These tips work for all types of Mac including iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air and will also work in most Mac desktop publishing software.
The chart below shows equivalent keystrokes. Unfortunately there’s no dedicated key for typing check marks on Mac keyboards but there’s no need to install Windows on your Mac just to get one There are a few easy tricks you can use to get one. Modern MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, and other models have the RAM soldered to the motherboard. But not all Mac models have user-upgradeable RAM. In such a situation, you can try to reinstall your RAM on your MacBook. On older UK-layout Mac keyboards hash sign didn't appear anywhere (although it does appear on newer keyboards). Sometimes, the memory in your computer becomes loose resulting from external crashes or falls. Yes, this is the same on all Mac keyboards, including the Apple Wireless Keyboard, the MacBook Pro keyboard, MacBook Air, and MacBook keyboards. The PC keyboard has a dedicated hash key, but it's harder to find on a UK Mac keyboard. I decided to look into remapping the power key and found PowerKey. Paging down is done the same way as paging up, using the same fn key and the Down arrow to perform the equivalent of a page down on a Mac keyboard. To enable numerical input, press Num Lock on a PC keyboard, or Fn-Numlock on the MacBook Pro keyboard. I don't use the power button on my Macbook Air as I have hot corners setup to sleep or I can use Alfred to sleep or shut it down. It is the higher-end model of the MacBook family, sitting above the consumer-focused MacBook Air, and is currently sold with 13-inch, 14-inch, and 16-inch screens. Keyboard Illumination Toggle (MacBook Pro)Īpple external and built-in keyboards provide the same functionality as Microsoft-compatible numeric keypads. The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh notebook computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple Inc.
Your Apple keyboard provides certain keys that are not available on Windows/PC keyboards.
They are either named differently or simply not available on a Windows-compatible keyboard. To use these keys as a keypad, press the Num Lock (F6) key, or hold down the Fn key while you press the keys on the keyboard. Some keys are only available on a keyboard designed for Apple computers. Key mappings for Microsoft Windows featuresīelow is a chart of keyboard functions specific to Microsoft Windows, and equivalent key combinations as they are mapped to Apple keyboards by the Apple Keyboard Support driver.