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Keyboard Shortcut to Right Size All Columns Individually in Finder in OSX Lion?
Is it possible to set a keyboard shortcut for resizing all columns individually in Finder in OSX Lion?
The way to do it without a shortcut is right clicking on a column divider and then choosing the ...
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Left Shift and Left Command combination yields only Left Command; other shift command combos work fine
Early 2011 15" Macbook Pro, Lion, no external keyboard or mouse:
Lately I noticed that I can't use Left Shift + Left Command together; it registers as Left Command only. The other three combinations ...
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How to focus on list of found files after search in Finder using the keyboard with full keyboard access activated?
I like using the keyboard as much as possible. In particular, I'd like to be able to activate a search, type my search term, press a key to move to the search list, and then use cursor keys to ...
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How to use fn-key (function keys) with an external keyboard that has no fn-key?
I am using Lion on a late 2009 13 inch MacBook, with external monitor and an external Apple Keyboard with numeric keypad - German (MB110D/B) while keeping the MacBook lid closed.
Some of the ...
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Assigning shortcuts to particular keyboard layouts
Is there any way to assign hotkeys to switching to particular keyboard layouts directly, without having to cycle through them one by one?
I am quite new to OS X. On Windows (which I used before) it ...
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How to access user installed menubar icons with the keyboard?
I understand that Ctrl + F8 can be used to access the built-in Apple menu and Ctrl + F2 can be used to access program menus (e.g. this existing answer).
However, I have a bunch of user-installed ...
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Seemingly Irreversible Custom Keyboard Shortcut
I have a late 2010 Apple MacBook (If that matters) and when I had OS X Snow Leopard installed, I created a keyboard shortcut that I seemingly can no longer reverse. After upgrading to OS X Lion and ...
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Mountain Lion - Umlauts with english keyboard layout
i have small problems with my keyboard typing umlauts.
On Lion i could type umlauts with " followed by the vowel
This is no longer possible. The only possibility i noticed is to type
umlauts now by ...
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Focus floating system windows with keyboard
The windows I'm talking about are the system administrator password request popups, the wireless network web sign-in popup, and other system request dialogs, such as "Application was downloaded from ...
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How can I stop keyboard backlight from lighting up when logging out and back in
On my user I have my keyboard backlight set to off pretty much all the time. But it seems like the default setting is 'on', because when I go to the Login window, to lock my laptop when I leave it for ...
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Keyboard Shortcut For Entering Screen Saver
How can I enter Screen Saver without wating few minutes? Is there an application I could run, keyboard shortcut maybe? I'm using rMBP running ML.
EDIT: All I found was using Hot Corner as explained ...
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What Is the Keyboard Shortcut for Sleep Display Without Eject Key?
I read that if you want to put your display into sleep the keyboard shortcut is Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏, but what is it in Mountain Lion or Lion using a retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air without an ...
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How can I permanently disable the Mac keyboard backlight?
I'm running Lion, soon to upgrade to Mountain Lion once I can ensure compatibility with installed apps, on an MBPR, and in the meantime I'm being driven crazy by the keyboard backlight. Here's the ...
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OSX Lion: Long press menu automatic selection
I've recently upgraded to OSX Lion and I find the long press menu with accented characters very handy when I have to type in french. The only problem is that it's slowing me down a lot having to long ...
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No Keys Repeating on New MacBook Pro After Changing Key Repeat Speed
I just opened my new Retina Display MacBook Pro and everything worked fine, but when I tried to go into System Preferences to make the key repeat speed faster, none of the keys repeated, not even ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut for Don't Save?
One thing I do a lot is Command ⌘-Tab over to TextEdit, jot down some notes, and then decide to throw them away. I can close the window with ⌘-W, but is there a way to not-save it from just the ...
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Strange issue with Apple wireless keyboard on my iMac: Shift + W won't work
I noticed this problem earlier today, pressing left shift + W to type a capital W does not work. I can get a capital W by using the right shift key, or the caps-lock, but not with the left shift, ...
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Cmd+3, Cmd+4 not working!
I've been using Command ⌘+1~4 shortcuts for switching spaces on older versions of OS X.
But after upgrading to Lion (10.7.4), Command ⌘+3 and Command ⌘+4 do not work!
I need them to switch tabs in ...
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French canadian keyboard layout
Is there a way to configure my keyboard layout in Lion to match the Windows "Français (Canada)" (or French (Canada) if you prefer!) layout?
Currently, I use the french canadian layout from Mac OS on ...
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Is there a way to click a default button with the keyboard, without Full Keyboard Access?
In Xcode when I go to commit files, I get a sheet with "Cancel" and "Commit" buttons, where the latter is the default (colored/pulsing) button. I can hit Escape to Cancel, but I haven't found any way ...
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Certain shortcut keys not working in Microsoft Office
After installing Word and Excel for Mac 2011 on my Lion system, certain shortcut keys that should be working are not. I am not talking about the keys that are different from Windows, but ones that ...
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Press space to preview in LogMeIn
Pressing space in Mac OS X on a file name, lets say on a CSV file, it shows me a preview of the file, which is a great feature.
When using LogMeIn to remote control other macs, this function is ...
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How to disable the special characters shortcut (Cmd+Option+T) in OS X Lion?
I just want to use this shortcut for one other application.
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TextEdit key bindings in Lion
I have customized text editing bindings in ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict but they all stopped working in TextEdit.app when I upgraded to Lion. They still work fine in other Cocoa apps ...
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Lock keyboard in lion
Is there a way to lock the keyboard in Lion? By "lock keyboard" I mean some way to make the computer ignore almost any keypresses, except some special "unlock" sequence. Maybe an OS X feature or ...
