A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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How to enter in the apple symbol not in a web browser?
How can I enter in the enter in the Apple symbol () in an application such as text edit?
IIRC, Safari automatically converts this symbol when it sees the text &apple;.
Update: Does it exist in ...
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I need a delete button
I also have an azerty keyboard, but am used to the qwerty and I want to know how I can modify the keyboard to have a "delete" function. Deleting using the backspace is laborious and I miss being able ...
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Where does Command-Shift-3 or Command-Shift-4 (for taking screen captures) originate from?
I know that on Mac OS X, you can take a screen capture of the entire screen with Command+Shift+3 and you can take a screen capture of just a selection (or a window) with Command+Shift+4. Is there a ...
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How to minimize all windows/applications to the dock?
⌥+⌘+M as mentioned in multiple docs only appears to minimize the current (focused) window.
I am looking for the "Show Desktop" equivalent. If it matters I'm using 10.6.4.
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Getting the space key to act like the return key
I come from a Windows background and I have gotten into the habit of hitting the Space key every time there's a popup on my screen that I want to close. But on the Mac, it doesn't do anything, but ...
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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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Dvorak keyboard layout with international character support?
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.3, and find myself switching between the Dvorak and U.S. Extended keyboard layout. Ideally I'd want a Dvorak layout with the international character support of the latter ...
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What is the keyboard combination for the ⌘ symbol?
There are many handy shortcuts for exotic characters in Mac such as Option + 7 for ¶ and Option + G for ©. Is there one to yield the command key ('⌘') sign?
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Is there a UNIX-style triple click to select path in Terminal.app?
In Red Hat, if there is a path somewhere on my terminal window and I triple click it, the whole path is selected. I can then easily copy it using middle-click or a regular copy-paste.
This doesn't ...
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How to make ⌘⌫ delete a line of text in Messages?
The shortcut ⌘+⌫ normally deletes a line of text in a text field. But in the new Messages app in Mountain Lion, this is the shortcut for "Close Conversation…" (or, if you choose "Save history when ...
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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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Is there a shortcut which invokes the “Login Window…” fast user switching command?
Firstly, let me say that there's two questions on Think Different that claim to answer this question but do not:
Does the MacBook Air have a Fast User Switching (Login Window) shortcut key?
The ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to fully hide all windows, showing only desktop?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to fully hide all windows, showing only desktop?
(I know that the trackpad gesture four-fingers-up will sweep them all out of the way, i think it's an expose function. I ...
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Any productivity tip for using OS X with only one arm, like Windows its sticky key?
Google mostly returns Apple's accessibility API and other programming resources.
But I'd want to know, for example, what is Mac OS X version 10.7.4 equivalent of 'sticky key' in Windows.
Any other ...
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Emacs on Mac OS X - To Alt or Command?
It's official. I love to hate Emacs on Mac OS X.
No matter what I do, I get a thorn in side.
When I try to write \ using Alt + Shift + 7 I get errors because Alt == Meta in Emacs. If I bind the ...
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What does the arrow with 2 lines through it mean?
In Xcode, a lot of the shortcuts use an arrow with 2 lines though it:
What is the keystroke corresponding to this?
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Is it possible to use an Apple Keyboard Dock as a keyboard for a computer?
As the title says. I'm curious, as can, obviously, connect it to a computer via a USB, soo..? I love this keyboard but I don't particularly want to fork out for a wired/wireless Apple keyboard if I've ...
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How to move window to different desktop via keyboard in Lion?
In Snow Leopard, to move a window to a different space, I had to use the mouse to select the window and use the keyboard to select the target space (e.g., ctrl + 1,2,3).
In Lion, what keyboard (maybe ...
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Ukelele generated custom keyboard layouts not working in Lion?
I created a custom keyboard layout with Ukelele (http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele) in Snow Leopard (idea is to generate scandinavian letters with Alt-key, otherwise have a pretty much standard U.S. ...
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Does the new iPod Touch (iOS 4.1 / 4 gen) require that you jail break it to use a Blue Tooth keyboard?
I already have a BT keyboard and I don't really want to buy a new one, so my question is, will the BT keyboard I already have work with an ipod touch?
Or will I need to use a proprietary Apple ...
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How can I configure my keyboard to be backlit at the login screen?
I recently had to reinstall Lion. Now, when I boot the keyboard is not backlit when at the login screen. It used to be backlit when at the login screen.
I'm using a Macbook Air 11" July 2011 ...
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Prevent OS X from switching my keyboard layout when password fields are focused
Some months ago, I switched to the Colemak keyboard layout, which is mostly great. But, there is one annoyance that is imposed by OS X.
When the OS pops up a confirmation dialog to ask me to type my ...
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Volume Keys not working with HDMI audio on mac OSX Lion?
I have a mac mini 2011 with OSX Lion. And I have connected my monitor (with integrated speakers) through hdmi port. The sound is working fine, but the volume keys on the keyboard don't work.
When I ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to cycle between windows in the current space?
When I have two applications open side-by-side in the same space, I'd like to be able to swap between them quickly with the keyboard.
I can use Command+Tab, but often I land on an application in a ...
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Mail.app: How can Choose Signature choice be based on recipient?
I have different mail signatures that I'd like to use, depending on whether my recipient is internal or external. In the Signatures tab of Mail.app preferences, I can choose random or sequential ...
