Re: OT Apple key board help
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 +- keys they take me to other items like split screen etc. Any ideas form my apple friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter if using the cord. Dave I'd just get a Macally *WIRED* USB keyboard. https://www.amazon.com/Macally-Wired-Keyboard-MKEYE-Shortcut/dp/B00A7Z0WQ0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8=1529054379=8-4=mac+keyboard=418b3eEVfbL=_SY300_QL70_=srch=sl1=technobezz04-20=9d2e7ddf33cc7193e533cc951decddf8 https://tinyurl.com/macally-keyboard Screw wireless, it's more trouble than it's worth. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 DiGiorgi wrote: > > 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 of these issues without getting everything to > either current or to the last, most recent version of the operating system > that will install on a given machine. It's one of the reasons I always keep > my computer's operating system up to date, and have virtually no issues to > speak of. > > G > > > > On Jan 14, 2019, at 7:06 AM, 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 +- keys they take > > me to other items like split screen etc. Any ideas form my apple > > friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness > > keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. > > Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter > > if using the cord. > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 of these issues without getting everything to either current or to the last, most recent version of the operating system that will install on a given machine. It's one of the reasons I always keep my computer's operating system up to date, and have virtually no issues to speak of. G > On Jan 14, 2019, at 7:06 AM, 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 +- keys they take > me to other items like split screen etc. Any ideas form my apple > friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness > keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. > Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter > if using the cord. > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 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 the apple menu top bar but would like to do > it the key board way > > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 the apple menu top bar but would like to do it the key board way Dave On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:00 PM Stanley Halpin wrote: > > 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 plugged into > the USB. > I am on OSX10.14.2, I have no idea if the system generation would make a > difference. > > Given all that, here is a hint. Go to System Preferences. Open the Keyboard > section. You may find two checkbox options. The first is whether or not to > show a Keyboard viewer in the menu bar. And (drum roll please) the second is > whether to use the Function Keys as Function keys. If you have that second > box checked, then (as someone already said) you would need to hold the fn key > down when e.g. trying to use the F12 key to increase volume. If I am right, > then uncheck that second box, relax, and get on with important stuff like > looking for your spell corrector... > > stan > > > > -- > > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > > www.caughtinmotion.com > > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 use the volume +- keys they take >me to other items like split screen etc. Any ideas form my apple >friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness >keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. >Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter >if using the cord. Come on dave everyone knows you put the keyboard in the dishwasher on high temo setting. Jees you Canuks -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Apple key board help
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 plugged into the USB. I am on OSX10.14.2, I have no idea if the system generation would make a difference. Given all that, here is a hint. Go to System Preferences. Open the Keyboard section. You may find two checkbox options. The first is whether or not to show a Keyboard viewer in the menu bar. And (drum roll please) the second is whether to use the Function Keys as Function keys. If you have that second box checked, then (as someone already said) you would need to hold the fn key down when e.g. trying to use the F12 key to increase volume. If I am right, then uncheck that second box, relax, and get on with important stuff like looking for your spell corrector... stan > On Jan 14, 2019, at 10:06 AM, 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 +- keys they take > me to other items like split screen etc. Any ideas form my apple > friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness > keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. > Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter > if using the cord. > > Dave > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT Apple key board help
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 screen etc. Any ideas form my apple friends.?? to get the volume keystroke to function. Also brightness keys do nothing but if i press F13 and 14 they change the brightness. Is this because of the OS differences, i thought it would not mattter if using the cord. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
