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Eskape Labs, the folks who supply USB television receivers and capture solutions for Macs, plan to move all its products to Mac OS X. Eskape product plans call for native Mac OS X support by the close the fourth quarter for all current Mac TV tuner solutions. What’s more, all future products will be developed for Mac OS X, Eskape Labs announced at this week’s Macworld New York.
The company sees both performance and development benefits in moving to Mac OS X, according to Christopher Knight, Eskape Labs’ executive vice president. Apple’s confidence in shipping Mac OS X on the entire Apple product line ahead of schedule helped convince Eskape to make the operating system the goal on its roadmap.
To map the caps lock key to escape in macOS, open System Preferences Keyboard. Click the Modifier Keys. In the dialog you can choose to map the caps lock key to escape, as well as other actions. If you have another Mac at hand, you can easily undo any 'damage' you do while trying this, I think. Just first make sure you can put your primary Mac into Target Disk Mode and then access it from your other Mac. You should even be able to boot your primary's Mac boot volume on your other Mac in case your primary Mac won't boot on its own any more.
“The nature of TV viewing on a computer is, for the most part ancillary,” Knight said in a statement. “TV in a window provides a peripheral companion just as leaving the TV on while attending other duties in the home. In this capacity other applications on the Mac desktop are the primary focus. As a true multi-tasking environment, Mac OS X provides a vastly better architecture for the multiple application nature of our TV products.”
Future applications from Eskape Labs will be fully Carbonized and architected under the Carbon development environment, he added. EskapeTV 2.0, the next revision of the company’s TV viewing and capture application will be the first of the company’s Mac OS X developments. Eskape Labs is providing the first public demonstration of EskapeTV 2.0 under Mac OS X at MWNY.
The company has also entered an agreement with Griffin Technology that will enable them to offer iMic to Eskape Labs’ customers at “substantial savings.” The company’s USB TV solutions have been designed to connect directly to external speakers or to an analog audio input on the Mac when audio/video capture is the intent. Griffin’s iMic provides a convenient and cost effective USB audio solution for Eskape customers wishing to use Macs with no analog audio input, Knight said.
“We’ve been seeking to bridge the analog/digital audio divide existing between the ‘My’ line and Apple’s newest portables,” Knight said. “With the iMic we’ve found it an affordable, fantastically simple USB analog to digital, audio line-in device that provides beautiful sound quality.”
All customers ordering any Eskape product online from the Eskape Web Store will be entitled to an immediate discount on the purchase of an iMic. For Eskape customers buying through standard channels, Eskape will make a rebate available with proof of purchase.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) and later and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) and later feature the Touch Bar, which changes automatically based on the application that you're using to show you relevant, familiar tools and controls. On some models, the Esc button appears on the left side of the Touch Bar, in the same place the physical Esc key appears on traditional keyboards.
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Sometimes tools in the Touch Bar temporarily cover the Esc button:
After you tap or the Done button, Esc reappears.
How to use another key as Esc
You can choose a physical key to act as Esc, temporarily or permanently:
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- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Select Keyboard.
- In Keyboard preferences, click Modifier Keys.
- Use one of the pop-up menus to choose another key to act as Esc.
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For example, if you choose Escape to the right of the Control (^) Key label, pressing Control has the same results as pressing Esc: it closes menus that are open, and pressing Control-Option-Command makes the Force Quit Applications window appear.
You can return your keyboard to its original behavior by clicking Restore Defaults.
How to force apps to quit using Esc alternatives
You might not be able to use the Esc button in the Touch Bar if the app you're using becomes unresponsive.
If you need to use Esc to force an app to close, you can switch to another app and try Option-Command-Escape. You can also choose Apple menu > Force Quit.
If that doesn't work, or if your Touch Bar doesn't respond in any app, restart your Mac. Choose Apple menu > Restart or, if your Mac isn't responding, press and hold Touch ID (power button) until your Mac turns off.
Using Esc in Windows
When you use Boot Camp to run Windows 10 on your Mac, Esc is in the same place on the Touch Bar as it is when you're using macOS.
You can also access Esc through the Windows on-screen keyboard. From the Windows menu, select the Windows Ease of Access menu item. Then select On-Screen Keyboard.