2.4 GHz MacBook Review: Keyboard Layout (Part 3/4)

[CStarz608]

all my letters are mixed up on my mac i dont know what the hells going on,i have to use another keyboard through usb it's not the numbers lock either if anyone can help that'll be great

[SamTalmadge]

Quit your bitchin'. Change it in preferences.

[weinerschnitzelboy]

You will eventually get past it though. I still am learning the layout.

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

contd... so although knowing there are people worse off than oneself doesn't make a toss of difference to life's little annoyances... you are sounding a bit whiney.

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

i'm just about to switch from being a windows user of many years to a mac without ever having seen one. and i'm blind. so i have to learn a brand new operating system and a brand new bunch of commands for both the system and the speech software. EVERYTHING is going to be different, and the speech capability is going to be not as good as what i'm used to. so though i can sympathise with people hating change for change sake, part of me is thinking, you have to press a diffferent key ffs!

[mshartz5]

@DreamedOfHugeSpiders

I hope the switch went well. I have been studying universal design for human computer interactions including designing for the blind. I heard mixed things about the Mac audio/speech software. I was just wondering how the transition went?

[Jaymal10]

control F3 is the app way you like

[Xilmwa]

Yea, there's a setting in System Preferences to use the function keys as normal function keys.

[seand00de]

maybe you should have found out that you can fix it before complaining about it, champ.

[mrdavyp]

like how he says 'button' lol sounds like but-ton

[20Ben09]

Ok, if you want to make it so that the function keys work for whatever you're trying to do go to system preferences. Once there, go to the "Keyboard & Mouse window. After you've done that you should see the option "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys". Click that, and then you should have all of your function keys open. To disable this, just click the "checked" box.

[Pinwormx]

I'm such a n00b at Mac. But I can see how this could throw you off.

[chaz4510]

use hot corners

[dell1032]

Never! Sorry, just can't stand hot corners at all.

[chaz4510]

deal with it, I prefer the new F key layout

[MadBoyAstro]

I like the new keyboards better than the old ones because on the old MacBook Pros, F8, F9, F10 controls the backlighting brightness. That really annoys me because I like to use those keys for expose. If I turn off special functions, then I can't adjust volume without Fn key. I only use the show desktop and all programs functions, so the new ones would have been good. :(

[360myworld]

idot care about the key bord

[ghassantotah]

what do u use to record the screen?

[dell1032]

iShowU

[ghassantotah]

is that included in macbooks?

[tiop123]

Like teeangle said, you can change this in System Preferences so that special function keys revert back to F1, F2 etc.

Alternatively, pressing the "fn" key with any special function key will revert back to F1, F2 etc. Not ideal, but another possible solution.

[dell1032]

I want to be able to map the keys on my keyboard in the *exact* same way as I had it on my 1st generation MacBook. No fn key to hold down - I just want to be able to use everything by only hitting 1 button. Anyone who has a way to map the keys exactly like the way it was before would raise my level of stoked for a good week =) .

[tiop123]

You can do this by going to "Keyboard and Mouse" in System Preferences, then clicking the "Keyboard" tab, and checking the radio box for "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys". Then change the shortcuts to your liking under the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab.

[dell1032]

Thank You. I will try this tonight and let you know how it worked out.

[teeangle]

you can turn the special function keys off in system prefs under keyboard and mouse i think ... btw i didn't watch the whole vid so i don't know if you said it

[Keyfaze]

cool