Camille Hodoul

Cooler Master MK730 keyboard setup on macOS | Camille Hodoul

Cooler Master MK730 keyboard setup on macOS

September 06, 2022

I recently purchased this keyboard to replace my TKL because I sometimes need F* keys.
The keyboard itself is pretty well built, but I had to go through some hoops to get it to work as expected on macOS.

First, the provided USB cable is type A, which my macbook doesn’t have. When I tried to replace it with a (powered) type C cable, the keyboard wasn’t recognized, so I opted for an adapter from SATECHI instead.

Second, my muscle memory conflicted with the layout when doing some key combinations, so I removed the keycap of the key immediately to the right of the space bar in order to stop hitting it by mistake.

Key removed

Third, some keys had to be remapped. I used Karabiner-Elements with the following configuration:

Karabiner configuration Karabiner configuration for function keys

In JSON:

{
    "disable_built_in_keyboard_if_exists": false,
    "fn_function_keys": [
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f1"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f1"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f2"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f2"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f3"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f3"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f4"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f4"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f5"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f5"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "f6"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "f6"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": {
        "is_keyboard": true,
        "is_pointing_device": false,
        "product_id": 143,
        "vendor_id": 9494
    },
    "ignore": false,
    "manipulate_caps_lock_led": true,
    "simple_modifications": [
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "grave_accent_and_tilde"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "non_us_backslash"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "left_command"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "left_option"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "left_option"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "left_command"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "non_us_backslash"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "grave_accent_and_tilde"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "right_command"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "right_option"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "right_option"
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "right_command"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "treat_as_built_in_keyboard": false
},

Camille Hodoul

I'm a JavaScript and PHP developer living in Grenoble, France.
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