The standard of command m for minimize has been used by Apple computers since the days of MacOS 7. It is possible that you remapped this, also the VO+M keystroke brings up menus.
> On Jan 30, 2016, at 02:33, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi, Chris: > > My recollection is a bit hazy, as my VMware has been borked for > sometime. I believe I had a somewhat working Orca under VMware 7. I say > "somewhat," because > I was never able to reliably map an Orca key. I did manage to map a few > select options like Alt+f2 and Alt+f4 that worked most of the time. > > > Depressing, actually. > > I had much better luck with Speakup in a Linux console. > > > Truth of the matter, however, is that the poor Linux support from VMware > caused me to ignore my Mac. I only went on one business trip with it, > actually, because the performance of the Linux VM was so poor. I simply > went back to my 8 year old Thinkpad which did much better. > > I've been trying to get something going with VMware 8, but now I'm > having basic Apple issues, e.g. attempting to access Keychain Access (or > Internet Accounts) quickly gets me to a "busy" message that persists. > Not a good situation. > > Sorry to be such a bummer, but I'm bummed about this. > > Janina > > Chris Meredith writes: >> A little late to the party on this one, but I can reproduce the issue of >> being stuck in the VMware chrome pretty much EVERY! TIME! on my Windows VM >> (my job uses Slack for team communications, and Slack on anything other than >> Windows apparently may cause pain, nausea or death). >> On only a partially related note, how the deuce does anyone get their ORCA >> key to map to anything? I use SharpKeys to emulate the caps lock key in >> Windows, but am curious what folks use for Orca under Linux. >>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 4:30 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, Sabahattin: >>> >>> You're correct, and I'll follow through on this. I know I did some >>> mappings via the VMware settings menus. But I can no longer say whether >>> that was all the mapping I did. In other words, I did have Karabiner >>> installed, and it's very likely some mappings came via that app. It's >>> temporarily off my Mac because it wasn't successfully auto updating. >>> I'll put it back and see whether that helps. >>> >>> My biggest problem with the apparent difference is that I can't reliably >>> access the vm. It used to be that I could release the mouse with >>> Option+Command and tab into the vm. I could even right arrow past Unity >>> and end up in the vm. None of that is working. >>> >>> So, back to the drawing board and the debug process of walking all the >>> configuration steps. In truth I don't know whether VMware support broke >>> things, or whether the upgrade broke them. All I really know is that it >>> isn't behaving as before. <sigh> >>> >>> Thanks again for the suggestion. >>> >>> Janina >>> >>> Sabahattin Gucukoglu writes: >>>> Hi Janina, >>>> >>>> How did you set up your keyboard shortcuts to start with. System >>>> Preferences? Have you tried looking in there again? >>>> >>>> I actually can’t imagine any situation in which a remote support tool >>>> would reset the keyboard shortcuts you manually set, but I’m curious to >>>> know how you think they were set originally. Unless your remote support >>>> person helpfully reset them all for you, which I imagine is entirely >>>> possible—in that case, of course, your mappings would be lost and you >>>> would need to reset them all to your preferences again. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Sabahattin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>> Visionaries list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>> >>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >>> sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net >>> Email: jan...@rednote.net >>> >>> Linux Foundation Fellow >>> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >>> >>> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >>> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - 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