Cut and Paste for Remote Work on Mac is Driving me Crazy!

A Mac's copy, paste and cut is different; that's for sure.

I found the learning curve on this a bit of a task, but after a while it became second nature.

You can remap keys: https://www.lifewire.com/remap-keyboard-on-a-mac-5181558

but I don't think what you want to do can be fully implemented.

smcca945 wrote:

Because Apple (for some insane reason) uses different key combinations for cut and paste so when I cut and paste locally versus remote, I have to remember to use different combinations whether local or remote (IE. Control P, Command P).

It’s the other way around. It was Apple that introduced cut, copy, and paste, as well as a set of standard keystrokes across all apps, decades ago. It was another one of those ideas they got from Xerox PARC.

It was the PC that screwed up the idea and always has different shortcuts.

I have tried remapping the copy and paste keys on the Mac to match Windows

I recommend going the other way. You will find it easier to remap these on Windows. Because there are so many different shortcuts, it is generally easier to remap those on Windows. Any remote control software should give you an option to remap the Mac command key to something on whatever remote you are using.

There were two distinct articles (one Apple's, other Microsoft) that had info

which could be used to access from either direction: BootCamp to Windows

and/or using Apple's older key-equivalents, directly or indirectly in a PC.

[The GUI began with keyboard shortcuts to expand usefulness with Apple.]

• Keyboard mappings using a PC keyboard on a Macintosh | microsoft

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/keyboard-mappings-using-a-pc-keyboard-on-a-macintosh-d4fd87ca-8762-30ee-fcde-08ffe95faea3

• Use your Apple keyboard in Windows with Boot Camp - Apple Support

//support.apple.com/en-us/HT202676

The interface for using 'window-based' keyboards with graphic user interface

~ seems to have evolved w/ Apple earlier than PC adoption. Early Apple starts

from an early concept. ~ "Windows" seems to have varied, it arrived after Mac.

(newer Apple silicon varies in how BootCamp may not present itself useful)

• Use function keys on a Mac keyboard in Windows with Boot Camp - Apple Support

//support.apple.com/guide/bootcamp-control-panel/use-function-keys-on-a-mac-keyboard-bcmp423a8bcd/mac

See also

Get started with Boot Camp Control Panel on Mac

Troubleshoot Boot Camp Control Panel problems on Mac

• Apple Support article: Use your Apple Keyboard in Windows with Boot Camp

Apple Support article: How to use function keys on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Apple 'keyboard shortcuts' pre-date Mac. Useful, across different topography.

With different backgrounds; each presents themselves, with a varied history.

Note: instructions cited, are for Keyboard use, only.

Both sides of the same coin; from either direction.

To avoid need to consider Re-mapping PC/Mac Keyboards.

{..I'm aware of M1/M2 and had also read your post, too..}

..Worst you may need, get an adapter; USB-A to USB-C

and use wired keyboard. Not specific to Apple Silicon

or Windows CPU. The reply suggests a misguided call..

..Never was the above a suggestion to try or use BootCamp..

The keyboard you use for macOS ~ Can also be used for Windows.

Windows keys on a Mac keyboard - Apple Support

Instructions are only for keyboard use, only; and either direction.

This does not require re-programming of the Mac, or the keys.

And has nothing to do with which processor chip the Mac has.

~ So this was an exercise in lateral thinking: to use one tool

(keyboard) designed for Windows or Mac, for either or other.

[Another method may be to try & see how the Mac handles

the Windows PC keyboard. ~ Examples may cite old articles.]

This is why examples are provided, & show oversampling.

see: "Mac Equivalents of Windows Keys" +other articles.