIK, [AutoHotKey](http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/) can swap pretty much any key with anything else.
That’s all assuming you want to switch keys on Windows. If you want to switch keys on OS-X, there’s built-in support for that in the System Preferences / Keyboard settings.
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435/3 "2010-09-20T18:32:30Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#):
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> …If you want to switch keys on OS-X, there’s built-in support for that in the System Preferences / Keyboard settings.
Yes, on the Mac. I don’t see anything called “keyboard settings” in system preferences. Might it be called something else?
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### Author:  [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435/4 "2010-09-20T18:37:39Z")
> [@twickster](#):
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> > [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#):
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> > …If you want to switch keys on OS-X, there’s built-in support for that in the System Preferences / Keyboard settings.
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> Yes, on the Mac. I don’t see anything called “keyboard settings” in system preferences. Might it be called something else?
Ah yes. It’s under “System preferences” -\> “Keyboard & Mouse” -\> [Keyboard tab] -\> “Modifier keys” (that’s the button at the bottom of the window).
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-keyboard-for-a-pc-user/554435/5 "2010-09-20T19:29:23Z")
Woohoo! Thank you! That worked.