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OS 10.4 - "Hot-keys" not working on aluminium keyboard.
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10-19-2009, 04:55 PM
Lately i got a wired aluminium keyboard -the small one without a numpad, and none of the hotkeys are working. When i press F12 (volume up) the dashboard pops up. When i press F11 (volume down), it shows the desktop. F4 (dashboard) have no effect at all, regardless if i press the FN key or not. I've tried to check/uncheck "Use the function keys (F1, F2 etc"... with no result. I've also upgraded to apple keyboard software 1.2. The Media keys (back/forward/play) does not work either. This is kinda weird, since these functions worked with my cheap, low end windows keyboard, but not with a orginal apple keyboard.... Any suggestions? Please excuse my poor english 
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10-20-2009, 09:07 AM
Open the Keyboard and Mouse System Preferences Pane. If you click "Change Keyboard Type" it may prompt you to go through some steps to identify the keyboard. I didn't want to try this right now. It says mine is not identified, but it works fine! |
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10-20-2009, 10:41 AM
 i have also tried to delete the keyboard-plist in /library/preferences and rebooted, with no result. Last edited by varg300; 10-20-2009 at 11:13 AM. |
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10-21-2009, 10:34 AM
This is definatly some kind of bug in Tiger. I used th LeopardAssist hack and upgraded to leopard, and presto! I works! |
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10-21-2009, 01:22 PM
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10-21-2009, 10:51 PM
Also there might be a checkbox, something about using f-keys as function keys or special keys. Craig in Texas ---You did WHAT!? Close the Terminal and step away slowly. |
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10-21-2009, 11:38 PM
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It's not a bug in Tiger. Heck my old 1999 Apple Keyboard, connected to a 2000 year model Power Mac running Tiger does the exact as mentioned in the first post. F12 ejects/shows Dashboard, F11 shows Desktop F10 shows all opened windows in the application (I think) and F9 is Expose. late 2009 MacBook - OS X 10.7.5 early 2009 Mac mini - OS X 10.7.5 4th gen iPod touch 32GB - iOS 6.0 iPhone 4 8GB - iOS 6.0 |
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10-21-2009, 11:38 PM
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late 2009 MacBook - OS X 10.7.5 early 2009 Mac mini - OS X 10.7.5 4th gen iPod touch 32GB - iOS 6.0 iPhone 4 8GB - iOS 6.0 |
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