Free Video Tutorial: Tip - BetterTouchTool - Apple Mac, iPad & iPhone Tutorials from ScreenCastsONLINE

Tutorial Topics

Search for Tutorials Show All Tutorials Watch Free Tutorials Pricing About Us

Tutorial Description

Mike shows you how to set up a Hyper Key in BetterTouchTool so that the Caps Lock key simulates pressing all four modifier keys at once. With this special key configured, he shares a couple of examples of using it to create keyboard shortcuts with Keyboard Maestro. You also learn how to set up a Magic Trackpad gesture as another way to trigger an automation using BetterTouchTool.

The full tutorial covers:

  • Setting Up the Hyper Key [00:01:31]
  • Hyper Key Shortcut Examples [00:03:39]
  • Custom Trackpad Gestures [00:05:21]

Application Download

BetterTouchTool on Setapp

Affiliate link — if you subscribe to Setapp through this link, ScreenCastsONLINE earns a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only link to apps we have actually covered.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Playback

  • SpacePlay or pause
  • ←→Skip 5 seconds
  • Shift+←Skip 10 seconds
  • ↑↓Volume up or down
  • MMute or unmute

Screen & position

  • FFull screen
  • CCaptions on or off
  • ,.Slower or faster
  • 0–9Jump through the show
  • HomeBack to the start

This show

Video Tutorial Comments

(1 comments posted)

David Winton

What if I need my caps lock key to, well, caps lock?

Posting comments is restricted to ScreenCastsONLINE members only.

Sign Up
×