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Remap Capslock to Escape on Macos

Place the following file under ~/Library/LaunchAgents (e.g. ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ldaws.CapslockEsc.plist)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.ldaws.CapslockEsc</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/hidutil</string>
<string>property</string>
<string>--set</string>
<string>{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000039,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000029}]}</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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