swap z and y on German keyboard on macOS

create a file located under ${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents/com.local.KeyRemapping.plist with the following code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.local.KeyRemapping</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/hidutil</string>
        <string>property</string>
        <string>--set</string>
        <string>{"UserKeyMapping":[
            {
              "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc": 0x70000001C,
              "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst": 0x70000001D
            },
            {
              "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc": 0x70000001D,
              "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst": 0x70000001C
            }
        ]}</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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