So, I've got quite a bit of gooey stuff on my the keyboard of my laptop. How do I get it off?
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posted by oddman
on Jan 5, 2006 -
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What does the inside of an Apple Wireless Keyboard look like? Specifically, I'm interested in the active electronic part of it. A picture would be great, but not required.
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posted by adamwolf
on Jan 2, 2006 -
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What are some products that are made/comfortable for people with large hands? Computer specific, but anything else would be cool.
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posted by pantsrobot
on Dec 23, 2005 -
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Broken Keyboard Filter: So my GF managed to splash a bit of water from on the corner of the keyboard of her Dell Inspiron 600m. At first it appeared fine, but now a day later the Ctrl key appears to be stuck.
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posted by Heminator
on Dec 19, 2005 -
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Are there any Bluetooth keyboards with on-keyboard status lights like caps lock, num lock, and scroll lock?
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posted by adamwolf
on Dec 18, 2005 -
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I just discovered that GarageBand is on my new PowerBook. Is it possible to use the keyboard keys as keys gor GB's musical keyboard? I couldn't find an answer to this quest on the Web or on Apple's site.
posted by ParisParamus
on Dec 17, 2005 -
18 answers
RSI - a dear friend has bad repetitive injuries (carpal tunnel problems)...it gets bad when she types....and allieviates when she stops. Oh, yeah, she's a professoinal writer. No - not RSI advice....
keyboard advice. Have you (or someone you know) had comfort (or a reduction of discomfort) from using a particular keyboard?
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posted by filmgeek
on Dec 16, 2005 -
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I'm interested in wearable computing and am curious if anyone has any resources for information. More importantly, I'm wanting to get a one handed keyboard. I've seen the Frogpad but would like to know all of my options. I'm preferablly looking for something bluetooth that can be used with my Blackberry.
Thanks in advance.
posted by Knigel
on Dec 16, 2005 -
8 answers
The keyboard shortcuts for moving between open tabs in Firefox 1.5 on OS 10.4.3 don't work - any ideas on how to fix this, possibly using the Keyconfig extension?
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posted by jack_mo
on Dec 14, 2005 -
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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 -
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I'm almost 30 and I can't type properly--that is, I can't touch-type. My problem: I am fairly good (~35 wpm) at the three-finger-and-thumb-vision-assisted-hunt-and-peck. Unfortunately, this goes to heck when I transcribe or read while typing and can no longer glance at the keyboard.
Has anyone out there successfully broken bad keyboard habits? How?
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posted by pullayup
on Dec 1, 2005 -
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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 -
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Portions of my Dell laptop keyboard keep going in and out. Sometimes, one group of keys won't work (5, 6, -, del, and ins, among a couple others). Now, it's tab, tilde, 1, q, a, and Z. The problem only appears when restarting the laptop, never during use. Any suggestions?
posted by UKnowForKids
on Oct 26, 2005 -
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Can anyone recommend a programmable USB keyboard for use with a Mac/PC? I want one that works like the old Gateway AnyKey keyboards that let you define the macros on the keyboard itself NOT via software. This should allow it to work smoothly with Mac/PC/Linux and play nicely with my KVM.
Personal experience is preferred, since I already know how to poke around on google.
posted by phildog
on Oct 14, 2005 -
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I've played guitar for 10+ years - I want to learn piano, for writing, performing, and to widen my musical understanding. A real piano doesn't jive with my life, what should I buy?
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posted by Jack Karaoke
on Sep 25, 2005 -
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I have a laptop keyboard which has had coffee spilled on it; several keys no longer work, enough to make it fairly useless. What to do?
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posted by IshmaelGraves
on Sep 9, 2005 -
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What's up with the 30 day return period on laptops? Are there any fees that I'm going to lose by going that route?
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posted by KirTakat
on Sep 7, 2005 -
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Is there anyone selling keys with Apple markings for PC keyboards? (Or do I have other options?)
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posted by ontic
on Aug 24, 2005 -
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OldAppleHardwareFilter: I've decided to cannibalize my first-gen clamshell iBook after a number of years of service and I'd like to use some of the parts for other projects. My problem is that I can't find any heavily technical information on the components.
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posted by authenticgeek
on Aug 7, 2005 -
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After adding new hardware to my computer setup, my "extra" mouse buttons and mouse wheel no longer work.
