I'm troubled by a mysterious bug on my MacBook Air. It manifests itself when I use Microsoft PowerPoint, but I believe it is a Mac-wide issue. It is extremely rare, impossible to reproduce on demand, and yet - when it strikes, it does so
with a vengeance, and embarrasses me in front of a theater full of people.
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posted by Silky Slim
on Jun 15, 2013 -
17 answers
I type in multiple languages on Mac OS 10.6.8, and I need to be able to use keyboard shortcuts to jump immediately to specific input method rather than cycle through them with Command-Space. (For example, I'd want to be able to hit, say, Command-Shift-1 to switch to U.S. Extended no matter what the current input method is.) How can I set this up?
posted by John Raskolnikov Gilson
on Jun 9, 2013 -
7 answers
My Mac's 10-year-old bluetooth
keyboard is acting up, and I'm pretty sure that it's death is imminent. I'd like to find a replacement, but Apple long ago stopped making full-sized wireless keyboards -- what are some good alternatives that exist in 2013?
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posted by schmod
on Feb 13, 2013 -
6 answers
Replace a Mac MD313LL/A 12" Macbook Pro keyboard for a handicapped neighbor and I know very little about recent Mac tech.
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posted by Samizdata
on Feb 1, 2013 -
4 answers
I spilled some beer on my MacBook durring an international Skype-powered drinking contest. The computer itself is totally fine, except everything to the right of my O key is sticky. I want to pull the keys off so I can clean the little mechanisms in there, but I'm not sure how to pop them off without creating more problems than I already have. Several Google searches have brought me conflicting advice on how to do this. The specific model is a Macbook4,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, the white polycarbonate one from a few years back.
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posted by Hoenikker
on Mar 20, 2012 -
10 answers
I~m having an issue with my Mac keyboard not working properly with a PC running Windows XP. My punctuation is all screwy and I can~t figure out how to fix it. Hope me please!
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posted by biddeford
on Feb 15, 2012 -
8 answers
Balancing function and price: What's the best (and least expensive) Mom Computer, especially if we're trying to go Mac?
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posted by Madamina
on Jan 12, 2012 -
19 answers
I have an old Mac laptop from 2006, it works pretty good. The main problem is that 4 keys don't work on it, I spilled water on the keyboard and "r", "s", "f" and "4" don't work. Should I just donate the computer? Who would want it? Should I try and sell it on craigslist? Would anyone want it?
posted by raspsgirl
on Jan 10, 2012 -
10 answers
I'm overheating because my MacBook Pro's wrist areas get very hot. What's the best way to fix this?
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posted by gentle
on Aug 4, 2011 -
12 answers
How can I make sure that the global keyboard shortcuts I want to use on a Mac are not already taken?
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posted by mpls2
on Mar 18, 2011 -
5 answers
Mac peripherals filter: Just bought a MacBook Air. Looking for an external mouse and keyboard when I want to use it at my desk (plugged into my external monitor). What are your favorite Mac mice and keyboards? USB or Bluetooth are options. Thanks.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell
on Feb 15, 2011 -
18 answers
Is there any way to get the apple keyboard
and the apple remote to use the fine volume adjustments explained
here automatically?
posted by Infernarl
on Apr 1, 2010 -
3 answers
My MacBook's keyboard mysteriously changed to Dvorak! How can I tell if someone messed with my computer?
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posted by k.
on Mar 19, 2010 -
8 answers
When typing, my cursor jumps around like crazy, highlighting paragraphs, jumping back words, and making it impossible to type normally. MacBook4,1 (whatever that means), Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a).
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posted by Optimus Chyme
on Feb 8, 2010 -
19 answers
Help me get a wireless/bluetooth keyboard and mouse that don't suck.
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posted by cmoj
on Sep 20, 2009 -
8 answers
I currently have an iMac 24" (early 2008). If you are acustom to the iMac you'll know that the brightness setting is extremely high.
Unfortunately everytime I boot the computer up the brightness settings reset and I have to go through the hassle of lowering the brightness.
Why is the keyboard/mac doing this? and can it be fixed?
posted by nam3d
on May 18, 2009 -
8 answers
Trying to find a keybaord / mouse combo for a G4 Mac Mini (no IR, no bluetooth) that will work in a living room PC without costing me an arm and a leg. Recommendations?
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posted by caution live frogs
on Apr 24, 2009 -
4 answers
I am looking for an alternative bluetooth mac keyboard that has the same functions keys as bog-standard mac keyboard. Any suggestions?
posted by nam3d
on Apr 16, 2009 -
16 answers
Is there a way, within iTunes, to change playlists (or navigate back to the main library) and to place the cursor in the search box using just the keyboard?
