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How to Use Caps Lock as a Hyper Key on Mac

A Hyper key is one key that presses all four modifier keys. A shortcut with it, like Caps LockT, is easy to press, and almost no app uses ControlOptionShiftCommandT, so it does not conflict with the shortcuts of your apps.

With Supercharge

  1. Open Supercharge, and give it the access that it asks for in “Device Control and Data Access”.
  2. Open the Supercharge settings, and click “Tweaks”.
  3. In the Experimental section, turn on “Caps Lock as Hyper key”. You can also search for “hyper” in the settings.
  4. In any app that lets you record a keyboard shortcut, like a launcher or the Shortcuts app, hold Caps Lock, and press a key.

The Hyper key is simple on purpose: a short press of Caps Lock does not type Escape, and there is no way to use Caps Lock as a normal Caps Lock while it is on. If you need that, the Hyperkey app has more options.

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Platform
macOS
Requires
macOS 26.4 or later
Released
September 2024
Privacy
No personal data collected
Updated
September 2026
Version
1.30.1
Size
16 MB
Gumroad rating
5.0/5 (284 ratings)

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Without an app

macOS can make Caps Lock another key, but only one:

  1. Open “System Settings › Keyboard”, and click “Keyboard Shortcuts…”.
  2. Choose “Modifier Keys”.
  3. For “Caps Lock key”, choose another key, like “Control” or “Escape”, and click “Done”.

This is good when you want Caps Lock as Control or Esc. For shortcuts that never conflict, you need all four keys together, which macOS cannot do with one key.

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