Re: Disable or Remap Magic Keyboard Lock Key

On 2024-10-07 05:34, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:

On 10/6/24 8:39 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2024-10-06 13:19, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:

The upper right key on my Apple Magic Keyboard has a lock icon and locks the computer back to the login screen. It sits immediately above the Delete Key so I frequently hit it accidentally and have to re- enter my password to continue working.
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I looked at System Settings/Keyboard but don't see any way to disable or remap this key. There seem to be some third party keyboard mapping apps but I'm not sure how safe of good they are.
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Suggestions?

Sure.
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Take the subject line you just wrote.
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Search for it with Google before you come looking for hel.

 Just wondering: Do you think I might have already done that and not finding a good solution-- posted here hoping for some help while fully recognizing the ever-present risk an asshat reply?
 Hmmm?

No. I think there is no chance AT ALL that you did that.
Here's why.
The first hit is this:
'Disable the Lock Key on a Magic Keyboard (or any other key)
Since this cannot be natively done in Mac OS, you can use an app like Karabiner Elements to do it easily. And it's free, unlike many other keyboard controlling apps. Install Karabiner and add the following rule: Lock key on Magic keyboard --> vk_none. DONE!'
<https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Disable+or+Remap+Magic+Keyboard+Lock+Key&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>