Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-15 Thread John
On 1/14/2019 10:06:35, David J Brooks wrote: destroyed my original corded apple keyboard with decaf tea this morning. Bought a new keyboard , wireless but it requires 10.12 as wireless and i am only on 10.11 but it came with a cord for charging and it works that way. Now i cannot use the volume

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-15 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Godfrey and Dave M. My computer will not support the latest OS but looks like high sierra will. I found a link to apple store and for HS but i just want to down load and install later but it looks like it wants to download and install at once. Dave On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 9:56 AM Godfrey

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You need to update macOS. The latest keyboards rely upon new infrastructure for their 'soft key' functionality, in part, that's only available in later versions of the operating system. I get calls on issues like this from my brother and one of my friends all the time. There's no fixing some

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-15 Thread David Mann
I just hold down the "fn" key (bottom left of my keyboard) then hit the relevant F key to change volume etc. But my keyboard may differ from yours. Cheers, Dave > On Jan 15, 2019, at 10:23 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > I did try keyboard viewer but i fail to see what that does,/?:-)Thanks

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
I did try keyboard viewer but i fail to see what that does,/?:-)Thanks Stan I saw that in my google searches but i dont have a button to turn on or off the F keys. I did allow to show key board f ]I did click on sjhow keyboard viewer buyt idont see it doing anything. I can adjust my volume via

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/1/19, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >destroyed my original corded apple keyboard with decaf tea this >morning. Bought a new keyboard , wireless but it requires 10.12 as >wireless and i am only on 10.11 but it came with a cord for charging >and it works that way. Now i cannot

Re: OT Apple key board help

2019-01-14 Thread Stanley Halpin
I have delayed responding, thinking that maybe someone who actually knows something would step forward. Hasn’t happened yet, so I will give this a try. I have a newish full size Apple keyboard (i.e., with number pad, Esc and F1 through F19 on the top row.) Also wireless, though I use mine

OT Apple key board help

2019-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
destroyed my original corded apple keyboard with decaf tea this morning. Bought a new keyboard , wireless but it requires 10.12 as wireless and i am only on 10.11 but it came with a cord for charging and it works that way. Now i cannot use the volume +- keys they take me to other items like split