Hi Christian. Don't know if this might help you? Haven't been able to follow the thread completely so maybe this has already been suggested. When I went into the Apple shop to try out some stuff, I found that the new keyboards had a totally different layout. The fn key isn't where it is on a laptop i.e bottom left, instead it is in the numpad block, can't remember exactly which one it was, but it certainly didn't seem to be in a very intuitive place for me. I think it was something like second one down from the top left? I think your volume controls are hardwired into fn plus the function keys 10-12. See if you can get someone to confirm where the fn key is precisely and try the combination. I don't think you can change the behaviour of the functions from within the keyboard preferences pane because the new ones seem to be hardwired. I have the 'use function keys' setting on in the preferences on the macbook pro, and the internal keyboard behaves as it should, but the new wireless still has the default behaviour. The wireless one isn't the same layout as the fixed alluminum keyboard and is more like a laptop style with slight differences. The volume on the wireless is fn plus f10-12 with fnf10 being mute, fnf11 =vol down and fnf12 = vol up. Whereas of course the volume controls on the macbook keyboard is fn and f3-5. Hope this is of some help.
Cheers Thuy On 08/12/2007, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Esther, > Many thanks for your reply. > I've installed all updates now for Leopard and everything seem to be ok now. > I can now shut down the computer and it takes just a few seconds. > But the F10, F11 and F12 keys don't work. I cannot turn down or up the > volume. I have to do it through the sounds preferences. > Many thanks, > Christian > > > > On 2007-12-07 at 16:38 Esther wrote: > > >Christian, > > > >Just a quick note that all those software updates for the > >Aluminum Keyboard were for OS 10.4 (Tiger), as you > >can tell from the dates (a month or more before the > >Leopard release). I don't know whether there is a software > >update for the keyboards under Leopard, but those > >sure sound like all the problems you were having --- > >inability to log out and trouble with the function key > >behavior. If you have another, older keyboard, you could > >always see whether the problems disappear when you > >switch keyboards. And if the Tiger software updates > >aren't applicable now that you've done a clean install > >for Leopard, you could always try plugging the new > >keyboard in to a USB hub, instead of connecting it > >directly to your iMac. That seemed to fix shutdown problems > >for some people. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Esther > > > > >
