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 on Jul 15, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me stop cluttering up my (OS X) desktop. [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2008 - 23 answers

MacFilter: The keyboard shortcut in Mail to make bold text doesn't work properly. [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 7 answers

Fast user switching on a Mac with a custom keyboard layout [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 9 answers

how do I enable constant backlighting on my keyboard? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2008 - 2 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. [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 12 answers

Recommend a keyboard for use on a Bootcamp'd Mac. [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2007 - 11 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 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? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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. [more inside]
posted 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. [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2006 - 4 answers

Are the keyboards on the MacBook really that bad? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - 20 answers

Mac-compatible keyboard recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 10 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? [more inside]
posted 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 on Jun 6, 2006 - 10 answers

How do I reprogram the "end" key on my PowerBook? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2006 - 6 answers

Menu bar / keyboard control of Word for Mac - is it possible? [more inside]
posted on Jan 22, 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.). [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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? [more inside]
posted 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 on Nov 18, 2005 - 8 answers

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 on Jun 15, 2005 - 8 answers

Why are the letters flaking off the keys on my brand-new iBook? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2005 - 11 answers

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 on Feb 22, 2005 - 18 answers

How do I switch between different windows of the same program in OS X using the keyboard? [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2005 - 20 answers

Anyone know of another quiet keyboard, like this Macally iceKey, that doesn't suck? [MI]
posted on Sep 19, 2004 - 10 answers