Because caps lock is overrated (how to put it to better use)

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title: caps lock is overrated draft: false WIP: true tags:

• inspiration
• lifehacking

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I know many people abuse caps lock for all the wrong reasons, but I’m not one of them. It might be one of the least touched keys on my keyboard. I found that out recently when trying to figure out my key bindings for another new action.

Long story short, I decided to rebind my caps lock key to Alfred. Alfred is my small ‘digital helper’, spotlight on steroids.

This article put me on the road to get my Alfred triggered by caps lock, which upgraded my mac life with 1% again.

Since we're now entering a new year, 2023 now features "raycast", which is superbly so much better than Alfred or Quicksilver (RIP both) were.

//todo: add step-by-step instructions to do this yourself. This is your diary, man!