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posted by OmieWise
on Mar 1, 2009 -
3 answers
For some reason, my MacBook pro suddenly won't let me use standard shortcuts- i.e. cntrl-x for cut, ctrl-v for paste, etc.- on any program, including MS Word and web browsers.
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posted by foxy_hedgehog
on Sep 6, 2008 -
9 answers
I have the first generation intel MacBook with
this keyboard. Some of the F keys have special functions like volume up/down, and screen dimmer controls. The
newer keyboard has additional functions like play/pause, next song, previous song, etc. I want to add the functionality of the new keyboard buttons to my old MacBook's keyboard. Is there software that will do this? Is there some other solution? Thanks!
posted by alitorbati
on Jul 15, 2008 -
6 answers
I break keyboards. Help me find a Macintosh keyboard that I will not break, or one that is easy to repair if I do.
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posted by Mwongozi
on Dec 13, 2007 -
12 answers
Before my hard drive died and I had to reinstall Tiger, I used to be able to trigger dialogue box buttons (e.g. "Yes" or "No") on my mac by typing the first letter of the option I wanted to choose (e.g. "n"). It doesn't work anymore and I have to navigate with the mouse and click on things. How can I activate this feature?
posted by 10ch
on Oct 17, 2007 -
2 answers
Macbook keyboard issues: I clicked on a google search result and was sneakily redirected to one of those malware scan sites, now macbook keyboard is doing funny things. The arrows do not work and the apostrophe and forward slash keys bring up the "find" window at the bottom of the screen (firefox). How do cancel out whichever setting was changed and get my key functionality back?
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posted by birdlady
on Oct 3, 2007 -
7 answers
How might one go about creating a shortcut to controlling monitor brightness with a Mac Powerbook running Tiger (this problem also existed in 10.3) for a Keyspan remote?
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posted by kenneth
on Aug 15, 2007 -
3 answers
Is there any way to remap the oddly placed (in my opinion) enter key on the right side of the Mac keyboard to right click in OS X?
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posted by secret.osha
on Jun 19, 2007 -
5 answers
I'm looking for an OS X utility that will capture and discard all keyboard and mouse input until I tell it to stop.
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posted by Armitage Shanks
on Feb 16, 2007 -
17 answers
I'm looking to connect an Alesis QS8 keyboard to my iMac, with the intention of making some music. I'd like to do a bit more than use it as a simple MIDI keyboard, though.
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posted by hifiparasol
on Jan 24, 2007 -
15 answers
Does there exist on the Mac a picture/video viewer that is as easy to use as ACDSee on the PC?
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posted by Caviar
on Dec 23, 2006 -
13 answers
How do I configure Gnome (on Fedora Core 5, if it matters) and X11 to act like OSX with respect to keyboard input?
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posted by ChrisR
on Oct 21, 2006 -
4 answers
MacFilter: Know that annoying "Use click key sounds" option that makes clickety-clack sounds as you type, and that most people turn off immediately? How do I turn mine back
on?
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posted by mochapickle
on Jun 15, 2006 -
3 answers
Every time I need to enter an address in a webpage while using my Mac, I can tab from field to field, but the state field (which is often a drop down menu) gets skipped over, and I have to leave the keyboard to select my state with the mouse from the drop down menu. I hate that. Is threre an extension, either for Firefox (my browser of choice) or OS X in general, that will allow me to tab to a drop down menu, and select from its choices via the keyboard, as I can in Windows?
posted by ericbop
on Jun 6, 2006 -
10 answers
I've been looking for a one-hand keyboard. I've tried the
Frogpad but the learning curve proved to be too high. I was looking for a solution that would essentially 'mirror' the right side of the keyboard to the keys on the left when a modifier key was pressed (the G key would be modified to H, F to J, etc.).
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posted by DandyRandy
on Jan 18, 2006 -
9 answers
I came home today and woke my Mac (OS X 10.3.9) from sleep, triggering a horrible cocophony from the disc tray, which I opened to find that my darling son had stacked a DVD and a Delta blues CD on top of each other in there. Luckily, the drive wasn't damaged, but I want to disable the top right disc eject button to prevent him from doing this again. How?
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posted by planetkyoto
on Jan 8, 2006 -
11 answers
How can I configure Firefox so that I can use Cmd-1 through Cmd-9 for bookmarks on my personal toolbar, identical to the behavior Safari uses?
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posted by WCityMike
on Dec 6, 2005 -
3 answers
How do I swap the control and command keys on a mac? Since I use a PC from the very same keyboard, I'm constantly flubbing up my copy and pastes between OSes. I'd like to just stick with one, and control-c feels more natural. I've tried the Keyboard system preferences pane. I've changed the Modifier Keys settings to swap them, but it doesn't do anything. Do I need to run an app to swap these keystrokes?
posted by mathowie
on Nov 18, 2005 -
8 answers
