Hot key issues

[suzyblue24]

I got the new M1 Macbook Air and have downloaded OBS. On my older Macbook Air, I could use the space bar, option and number keys as hot keys. On my new Mac, they will not work. I've tried refreshing them and still nothing. Oddly enough, the hot keys that do work - shift, command and control only work intermittently. Anyone else having issues or know a work around?

 

[suzyblue24]

In addition, I use OBS in the VIPKid classroom. Hotkeys will NOT work at all when I'm using VIPKid. I have to return to OBS to get them to work. This makes no sense because I have turned on "never disable hot keys".

 

[jbmath]

This isn't a permanent solution, but it's a temporary fix on my M1 MacBook Air. My solution requires a MacOS equivalent to AutoHotKey -- I'm using Keyboard Maestro. Costs $30, but it's worth it for so many other reasons. I think there are free alternatives. Anyway...

I saw on another forum that function keys still work as OBS hotkeys as long as MacOS uses function keys by default (i.e., you don't have to click "fn" first). I confirmed that this is true inside of OBS, but not while in other application. So, I have Keyboard Maestro send my keystroke to OBS in the background, and it works perfectly. Here's a screenshot of the macro in Keyboard Maestro (F1 is the button I press, F5 the actual OBS hotkey):

 

[jbmath]

I saw on another forum that function keys still work as OBS hotkeys as long as MacOS uses function keys by default (i.e., you don't have to click "fn" first).

Scratch that, it will still work if you have to press "fn" first.