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Keyboard shortcut for switching between open windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best app to switch between all open windows (alternatives to Witch)
On Windows and Linux one can switch between open windows by pressing Alt+Tab. On the Mac pressing ...
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Textmate alt-f to move forward by one word
I've recently switched from Linux, so I'm still getting a hang of things -- please bare with me. ;)
One thing that is really killing my emacs memory muscles right now is the lack of alt+f and alt+b ...
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Can I use a PC/Mac keyboard as a Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone?
I'm wondering about the feasibility of using my iMac's built-in bluetooth as a source for keyboard input to my iphone.
There are times I want to type longer messages in my iphone, i keep a bluetooth ...
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Display pressed shortcuts as an overlay on the screen
On this great Ruby on Rails screencast, every time a shortcut combination is pressed it shows up on top of the screen, and it shows up so often that I find it hard to believe it was placed by hand ...
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My keyboard stopped repeating - how to fix?
I have both an internal and external keyboard but the key-repeat has stopped working. I've tried changing both 'Key Repeat' and 'Delay Until Repeat' as shown below but no setting seems to be helping.
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Typing umlauts and accented characters without the one second delay
One of the things I dislike most with the iPhone is its sized-down keyboard with only 10 keys in a row.
This may fine for English, but leaves not enough room for umlauts or accented letters.
The ...
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What are the best mnemonics to remember important short cuts?
In my job I teach a lot of people to use macs. Since you use what you remember I'm always on the look out for funny or memorable ways to remember keyboard or system shortcuts (like you have the option ...
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How can I use an ADB Apple Keyboard with a modern Mac?
I recently found an old Apple Extended Keyboard that uses the ADB interface. I would like to use it, but I don't have an ADB-to-USB converter. I know of only one which is the Griffin iMate. ...
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Change main keyboard layout in OS X
I have two active keyboard layouts - US english and russian. I have russian as my primary system language and the option "allow different input language for different documents" is active. But when I ...
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Is there a way to use a Finder hot key to open a folder in TextMate?
I have setup a System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Services item to allow me to use a hotkey to "Open in TextMate". It works fine on files, but does not work on folders.
If I ...
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How to ssh from iPad with external keyboard and Emacs?
I am thinking about retiring my portable for an iPad + keyboard. (With Amazon/Linode/etc as server.)
I tried the iSSH app and ran Emacs in a terminal (not X Windows), using the Apple external ...
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Pair bluetooth keyboard when not logged in
I have a brand new Bluetooth keyboard (replacing an old one I spilt coffee on) and I would like to pair it with my iMac.
Trouble is, I can't log in to the iMac because the keyboard is not paired.
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Can you power on a MacBook with a wireless keyboard?
Is it possible to power on a MacBook using a wireless keyboard?
If that sounds strange, I'm asking because I use a Bose radio as the sound system and the radio fits nicely on top of the laptop.
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Navigate folder structure in Open/Save File Dialog with keyboard?
After hitting ⌘-O, how can I navigate my folders and select a file to open using only my keyboard?
In particular, how can I get the focus into the folder list? (From there I can use arrows or start ...
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How can I use the half-qwerty keyboard layout in OSX?
I'd like to use the half-qwerty keyboard layout on my mac, without actually buying any (ridiculously priced) hardware. I found a auto-hotkey script, but that appears to be windows-only. Are there any ...
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What are the keyboard shortcuts for copying login and password in 1Password without using the browser extension?
I am using 1Password (version 3.8.5) to manage my login data and somehow I am reluctant to use the browser extensions. I want to speed up my login and password acquisition though and therefore I am ...
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typewriter effect to keyboard stroke
Is there any way to add (sound) typewriter effect to keyboard stroke?
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Control not working in iTerm 2 when using Programmer Dvorak keyboard layout
I'm using the Programmer Dvorak keyboard layout and found that the Control key does not work in iTerm 2. Emacs is unusable as a result, and I can't interrupt processes with Ctrl-C. Interestingly, the ...
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Can a keyboard shortcut force TextEdit windows to close and discard all changes?
Is there any way I could configure TextEdit to close the window (through keyboard shortcut) without asking me if I want to save an unsaved file?
Can be another script/program configure globally when ...
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How do I create a menu shortcut which involves the delete key?
In Addressbook I want to create a keyboard shortcut for the Menu entry Delete Group using the key combination option-command-delete.
So I went to System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Keyboard ...
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Change to an different keyboard layout when entering passwords
I've just bought the Ipad 2, all my existing passwords that I need to use (mails web services etc) are in Arabic characters.
I have added the Arabic Keyboard and am able to use it in normal text ...
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Deleting a file from inside Lion’s Preview.app
In Snow Leopard it was possible to delete (i.e. move to Trash) a file directly from inside Preview.app using the cmd + backspace combination. (The same combination which is used in Finder.)
This was ...
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Auto change keyboard layout based on application focus
I basically use US keyboard for programming and Spanish for everything else, and I´m always switching keyboard layout when I change from browser to VIM or console.
In Linux (gnome), keyboard layout ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for dynamic menu items (Keynote)
I often find myself creating Keynote presentations with lots of extra slides. I then go through and skip a bunch for a particular class.
To make this slide choice easier, I added a keyboard shortcut ...
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Custom Finder “go to” shortcuts
I am struggling with the new Lion finder features. There are some subtle differences that are putting me off.
I used to have custom "go to" shortcuts in Snow Leopard. For example, I used to have a ...
