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If you're using MacBook keyboard, you will see a Fn key. When this key is pressed, F1-F7 keys will become standard function keys.
Fortunately, you can change this behavior so that without pressing down Fn key, F1-F7 keys are already functioning as standard function keys.
The good thing here is, you can easily perform keystrokes that include these keys, such as Control F1.
Here are the steps to change these function keys' behavior:
- Open Apple ▸ System Preferences..
- Go to Keyboard & Mouse
- Click on Keyboard section
- Tick the last checkbox labelled Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys
The bad thing is, usually these keys come with Brightness and Volume Adjustment, i.e. after the changes you will need to press Fn to adjust brightness and volume.
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11 Comments
MacTipper
If you use something like quicksilver, spark, or keyboard maestro you should be able to set up a keyboard shortcut to adjust the volume. I have mine set to Cmd-Shift-F11/F12. Also, I set up Option-F11/F12 to make the volume be minimum/maximum. Plus, I can use good-ol' fashioned Fn-F11/F12 if I wanted to. MacTipper My Mac-Tipping Blog
Titanic
A basic stuff, yeah? Anyway, I just here to tell that you can also delete "forward" by holding that "fn" key and press "delete". By this time I bet any Mac users out there are already know this by now.
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thanks did not know how to forward delete - where do I find all the other basic stuff I don't know - have 2008 wireless keyboard -what are function keys for anyway?
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