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Tried disabling option key in modifier key controls Keyboard viewer did not show that the option key was being pressed. Keystrokes and trackpad were all of the sudden being modified as if the option key was being pressed. I know this is an old thread, but its the first one that comes up on google and I finally got it fixed and wanted to share what worked for me in case anyone else is hunting for a solution. I searched and tried several things, coming close to losing my mind in the process.

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And last but not least, if you find this software really helpful, considering supporting Karabiner-Elements by making a donation.This started this morning for me on a macbook pro in the middle of working on the computer.

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Now you know how to remap keys on your Mac’s keyboard! For more advanced options, be sure to check out their documentation.Click inside of the Text input test field box and test out your newly remapped key.Once you give it permission you’ll need to restart it, so click the Quit & Reopen button.You’ll need to grant it permission to receive keystrokes, so click the Open System Preferences button and do so.You can test out the changes you make by going back to your Applications folder and launching Karabiner-EventViewer.app from there.For this example I’m going to change my Right Shift key to a return key – because I often accidentally tap it instead of the return key, and I never use it otherwise.Select the key that you want to change the behaviour of. A big list of all the keys on your keyboard will pop up.Pull-down menus will appear in the From key and To key columns.Start by selecting the Simple modifications tab and then click the Add item button. Let’s remap a key (you can always delete it later). Now the main Karabiner-Elements window will appear – this is where you’ll configure your keyboard mappings.Once Karabiner-Elements has determined which keyboard you have, click the Done button.On a standard ANSI keyboard (US, Canada & others) that’s the ? (or / ) key. The next key you’ll need to tap is the one directly to the left of the Shift key on the right side of your keyboard.On a standard ANSI keyboard (US, Canada & others) that’s the z key.

The first one is the key directly to the right of the Shift key on the left side of your keyboard.

In order for the app to determine which keyboard layout it’s working with, you’ll need to tap a couple of keys.

With all of that out of the way, you should now be at the Keyboard Setup Assistant screen.

You’ll be prompted to repeat the above two steps with karabiner-grabber as well, unless that was the one you did first – in which case you’ll need to place a check next to karabiner_observer this time.

Then place a check in the box labeled karabiner_observer (it may be karabiner-grabber, see next step).

If the ‘lock’ icon is locked again, click it and enter your password.

Next you’ll be presented with a Input Monitoring Permissions Alert window – click the Open Security & Privacy System Preferences button.

Then click the Allow button next to the message System software from application “.Karabiner-VirtualHIDDevice-Manager.app” was blocked from loading.

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Click the ‘lock’ icon in the bottom left corner of the window and enter your password when prompted.

Click the Open Security Preferences button when macOS tells you a System Extension has been blocked.

The first time you run Karabiner-Elements you’ll have to grant it a bunch of permissions, but this is a one-time only thing.

Once the installation has completed, run Karabiner-Elements.app from your Applications folder. Open it up and run the installer file, Karabiner-Elements.pkg. dmg from the Karabiner-elements home page.

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This guide will show you how to install Karabiner-Elements and remap keys on your Mac keyboard. You’ll need to be using macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or 10.15 (Catalina) to use Karabiner-Elements.

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Check out the full list of features here. It lets you remap keys (change keys to other keys) and more advanced things like changing the caps lock key to control+option+command. Karabiner-Elements is a “powerful and stable keyboard customizer for macOS”. This guide will show you how to remap any of the keys on your Mac keyboard using a free and open source app for macOS.