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Changing keyboard shortcut for cycling through windows? (Lion)
I recently received a MacBook Air (Summer 2011, Lion) from work and I'm in the process of configuring it to work like my personal MBA (same model, Lion).
I was happily setting keyboard shortcuts when ...
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How come my Launchpad key opens Dashboard instead, and how can I fix it?
The answer is not as simple as you might think at first glance; please read the details of my question.
I know the difference between Standard Function keys and Special keys. Standard Function keys ...
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Left shift key unresponsive and stuck?
Okay, so I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (unibody design) and I have the typical problem with the keyboard. My shift key function is "stuck" so everything WILL COME UP LIKE THIS> (hence the > instead of ...
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Where did the command-backtick keyboard shortcut go in 10.7 Lion?
With every Mac OS X I've ever used, hitting command-backtick (`) cycled to the next window. I just installed Mac OS X 10.7 (on top of a perfectly fresh 10.6), and command-backtick does nothing at ...
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How do I know which keyboard locale file I'm using for my keyboard layout?
I was reading a great answer to how you can extend the list of characters Lion shows you when hold down a key for a few seconds. The in answer he says:
choose the keyboard file relevant to your ...
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MacVim — how to make Ctrl+A go to beginning of line, Ctrl+E to the end of the line
I'm trying to switch to MacVim as my main editor, and I'm liking it so far, except for one issue:
I got really used to the Mac shortcuts control-A to go to the beginning of a line, and control-E to ...
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How can I expand the number of special characters I can type using my keyboard?
I am aware that when I press ⌥ or ⇧⌥ on my Mac, I can type a variety of special characters. I also know that I can insert special characters using the character palette. Is there a way to expand the ...
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Really switch among all the applications by shortcuts
I am using Mac OS X 10.7.3. ⌘+tab is used to switch among different applications, but sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I guess it is because some applications are hidden or ...
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Why does my MacBook Pro's keyboard freeze when it wakes up so I have to hard reboot?
Sometimes, but not every time, when I open my MacBook Pro to wake it from sleep, the keyboard doesn't respond, so I have to reboot my Mac using the power button.
There's a good chance that it happens ...
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Does autocorrect take into account an alternate keyboard layout?
I notice that the autocorrect in Lion uses the character positions in order to suggest which correction to be made:
For example, if I type thst really fast, it will correct it to that but if I type ...
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How can I activate the 'say' command from the keyboard?
I love the 'say' command in OS X. It's quite possibly the most fun little part of the Mac that I've seen in a while.
However, having to go to Terminal every time I want to use it is a bit of a drag. ...
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How can I rebind the return key so that it works consistently across all applications?
I tried rebinding my keyboard with Ukelele to switch the return key with the ' key. This works fine most of the time. There are just a few websites (that I've found so far) that aren't compatible with ...
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keyboard no longer repeats keys when held down
I just wanted to make some input where I press a key and the auto-repeat function engages so I don't have to press the 0 key many times to make a long number.
10000000000000000000000000000
This has ...
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Tile 2 windows side by side by keyboard shortcuts
I am using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2, often I like to display 2 windows side by side, does anyone know if there is any application which makes it possible to tile windows by simple keyboard shortcuts?
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How to remap delete and shift+delete keys to delete and permanently delete a file in Mac OS X Lion?
I would like to delete and permanently delete a file in finder using del and shift+delete (windows style).
Is there any way to remap this in OS X lion?
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How do I completely disable automatic keyboard backlighting on Macbook Pro with OSX Lion?
I have the system pref "Automatically illuminate the keyboard in low light" disabled. However, when I wake the computer from sleep and the login prompt appears, the keyboard backlight turns on. ...
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Lost keyboard shortcut for beginning-of-line/end-of-line
After purchasing a new computer (Mac Mini w/Lion) and migrating my settings from old one (Macbook Pro w/Snow Leopard), the system shortcuts for beginning-of-line and end-of-line text navigation ...
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Windows RDP client that allows key mapping and easy use of Function Keys
I often use RDP clients (like Microsoft Remote Desktop or CoRD) to access my work machines to use Visual Studio at work. This actually works pretty well, except for when it comes to using the Function ...
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Cut functionality shortcut for folders and files
I'm accustomed to ctrl+x, ctrl+v combination to move files and folders using only the keyboard. Can I get the same functionality on OS X Lion?
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No Scroll Lock on Apple Keyboard
My StarTech sv215micusba KVM requires that I use Scroll Lock, Scroll Lock, Enter, but my Apple keyboard doesn't have a Scroll Lock key. I found this reference:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1216
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Wired Keyboard not working properly
In Chrome I often toggle between open tabs using Ctrl + tab to go forward, and Ctrl + Shift + tab to go backwards.
For some reason, I can't get the reverse navigation working (using Shift) when using ...
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Same shortcuts across input sources
OS X by default supports emacs key bindings, for example Ctrl+A to go to the beginning of the line, My problem is when I switch to a different language these Ctrl key bindings stop working.
Is it ...
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How to remove or disable a default keyboard layout?
Is it possible to remove or disable one of OS X Lion’s default keyboard layouts?
I’m using a custom keyboard layout, and now that I managed to set it as the system-wide default keyboard layout, I’d ...
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How to define Lion’s key variations in a `.keylayout` file?
In Lion you can hold down a key to show its variations.
However, when using my custom keyboard layout in .keylayout format, this functionality is disabled.
I assume Lion’s default keyboard layouts ...
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Shift+End Combo on OS X Lion
How can I change the settings for OS X Lion so that the combination of Shift+End results in the selection of text from the current cursor position to the end of the current line? Specifically, I ...
