A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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Macbook Pro 2012 i7 - Keyboard/trackpad not working in Bootcamp
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro 15" Core I7 8gb ram and Nvidia 650M. I have been running bootcamp on it for over a month when last night my keyboard and trackpad stopped working after a reboot. I ...
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Different keyboards layout
I'm the owner of a MacBook Air I bought just a few days ago. I live in Italy, so for the sake of being able to sell the machine when its time will come, I bought it with an Italian keyboard layout.
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Script MBP keyboard backlight to full brightness?
I've been searching around and trying some simple apple scripts, but have been completely thwarted in my attempts to set the MBP keyboard backlight to full brightness from any sort of script or ...
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Can you color label a file/folder in Finder using a keyboard shortcut? [duplicate]
Is there a faster way to label a selected file or folder without having to right-click and choosing a colour ? Such as a keyboard shortcut or another method to do this ?
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Using the apple wireless keyboard with an iPad with PC/Mac-like keyboard commands
I have jailbroken iPad2 (iOS5.1.1) and an apple wireless bluetooth keyboard that I use for typing on the iPad. Although the keyboard is a joy to use, I can't use it for much else other than typing ...
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Changing text navigation buttons in OSX
I'd like to change the default text navigation buttons for OSX (Mountain Lion).
That is, currently the key to move iterate tokens when editing a text file (or in XCode) is alt, and command for ...
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Ctrl+Fn+F4 is automatically switching between Desktops
I seem to be having an issue with my Ctrl+Fn+F4 where it is automatically switching back to a previous desktop. I am running Sublime, Terminal, and Chrome browser in Desktop 3 and In Desktop 1, ...
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Producing a standard tilde while using OS X (U.S. International - PC) keyboard layout
The tilde, ~, generated by the U.S. International - PC layout and the tilde, ~, produced by the U.S. layout are allegedly different characters.
How can I produce the U.S. tilde while using the ...
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MS Excel shortcut Windows vs. Mac
MS Excel for Mac has quite different shortcut keys than Excel for Windows.
Is there any comparison table?
Rather than this
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Terminal tab keyboard shortcut (cmd+[0-9])
Is it possible to have keyboard shortcuts to terminal tabs with numbers. I know its possible to cycle through tabs. I am looking for something like in iTerm (cmd + [0-9]) directly taking to that tab.
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How to change TextEdit keyboard shortcuts?
I would like to change TextEdit shortcuts which are visible in the menu, but are not listed in Keyboard shortcuts in System preferences. I tried adding new shortcut, assigned to TextEdit, but it ...
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Using 3rd party keyboard on Bootcamp
I'm using a Razer Black Widow keyboard on Windows 7 Bootcamp. I was wondering if there was any way for the volume control buttons other function buttons to be remapped onto the keyboard. I have tried ...
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How can I make the power button on my MacBook run a custom script?
I'm running OS 10.7.5 on an October 2008 unibody MacBook, and I would like to somehow get my computer to run a script whenever I press the power button, instead of prompting me if I want to turn my ...
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Have Voiceover read out just paragraph or sentence under cursor
I work with a disabled user who controls their iMac using keyboard and mouse input from their communication-aid. They have dyslexia and would like to use voiceover to read certain paragraphs or ...
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Avoid using command for keyboard shortcuts
I work with a disabled person who uses their communication-aid to control their iMac through keyboard and mouse commands.
I'm setting up keyboard shortcuts to launch applications directly using ...
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1answer
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quicktime play/pause keyboard shortcut
Is there any ability to start playing and set pause for video in quicktime by keyboard hotkey.
Now i'm doing window switch and then clicking on space key to achieve it. Is there any hot-key for that?
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Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Mac Equivalent?
Ctrl + Alt + Delete on Windows provides a variety of functions, the main one of interest being the Task Manager. Is there an equivalent keyboard shortcut & indeed Task Manager for carrying out ...
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Shortcut to eject all external hard drives but not MobileBackups
So far I've been using the following AppleScript to eject all external drives at once conveniently using a shortcut:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk)
end tell
This script is is ...
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PageUp and PageDown keys for Irssi (IRC) in Macbook?
I cannot find the keys on my mackbook. I need them to go page-up and page-down in irssi (IRC). I have tested the tips here but they do not work. They model some different Up/Down, not the traditional ...
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Making the active window more obvious in OSX
From an accessibility point of view there are many people who find it easier to control their computers by (effectively) the keyboard, rather than the mouse. One of the things that comes up ...
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Does anyone know how to disable unicode text input in text fields?
I absolutely love the Cocoa text engine. A few modifications to a little xml file - ~/Library/DefaultKeyBinding.dict - and you can get just about any key sequence to work in any standard Cocoa text ...
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Keyboard shortcut for “Add a face…” in iPhoto?
Is there a keyboard shortcut for the "Add a face..." action in iPhoto? Preferably one that can be used outside of the Info view, so you can move quickly from viewing a photo to editing its info and ...
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Autochoose for press and hold?
Is there a way to change the press and hold character picker in a way that it automatically choose a certain character.
I'm German using an US keyboard (on purpose, I don't want to switch back to a ...
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Selecting a whole line of text, including the newline
Kind of a tricky one to describe. Here goes though. Open up your favourite text editor on OSX (well, Textedit, Coda 2, a Chrome textarea at least). Type a long line of text, followed by a short line. ...
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Disabling Command + Arrow scrolling
When I press Command ⌘+↑ or Command ⌘+↓ on OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion), it scrolls all the way to the top or the bottom of a window.
