A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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OS X - Is there a way to switch keyboard input languages using keyboard shortcut?
Rather self explanatory, but I was hoping to be able to quickly change input languages, without going up to the top and switching manually, rather with a keyboard input? Maybe I'm just too lazy, but I ...
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Ctrl key on Microsoft keyboard does not map to Mac's command
I am just settling in a new job and what I got on my hardware setup is a Mac with a Microsoft keyboard. This support page indicates that the Control key on my PC keyboard should be mapping to Mac's ...
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Disabling highlighting of menu items when using a keyboard shortcut
Whenever I use a keyboard shortcut that is accessible using the menu bar, the related item gets highlighted in blue for less than a second - which I find visually annoying.
Can one disable that ...
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Wireless Keyboard not working with Mac Mini
I have the Apple Wireless Keyboard and a very recent Mac Mini. The keyboard exhibits very strange behaviour: meta keys / shortcuts such as CMD+TAB work, but none of the main letters do. Caps lock ...
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Bootcamp and wireless usb keyboard: How to boot with Mac os
I have a Mac mini. I installed windows 7 with bootcamp and now windows 7 is the default OS.
My problem is that it doens't seem to recognize my keypress during the boot (I have a logitech usb wireless ...
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How can I systemwide check if a shortcut is in use or has been registered?
How can I query OS X to know if an application has registered a shortcut?
I could inspect every app I have or that is running at least with KeyCue and go through the Keyboard Shortcuts section of ...
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How to get screen to display a notification or indicator when Caps Lock is turned on or toggled?
I'm on OS X Mountain Lion and would like to know how to do this. I know the button has a light to indicate, but I'd like have and indication on the screen.
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How do I map the keyboard media control keys to switch tabs instead?
These days I get all my music needs from streaming websites, so the media keys on my keyboard are basically useless to me:
I want to map them to cmd+[ and cmd+], which is the shortcut to change ...
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Does ios7 support third-party software keyboards? [closed]
I am a litte confused about iOS 7. Does iOS 7 support third-party software keyboards? There are a lot of rumors around. I watched the last WWDC and read Apple documents but I couldn't hear anything ...
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How to always insert single and double quotes?
Whenever I try to insert " or ' I have to validate it by space, otherwise strange things happen as with ' followed by an a becomes áinstead of just 'a, similar behaviour with double quotes. I find ...
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1answer
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keystroke when clicking mouse button
I want to assign the middle mouse button to the space key, so I can pan in Photoshop and illustrator without using the keyboard.
I'm sure something like that must exist for Mac OS, but I only find ...
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iOS7 Beta 3 Special Characters password [closed]
I upgraded to iOS 7 beta 3 and inputted a special character as my password (as I had done on iOS 6). I found I now cannot access my iphone as when I attempt to press and slide to the correct ...
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Add shortcut for iTerm on Mountain Lion
I am trying to add shortcut for opening iTerm when I press F1. I added an application shortcut with this key but it does not work. I want to fire iTerm instantly irrespective of what application is ...
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iMac keyboard for programming. Is that comfortable or I should buy another one?
I'm planning to buy an iMac next month. I'm a software developer. I usually use the Microsoft Keyboard for my programming tasks, It has a great ergonomics. I tried iMac's keyboard in the store but ...
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Fn+F6 misbehaving after Mountain Lion upgrade
After upgrading from Lion to Mountain Lion, I find that the F6 key (which is really Fn+F6, as I have enabled "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" under System Preferences:Keyboard) is ...
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How might text be selected while typing the login password on my Mac?
When I wake up my Mac I am presented with the login screen. I begin typing my password in the empty password text box.
After typing the first few characters, the password text becomes highlighted ...
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Is there a full list of FN-key mappings for the MacBook Pro?
I am looking for a document that would specify how can I produce strokes like the ones below on a MacBook Pro keyboard.
Insert
Numpad Plus
Numpad Minus
...
