A physical device with buttons that allow characters to be entered
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How can I switch option (alt) and command (windows) keys for Windows 7 in Boot Camp?
Installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp for some work-related projects. I've also installed the Apple Bootcamp drivers from the OS X install disk and updated to the latest version. It mapped all my keys just ...
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What is the best way to modify Apple keyboards for alternate layouts?
I would like to permanently modify my keyboard's button labels to match the non-default keyboard layout that I have set on an Apple computer, so that others who do not touch-type can use the keyboard. ...
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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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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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How can you edit the Accent Menu?
The English language doesn't really include any accented words but other languages do.
Yet I like to write using accents and diacritics, as needed in each language (Romanian, French, German, etc.).
...
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Using caps lock key instead of right click (contextual menu)
I'd like to remap Caps Lock to right click - for the cases where I can focus on objects with cursor keys, or tab.
For instance after selecting files in Finder I'd like to hit Caps Lock and get the ...
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Strange behaviour from delete key on a non-apple keyboard
I have a fairly generic USB keyboard plugged into my MacBook Pro. The Delete key doesn't seem to do anything most of the time. When I try to create a shortcut using it (to display the key code) it ...
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Preview line and half-page scrolling
While two-finger scrolling in Preview is nice, it is not very comfortable when slowly reading very long PDFs.
What I've figured out to this point is that I can use space and ⇧+space to move forward ...
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Keyboard shortcuts for “Straighten” in iPhoto?
If you've used iPhoto for photo retouching, you probably know the Straighten functionality.
My question is, are there any keyboard shortcuts for rotating the photo, or is mouse & the slider ...
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Bootcamp keyboard driver not installing
I am assuming that this is an bug, but I thought I would check with you all first to see if that is the case.
I had been running OSX 10.6.8 with bootcamp 3.3 and Windows 7 64x PRO. I reloaded it ...
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How to rebind Go Back and Go Forward in Preview on Lion?
It seems that in Lion, standard shortcuts were added for the Go menu items Back and Forward. The shortcuts (⌘+[ and ⌘+]) are unusable on Finnish keyboard, and I'd like to rebind them. By unusable I ...
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Why is the text-to-speech hotkey not working?
For some reason, my text to speech isn't working. I don't know why it stopped working. It works when I manually click it, but when using the default hotkey alt+esc, it doesn't do anything.
I have no ...
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How to turn off the iOS-style character picker menu
When I hold a key in Lion, I get this iOS-style character picker instead of a repeated character, as in previous versions of the OS:
I really dislike this (I rarely use those symbols as I only ...
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How can a keyboard be shared with an iPad?
What are the ways for both an iMac and an iPad to share the same physical keyboard?
If it's possible to share a regular Apple bluetooth keyboard between both devices without jailbreaking the iPad, I ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut for minimizing Mac OS X windows?
Is there a (hidden) keyboard shortcut for minimizing the frontmost window (that works in most apps)?
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iPad virtual keyboard text entry: Way to type multiple capital letters without having to press SHIFT before each letter?
Let's say I'm typing a word in ALL-CAPS on the iPad. Currently, the only way I know of how to do this is to press SHIFT before each of the letters.
Is there an alternative, like a sticky shift or ...
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Add Compose key to OS X
I want to change one of my keys on my keyboard to a Compose key so I can easily type common accents or characters, e.g.: Compose+e+' -> é.
Is there a setting I can change or a program I can install ...
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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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Are there any global key combinations suitable or specifically reserved on OS X for user assignment?
I'm trying to identify an appropriate global hotkey to set in iTerm2's preferences for showing/hiding it:
I'd like to avoid any conflicts with other applications' hotkeys or other future use. Are ...
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Change search Google in Safari to use Firefox
Cmd+Shift+L searches for the selected text in Google using Safari. Can I change this to use Firefox instead?
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What might cause mouse and keyboard freezes after updating to OSX 10.8.2?
After the 10.8.2 update, keyboard and mouse input is hanging intermittently on my 2011 MacBook Air. It occurs in several applications (have tested with Safari and App Store). The keyboard input and ...
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How can I rename a song in iTunes with a keyboard shortcut?
I can hit the up and down arrows to navigate a playlist in iTunes 10.5 but hitting F2 doesn't allow me to rename a song. I have to grab the mouse and do a finicky click, wait, click to highlight the ...
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How do I delete a file from my desktop using keyboard
I have tons of file on my desktop. I am using latest macbook pro.
After selecting the file using mouse I hit delete and then "command and delete" and none of them work.
So finally I hit ctrl + mouse ...
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Why is my S key intermittently typing ß inßtead of s <----See
MacBook (White) 2.4Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS X 10.6.7
Keyboard language - Canadian English (have also tried US English). All other languages
removed, computer language ENGLISH.
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cmd+q combination
I am using WinOS at the office and MacOS at home. But I am more experienced on WinOS. While i am browsing (via firefox), I use cmd+q accidently to write "@" mark because of WinOS and keyboard habbits. ...
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Switching between applications in OS X
It is very easy to switch applications in OS X using ⌘-tab. But what if an application is hidden?
