- #WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY HOW TO#
- #WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY DRIVERS#
- #WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY PRO#
- #WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY PC#
There are no keys for previous/next song. Media keys The keyboard’s mute, volume and play/pause keys all work out of the box, no IntelliType required. What you set here doesn’t seem to be affected by OS X’s own modifier keys remapping.
#WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY PC#
The one you want is under “For PC Users” » “Change PC Application Key” » “Application Key to OptionL” (i.e. It doesn’t allow arbitrary key mappings, but, in the best open-source tradition, it does have zillions of settings. In spite of its name, works on any Mac (with OS X 10.4 or later). Graphical interfaces built on top of this mechanism, such as, have the same limitations. Only allow mapping key codes to output characters, but not changing or adding modifier keys.
#WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY DRIVERS#
The IntelliType drivers include a setting to treat this key as Command, but OS X has no such setting. Application key To the right of the spacebar, this keyboard has an “Application” (or Context Menu) key instead of a Windows key. and the Microsoft Keyboard preference pane (open System Preferences, and right-click the Microsoft Keyboard icon, or drag it off the window in a puff of smoke). Library/Keyboard Layouts/Microsoft Keyboards.bundle. System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext (if you also installed the IntelliPoint drivers). System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftKeyboard.kext.
(If you installed the IntelliPoint mouse drivers, which were bundled in the same installer, the corresponding UnInstaller is in the same location.) If you don’t want to run the uninstallers, you can remove the following manually.
#WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY HOW TO#
How to uninstall the Microsoft drivers The IntelliType UnInstaller is in the Utilities sub-folder of your Applications folder. Web, search, mail, calculator, favourites 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, back and forward, and the zoom slider don’t work. Only mute, volume and play/pause keys work. You can use the Application key as a Command or Option key. With Microsoft IntelliType drivers With out Microsoft drivers Kernel panics with 8.0 drivers on Snow Leopard fine with 8.2 drivers on Lion. The following table should help you decide whether you want the Microsoft drivers. With IntelliType drivers As the last straw, if you remap your Caps Lock key to Control via Apple’s Keyboard preference pane, with the Microsoft drivers installed the remapping will be lost every time you restart. Or don't use the Microsoft drivers at all Ironically, the Microsoft drivers stop OS X from recognising the keyboard for what it is! With out the drivers, OS X reports “Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000” with the IntelliType drivers, it’s a mere “Keyboard”. If you have tested other combinations of driver/OS versions. Readers have reported that the older work well with Snow Leopard (note that the 7.1 drivers say they are for the older Natural Keyboard Pro, but they also work for this newer keyboard). I haven’t tested them on Snow Leopard, but I assume it is the new drivers, rather than the new Operating System, that contain the fix. The recent don’t cause kernel panics on Lion (OS X 10.7).
#WINDOWS KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO MAC COMMAND KEY PRO#
OS X kernel panic On Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), the IntelliType Pro 8.0 drivers caused me kernel panics at least once a day. You can use an Apple keyboard or a keyboard designed for Microsoft Windows with your Mac. I do have a recovery partition (in case that matters) = "Apple Boot"Ģ: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 239.2 GB disk0s2Ģ: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 239.A simple solution to this problem is to remap the Windows and ALT key and the command and option/alt keys on the Windows PC keyboard connected to the Mac.
Can anyone confirm the keystroke? Is it just "R" or is it "P" and "R" both (not to say I haven't tried).įinally here's dump from diskutil.
It is as if the computer is simply ignoring. I tried with restart, with shutdown then power button, holding before chime, holding after chime, holding till Apple Logo/animation. I will say to get the "boot" menu "Alt" works which would suggest it is the "Command" key. Copy that, even if you search you will also here "ALT" key and "CTRL" key instead.
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