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1answer
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Map Fn + Esc key to Esc key
I am using a PC keybroad on a Mac, the funniest thing is on this KB, to use the Esc key, I need to press Fn + Esc
So, are there any tool I can remap the keys such that I can use the Esc without the ...
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1answer
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Zoom capability gone
I used to be able to hit Ctrl and use mouse wheel to zoom in on pictures, web pages, or whatever. With OS 10.8 the mouse wheel just scrolls up and down pages. Any thoughts on getting the zoom feature ...
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1answer
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What happened to the rename song iTunes keyboard shortcut?
The keyboard shortcut that used to enter rename mode for the currently selected song no longer works in iTunes. Has it changed, or disappeared?
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need to reinstall mac os x but the command key is broken
I have a macbook, after an accident I had, my keyboard doesn't work properly (some keys are not working at all including the command key) recently I m facing some problems like, no sound and no camera ...
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1answer
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Hotkey switching between spelling dictionaries
I'm often using 4 languages for writing texts. Now, each time switching languages with:
⌘+:
and changing the language in the popup
Is possible somewhat /applescript, shell-script, anyhow ...
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1answer
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Shift and other random keys not working on external keyboard in Mac OS X 10.6.8
I've been using a Microsoft-made external (ergonomic/split) keyboard, connected via USB, to my Mac laptop without a problem for years. My OS is 10.6.8. Out of the blue, random keys stopped working on ...
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Keyboard acts as if the Command key is depressed 100% of the time
I've got a 2010 macbook air that works fine in all respects except for the keyboard acts as if the command key is depressed all the time. The key does not appear to be physically depressed however.
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How can I prevent my Bluetooth keyboard from inadvertently playing songs on my iPad?
I have an iPad and an Apple bluetooth keyboard -- one of these things. I keep the keyboard in a kind of vinyl folder that sort of origamis into a stand for the iPad. (I can't remember what it's called ...
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How do I enter “ř” (small R with caron) and other unusual special characters on the iPhone?
I have a Czech friend whose name is Jiří, and I want to add his name to my Contacts. Pressing and holding R on the iPhone keyboard does not show any special character versions (and similarly on OSX, ...
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Mac OSX Apple Script, How do I make Apple Script push keys on an application
What I am trying to do is make my character run up 50 steps then down 50 steps repeatedly using the up key and the down key. I know how to utilize system events to push keys and I know how to tell ...
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Possible to install Boot Camp drivers on a non-Mac computer?
I have a Mac and a PC, and I control both using a KVM switch, and so I have one set of keyboard/mouse/monitor. My keyboard has Apple function keys (brightness, Mission Control, Dashboard, iTunes keys, ...
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Modifier key settings not sticking
I just purchased a MacBook Air with OSX v10.8.4. When I edit the modifier keys (I want to change Caps Lock to Ctrl), it works for a while, but then reverts back to defaults some time later. I'm making ...
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macbook pro 15 inch retina, keyboard shortcut for desktop display
I have the latest MacBook Pro 15 inch with Retina display, OS 10.8.4. Not wanting to use the standard Fn keys but use them as Apple has assigned them.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to display the ...
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MBP Lock screen hotkey without sleeping?
I'd like to press a key combo to get my computer to the lock screen. In Windows the shortcut was Windows key + L. On Mac I press CMD+ALT+Power which turns the laptop off and puts it into sleep. I want ...
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1answer
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How do I service the Apple Wireless Keyboard?
I recently got a little bit of water on my Apple Wireless Keyboard and now when I press a key others are registering at the same time along with it. For example when I press shift, t and/or r is also ...
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⌘+Delete does not work in Firefox
Firefox, for whatever reason, doesn't support the OS X-standard ⌘Delete shortcut for deleting the current line of text.
How do I get it back?
10.8 with FF22, but this behavior has been around for ...
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Disable alt-tab (option-tab) instead of command-tab
I am using Mac OS X 10.8.4 on a Macbook Pro and somehow alt-tab is switching between the applications from Dock. I would like alt-tab to work within RDP (Windows) only.
