How to disable Cmd Esc shortcut that opens game mode overay on macOS Tahoe?

Question

Level 1

4 points

How to disable Cmd Esc shortcut that opens game mode overay on macOS Tahoe?

I had Cmd+Esc shortcut that opens iTerm 2's Hotkey Windows for years, now the new Game Mode overlay interferes with it. How do I remap it or disable at all?

Posted on Sep 22, 2025 6:29 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Barney-15E

Level 10

121,376 points

Sep 22, 2025 6:40 AM in response to DrRyner

If it doesn't appear in the Keyboard Shortcuts System Settings, there isn't a way to modify it. The overlay only appears when I have a game running. If you create a custom keyboard shortcut for iTerm 2, sometimes that will take precedence, but it doesn't sound like that is the case. If you run iTerm 2 with a game also running, you probably need to make a new shortcut for iTerm 2.

Reply

Answer 2

DrRyner Author

Level 1

4 points

Sep 22, 2025 4:15 PM in response to Barney-15E

I came to learn that it was actually just bugged... I rebooted into the system and it works as intended now.

I tried to reproduce it but when I run Minecraft, the overlay works and when I close it, my iTerm is properly triggered without any game overlays showing up.

But before writing it, I really checked that when I start a game, I have a game mode icon in the menu bar and when I close a game it disappears. But for some reason, the overlay shortcut still was triggered even when no game and no game mode icon were present...

Apple, fix this please, it really shouldn't be a thing :)

Reply

Answer 3

Sep 22, 2025 6:35 AM in response to DrRyner

DrRyner wrote:

I had Cmd+Esc shortcut that opens iTerm 2's Hotkey Windows for years, now the new Game Mode overlay interferes with it. How do I remap it or disable at all?