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This is not going to get anyone's pulse racing; but I am simply curious to know how the Option/Alt key came to be double-named. Those of you who have been using Macs since the year dot, may be able to shed light on the history of this key. As far as I know, it is the only one with two "names".
In my early days with Macs, I got confused when reading instructions like cmd+option does such and such, to be followed by another article mentioning cmd+alt. And, of course, the key itself is stamped "alt". No mention of "option".
I guess there could be newbies out there who have the same problem?
Ian
In my early days with Macs, I got confused when reading instructions like cmd+option does such and such, to be followed by another article mentioning cmd+alt. And, of course, the key itself is stamped "alt". No mention of "option".
I guess there could be newbies out there who have the same problem?
Ian
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