How to remap the Caps Lock key to Control in OS X 10.8?

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James.Y picture James.Y · Mar 15, 2013 · Viewed 37.2k times · Source

I want to use Emacs and need remap the Caps key to Ctrl (switch them). How can I do it?

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Bozhidar Batsov picture Bozhidar Batsov · Mar 17, 2013

Just go to Apple Menu -> System Preferences... -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Tab -> Modifier Keys and select Control for Caps Lock.

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