I don't know how (or if) did I ...
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1answer
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How can I disable a key completely?
I want to learn emac keybindings, but I have a bad habit of using arrow keys. Is there a way to disable the arrow keys temporarily (through software)?
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Insert key on keyboard for Macbook Air Mountain Lion OS
I have a MacBook Air running the "Mountain Lion" OS that is version 10.8 -
What is the "Insert key" (Ins) or equivalent on Mac keyboard. ?
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Thunderbolt Display does not recognize USB keyboard
I have a Macbook Pro wich I use in combination with a Thunderbolt display.
As well I have an Apple USB keyboard which is plugged in one of the USB ports of the Thunderbolt display.
The problem I have ...
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1answer
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Which country in Europe offers Macbook Air 13" with US keyboard (with wide enter)? [closed]
I would like to buy a Macbook Air, but I don't like the small and narrow Enter (return) key, small left Shift and the extra keys that you can buy in Czech stores/eshops that sell Apple products.
This ...
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Is it possible to disable single function keys?
I know through System Preferences I can disable all the function keys. However, I really only need two of the function keys to have different functions. Rather than having to always press 'fn', is ...
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Can I ensure keyboard commands don't get trapped by browser scripts?
Is it possible to tweak Safari to ensure command key combinations like ⌘H or ⌘L go to Safari as opposed to Safari's window contents?
This comes up for me most often on this site because the editor ...
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1answer
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Switch to Desktop shortcut bug (desktop 2 and desktop 3 are mixed)
On my OS X 10.8.2 (12C54) I use more desktops (4). I've mapped the keyboard shortcuts cmd+{1,2,3,4} to switch to dekstop {1,2,3,4}. However the second and third are mixed up. If I use cmd+2 it ...
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After booting correctly, why at some point would function keys get remapped in Macbook Air?
I have a mid-2011 Macbook Air. Sometime in the recent past, the Function key row (which I used for volume control, brightness control, keyboard backlight control, etc) has stopped working.
By ...
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3answers
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How can I type the “<” symbol via remote desktop with a Nordic keyboard?
I have a Nordic/Norwegian keyboard. I'm sitting on an iMac with Mountain Lion and are remoting to a Windows 7 computer with Remote Desktop Connection. I can't find the < or > shortcut (pressing ...
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How can I remap keys on an external keyboard, but keep the default layout on the internal?
I have an external keyboard with Windows keys. I'd like to remap the keys so the layout of the keys on the bottom-left is identical to the internal keyboard on my MacBook Pro.
This...
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Modify “Move to Trash” shortcut in Apple Numeric keyboard
I recently purchased Apple wired USB keyboard with Numeric Keypad for my Mac Mini (best decision I ever made, keyboard is freaking awesome with two USB ports on its sides!).
I noticed that there is a ...
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Sharing keyboard and mouse with Mac and iphone 5
I am thinking of using AirServer or Reflector app to mirror my iphone 5 on to my Mac , which sounds easy , but want to use the same Bluetooth keyboard and mouse(apple ones) paired with Mac , to use ...
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MacBook Pro freezes when waken up from sleep
Whenever my MacBook's battery is exhausted during sleep, it goes into a kind of sleep from which it has to recover when it wakes up. When I open it back up, I see a black and white screen of the log ...
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Change volume of airport using the master keys, not itunes volume slider
My roommate recently bought an airport express, and I love it. Minus the fact that when I'm blasting music and someone wants to talk to me, I need to open iTunes and either lower the volume or pause ...
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How do I stop Alfred from stealing command+shift+\?
I use the program Alfred2, unfortunately it keeps trying to steal the keyboard shortcut CMD+SHIFT+\. How do I stop it from doing so? It conflicts with other apps such as Aperture.
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OSX 10.5.8 Function keys problem
I just unpacked my iMac after sitting in a box for 6 months and added a new Apple bluetooth keyboard. In the "international" settings I set the input menu to that of my country and all keys work ...
