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Remap Magic Keyboard Eject key to forward delete (and right option to forward delete as backup)
<?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.local.keyremap</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/hidutil</string>
<string>property</string>
<string>--set</string>
<string>{"UserKeyMapping":[
{
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc": 0xC000000B8,
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst": 0x70000004C
},
{
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc": 0x7000000E6,
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst": 0x70000004C
}
]}</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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verityj commented Jun 17, 2023

Eject key is 0xC000000B8 and forward delete key is 0xC000000B8.

Place the com.local.keyremap.plist file inside ~/Library/LaunchAgents/. It will run on every user log in.

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