GUIDES
Guides and comparisons
How to give each keyboard on your Mac its own layout, and how Keyameleon compares with Keychange, autokbisw, Input Source Pro and Karabiner-Elements.
Guides
- GUIDEHow to use a different layout for an external keyboard on MacUse a US MacBook keyboard next to an Italian, German, UK or Japanese external keyboard: add both layouts, set the keyboard type, and switch automatically per keyboard.Read
- GUIDEHow to switch the keyboard layout automatically on MacmacOS switches input sources by shortcut or per document. Apps add per-app, per-website and per-keyboard switching. Here is what each method does and when to use it.Read
Comparisons
- COMPARISONKeyameleon vs KeychangeKeyameleon and Keychange both switch the Mac input source to match the keyboard you type on. How they differ on macOS support, the first keystroke, permissions and setup.Read
- COMPARISONKeyameleon vs autokbiswautokbisw is a command-line service that learns the last layout used on each keyboard. Keyameleon is a menu bar app where you assign one. How they compare.Read
- COMPARISONKeyameleon vs Input Source ProInput Source Pro picks the input source from the app or website in front. Keyameleon picks it from the keyboard you type on. Which one fits how you work.Read
- COMPARISONKeyameleon vs Karabiner-ElementsKarabiner-Elements can select an input source per device with rules you write. Keyameleon does only that, with no rules and no virtual keyboard driver.Read
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