The problem is, in some programs, this ...
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Set F7/F8/F9 to perform iTunes functions like built-in keyboard
I have a non-Apple keyboard connected to my MacBook Pro. Is there a way to make the F7 F8 and F9 do the previous song / play-pause / next song actions like they do on the built-in keyboard?
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switch input (language) quick with keyboard
I am a Taiwanese and study in France now. My major requires read and write in English.
I get a iMac with 10.6 on it. It really bothers me to switch between these 3 input languages with mouse.
Is ...
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Can i remap a Danish Macbook Pro keyboard to US?
I found a macbook for sale that has a Danish keyboard. There are a few special character keys and some are missing. Can I remap those keys to other characters? I would like to use it with US ...
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Select word under cursor using a keyboard shortcut?
What is the keyboard shortcut to select a word that your typing cursor is currently on ?
For example, if the word I want to select is World, while the typing cursor is between one of the letters of ...
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1answer
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Stopping iOS backspace deleting whole words or lines?
Background
Even though I have owned every iPhone from the 3G onwards I have NEVER mastered the backspace key. If you hold it to delete a few words it almost ALWAYS catches me out and starts deleting ...
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iPhone 4 iOS 6.1.2 Keyboard -> Shortcuts not working properly
It was all working fine till I was on 6.1, I upgraded to 6.1.2 and restored my backup from iTunes after which I noticed that the text-expander is not working. for e.g. when I type "omw" it doesn't ...
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How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac
What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac.
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OS X Mountain Lion: keyboard shortcut to move current window to another space
In OS X Mountain Lion, is there a way I can assign a keyboard shortcut to move the active window to a specified space (or even the adjacent space if an arbitrary space can't be specified).
Ideally, ...
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iPhone 4S iOS 6.1.2 Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut not case sensitive
My custom shortcuts are not case sensitive (the opposite was claimed here).
Example:
Under Settings -> General -> Keyboard -> Add New Shortcut
I specify:
ME : Schorsch
Unfortunately, both ME and me in ...
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How do I simulate the Insert key in Windows on a MacBook Pro?
Somehow in my code editor and command line I keep toggling the Insert key, but I'm not sure how. I can toggle it by clicking on OVR/INS in the status bar, but what is the key combo that I'm magically ...
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1answer
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OS X dialogs: Can I use 'Enter' to invoke the *currently selected* button instead of the default one?
In an OS X dialog, there a way to make 'Enter/Return' invoke the currently selected button instead of the default one (and, if possible, make 'Space' invoke the default button instead). That is, can I ...
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How do I turn column select off?
When using terminal.app, the cursor turns into a cross and you can drag out a rectangular area of text with it. However, it is required to use Alt/Option in the terminal.
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Inconsistent shortcut key for selecting the current item - between OS X's UI and the Web's UI (in Chrome)
On any OS X UI that has forms, buttons etc, Enter invokes the default option and Space invokes the currently selected element.
On Chrome, however, Enter is used to invoke the currently selected ...
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Keyboard shortcut for editing cell in formula bar (Excel 2011)
I know that editing within a cell is ctrl+U on Excel (Mac Office 2011), but that edits within the cell itself (with the cursor at the end of the line). What is the shortcut for jumping to the end of ...
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Randomly repeating key
My computer will randomly start repeating keys. At first it was the ≥ key, which led me to believe it was more than just a stuck key since that is an option-key character and the chances that they ...
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1answer
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Creating a keyboard shortcut to pause Youtube video in a Google Chrome tab
Here is what I want to do: hook up a keyboard shortcut with an action to play/pause the video that is currently open in a Google Chrome tab. Would it be possible on Mac OS X?
I was thinking about ...
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1answer
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Show desktop keyboard shortcut doesn't work
I have F5 key bound to the show desktop shortcut in keyboard shortcuts. However when I press F5 on the keyboard (with fn on the built in keyboard, or with/without fn on the Apple wireless keyboard), ...
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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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Is there a faster app switcher than a keyboard shortcut linked to an Automator service?
I want to switch apps faster than cmd-tab so I created an automator task to launch an app and linked to to a keyboard shortcut through the keyboard preferences. While this works okay without any third ...
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1answer
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Delete Key on Apple KeyBoard Deleting only 1 char at a time
I used to delete characters continuously by pressing my delete key on apple keyboard but for some reason now I can not do it. I have to release and press again to delete the previous character.
For ...
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MBP trackpad/keyboard unresponsive after application crash
Problem
I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13" (non-retina) equipped with 6GB RAM.
Recently, I have noticed that when an application crashes and Crash Reporter appears, the trackpad and keyboard do not ...
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missing windows keyboard buttons on rMBP
I need the Home, delete, insert and all the other buttons found in a typical windows keyboard. I don't know how to access them on my MacBook pro. The only one I know is fn-delete for delete. Is there ...
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Mapping home key - supported all apps?
I'm using the following technique to remap the home and end keys to make them work like windows:
~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict
{ /* Remap Home / End to be correct :-) */
"\UF729" = ...
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Cmd+plus now opens Widgets instead of zooming
This has just started happening in the last few weeks, and I can't work out how to change it.
It used to be that I could use Cmd+= to zoom in in my web browser, and cmd+- to zoom out. But just ...
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Use Cmd as Ctrl key in vim
How can I input commands such as <Ctrl-W> and <Ctrl-]> in vim using Cmd instead of Ctrl? The reason why I want to do it is because it's more comfortable. When I need to switch to a ...