Let me describe some problems I am facing and what I want to accomplish.
⌘-tab switches between all ...
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Keyboard-only folder navigation with auto complete
This is one feature of Windows 7 Start menu that I haven't been able to replace in OS X ML.
In Windows:
Press Windows key
Start typing, for example: H:\folder\phot
Use arrow keys to highlight the ...
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Switch Between Apps With Alt-Tab / Command-Tab on iPad using Bluetooth Keyboard
I have an iPad 2 (with iOS 5) and an Apple bluetooth keyboard. I could be much more productive if I could do Alt-Tab (I think this is Command-Tab) app switching using my keyboard. Is there any way to ...
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How to quickly jump to another application without using command tab
I am trying to do a screencast and I use ⌘+⇥ to move from browser to my IDE . During editing I need to remove all the screenshots of me moving from one app to another since that is ...
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Is there a way to access the menubar icons using the keyboard?
I know how to use the menu items using only the keyboard. Is there anyway I can access the icons in the top right as well?
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Can I cmd-F and click a highlighted link in Safari (or something similar) without a mouse?
I'm trying to make my Mac as mouseless and possible. My three last big hurdles:
Moving the current window to a different space in Spaces. (I'm still on OS 10.6, until 10.8 comes out.)
A more ...
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How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to a service in OS X?
I created a service using Automator and I'd like to assign a keyboard shortcut to it. How do I do this?
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How do I send C-/ (that is, control-slash) to the terminal?
I'm trying to run Emacs in a terminal. I've turned on the "use option as meta" in terminal preferences and so it's about 95% working right.
The key sequence ctrl-/ (or in Emacs notation C-/) is ...
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Changing keyboard input language on Mac OSX
How do I change (switch) the input language in Mac OSX (English->Russian->Hebrew).
In Windows it is done by pressing alt-shift.
What is the equivalent in OSX ?
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Can I have multiple mice & keyboards for one Mac?
I would like to control two cursors with two mice in the same time, as well as have two keyboards for separate control and text input.
My goal is to have two users on one computer, so I can let my ...
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How can I stop iTunes 10 launching when pressing the Play/Pause buttons?
When I'm watching a movie and I press the "play" button, iTunes 10 launches. How can I keep this from happening?
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Mac startup key sequences
What are the Mac hardwares various startup key sequences?
On the older Macs, Shift used to be start without extensions, Ctrl-Apple-O-F would boot to OpenFirmware, (but didn't the Intel Macs switch ...
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How can i change and customize the special characters on my keyboard?
This is my first post at AskDifferent, hopefully it works out.
My problem:
i want to insert the symbol "λ" aka 'lamda' everytime i use the Option-L key. However, by default my OS Mountain Lion ...
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What is the name of this button?
I've been calling it the "keyboard dismissal button," but I'd like to know if it has an actual name.
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How can I change Terminal so that I don't have to press ESC every time I want to type a meta-modified key?
Currently in emacs/terminal, I have to press ESC every time I want to send an escaped keystroke, eg: to go forwards two words, I have to press:
ESC+f; ESC+f
How do I change the system so that I ...
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Is it possible to completely disable the keyboard backlight on a MacBook Pro?
I have a new MacBook Pro 13-inch (mid 2012). I have never liked the backlit keyboard. I am completely a touch-typist and I never look down at the keys. I just find the light going on and off to be ...
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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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Is there a keyboard shortcut to show/open the Trash?
Is there a keyboard shortcut for the Trash? I know how to create one, but I want to know if there's a built-in shortcut. To clarify, this is to show the Trash, not to empty it.
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How does one type an “É” (capital e acute) in the French keyboard layout in Mac OS X?
I've searched the web for a method to type an "É" character with a french keyboard layout in firefox.
It appears I'm supposed to type ⌥+E, and then ⇧+E to achieve this, but as soon as I ...
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Floating virtual keyboard iOS
This happens every now and then. Just this time rebooting my iPad doesn't solve it.
Any idea what caused this? Unfortunately I'm on the go and this makes safari practically unusable.
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Is there a keyboard short cut to edit a cell in Numbers?
Back when I used Excel you could easily do all the navigation and editing on a spreadsheet with the keyboard. I could navigate around with the arrow keys and hit F2 to edit a cell and start typing.
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Is it possible to order a replacement key?
The large 0 on my Apple keyboard (came with my 2008 Mac Mini) has fallen out, and upon my attempt to put it back in, a small but extremely vital plastic piece snapped off. Can ...
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Can I map a function key to a command key combo?
Mission Control has freed up a couple of my function keys, I'd like to try using one of them to activate the application switcher. I've tried the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane, and Spark.app, but ...
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How to disable visual display of modifier keys?
Somehow I have gotten my Mac Mini into a state where every time I press a modifier key - shift, option, command or control - it shows an image of the symbol of the modifier key around the upper right ...
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Is there a hard keyboard case for the iPad keyboard?
Is there a hard case for the Apple wireless keyboard for the iPad?
The case is to make the keyboard safe to transport, like in a backpack or something.
