Your Mac’s Magic Keyboard has an Eject key, but It doesn’t need it because modern Mac’s don’t have any drives to eject. You can repurpose that key to make it do something more useful, and we’re going to show you how.
Below, we’ll run you through three different ways of getting the most out of your Mac’s Eject key. Some of them will require you to download additional apps, and some won’t. But they’re all pretty great and, best of all, make a once-useless key more useful.
Using Features Built Into macOS
macOS has its own set of keyboard shortcuts that take advantage of the eject key and are enabled out of the box. Here’s a quick look at what you can do without any additional software:
- Control+Eject presents a dialog box, giving you the option to put your Mac to sleep, restart it, or turn it off.
- Command+Option+Eject puts your Mac to sleep.
- Control+Command+Eject restarts your Mac.
- Control+Option+Command+Eject turns your Mac off.
- Control+Shift+Eject puts your display to sleep but keeps your Mac awake.
If you’re looking to get a little more from your keyboard’s eject key, however, there are some third-party options to help superpower it.
Using Karabiner
Karabiner is an app that lets you configure the Eject key to mimic other key presses or mouse clicks. It has more advanced options for more powerful customization as well, but for our purposes here we’re going to focus on its simpler options. It’s also open source, and you can download it for free.
Open Karabiner-Elements from your Mac’s Applications folder.
Select the “Simple Modifications” tab and click the “Add Item” button at the bottom of the window.
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