One of the first things I set up on a new Mac is option-f to move-word-forward and option-b to backward. This is so useful that I am doomed to typing ƒ on every other Mac I use temporarily
Do you also update your shell and emacs keybindings to match? Or do you use option as meta in emacs to start with, and forego all the native option chords?
Yes, although I don't spend much time in emacs anymore
Isn’t that supported by default using alt-left/right?
When I switch between mac and windows I'm always getting those confused (on windows the same is ctrl-left/right). Any advice?