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posted by Servo5678
on Jul 29, 2005 -
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I would like to learn to play the piano. Is there any PC software out there worthwhile? Also which keyboard would you recommend?
posted by darkmatter
on Jul 17, 2005 -
29 answers
The best keyboard I have ever used was the one that shipped with NeXTStations. It was loud and obnoxous, but had great feedback and I felt it added about 10 WPM to my typing.
Does anyone know any details of how they were constructed / are they available in USB or PS/2 / does anyone make a close knockoff version?
posted by y0mbo
on Jul 7, 2005 -
9 answers
Can you help me find a usable, friendly keystroke logger for Windows that isn't creepware?
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posted by evariste
on Jun 27, 2005 -
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I'm already to used to my new Mac's keyboard. Unfortunately, I have to use XP at work. Is there a (preferably free) keyboard remapping program for XP? The only one I've found is a six buck download via PCmag.com.
posted by keswick
on Jun 15, 2005 -
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I picked up a very cheap Microsoft Office Keyboard today. It works great on my Windows 2000 machine with the software provided, but the Mac software included on the CD is for OS9, and I want to run it with my KVM switch into my G4 iBook (OSX.4).
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posted by synecdoche
on Jun 12, 2005 -
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Inspired by
this, I want to remove the lettering from my iBook's keyboard. What is the best method to do this cleanly?
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posted by rorycberger
on May 18, 2005 -
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Lovely vase of spring daffodils, inquisitive feline. Spilled water splashes lovely Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet PC.
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posted by erebora
on Apr 24, 2005 -
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So recently, I've started chatting with some old friends in Germany, and while I can speak fluent german, it's a real pain typing the umlauts and other special characters using the character map (the application is Yahoo Messenger). Is there any easy way to type foreign letters on a standard american keyboard?
posted by patrickje
on Apr 18, 2005 -
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I'm looking for an ergonomic keyboard with a built-in trackpoint (nub-style) mouse
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posted by KirTakat
on Mar 9, 2005 -
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I have some ActionScript and I need to change the keyboard controls from the arrow keys (up, down, left and right) to a, z , comma and period but nothing seems to be working... Please hope me!
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posted by stringbean
on Mar 1, 2005 -
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I'm setting up a new Mac Mini for someone. I needed to plug in a keyboard, a mouse, a printer, and, occassionally, a flash disk. I went with the Apple Pro keyboard because it had two USB ports. I figure, one for the mouse, and one for the flash disk. The printer could go in the other USB port on the machine itself.
Well, I try plugging in the flash disk and I'm told there isn't enough power. Is this perhaps a software setting? Surely the flash disk can't use a tremendous amount of power, so can I do something to trick the system? Do I really need to buy a powered USB hub now? I might as well replace the mini and the keyboard with Airport-enabled equivalents, if I can never use both USB ports on the keyboard.
posted by odinsdream
on Feb 22, 2005 -
18 answers
How do I switch between different windows of the same program in OS X using the keyboard?
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posted by chill
on Feb 20, 2005 -
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in Firefox that checks or unchecks (toggles) a checkbox? If there's no built-in shortcut, can I easily program one? Is there a shortcut in IE for this? I have Googled in vain.
posted by acridrabbit
on Feb 17, 2005 -
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The keyboard settings on my laptop changed (seemingly without cause or explanation) in the middle of a computing session. Did I do something to cause this? How do I fix it? [MI]
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posted by jeffmshaw
on Feb 16, 2005 -
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I have a laptop I love; however, the letters on the keyboard are wearing off. It's not a huge problem for me right now, but whenever anyone else uses it (my spouse, my daughter), it's really frustrating for them to figure out where those missing letters are -- and I could see that down the road it could be a pain for me as well. Is there a safe way I could, say, paint the letters back on? Do I have to buy a new keyboard? Individual letter keys?
posted by mothershock
on Jan 16, 2005 -
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I have a keyboard question. Is there a way in WinXP to change the definition of individual keys? My new computer has a keyboard layout that is subtly different from the old one which results in a smaller space bar and as a result I regularly hit the Alt key by mistake which pops up a menu and often leads to loss of text I've typed. Is there anyway to change another key to Alt and make the Alt key give me a space?
posted by Doohickie
on Dec 4, 2004 -
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[KeyboardFilter] I want to make music on my PC by plugging in a keyboard. What should I be looking for? [MI, of course]
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posted by bdave
on Nov 22, 2004 -
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Powerbook Titanium Keyboard Question: Hitting certain keys on my laptop results in a string of weird symbols and line breaks. Any ideas on what the problem is and what I can do about it? (MI)
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posted by buddha9090
on Nov 18, 2004 -
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