Hi Jewels Neil,
My goodness Neil, I had forgotten I had posted that ;-)
The Link in the message for 1. Check your Computer can install run Snow
Leopard now takes you to Lion Specifications (as Snow Leopard is not the
current OS X).
The Specifications for Snow Leopard are:
Mac computer with
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Subject: Re: Shift Key Problems
Date: 9 February 2012 12:34:02 AM AWST
To: wamug
Hi Ronni,
Thanks for your confirmation. I guess we've learnt something, if
nothing else.
Yes, over the bug.
Cheers
Jewels
On 15/02/2012, at 5:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Jewels,
It is as I suspected, on your keyboard F12 is capable of 2
functions... a short tap on F12 will open
Hi Neil,
Yes, my Mac is Intel. Have downloaded Spark and will have a look at it.
I actually have a copy of Snow Leopard, but have never gotten around
to upgrading
as I find it such a mission to back up etc and was hanging off hoping
that a new Mac model would
become available, but I'm not
One solution was to download a free program called Spark and remap
the keys
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14352/spark
(Amongst other programs, plus that one does more as well)
Try Ukelele, great for remapping keys/creating custom keyboard layouts.
Thanks JC
I see Ukelele has a manual which appears to be detailed. I cannot
find a manual for Spark though, so I am lost on that one. I'll try
Ukelele
over the weekend when I have some free time available.
Thanks for your suggestion
Jewels
On 15/02/2012, at 11:41 PM, Javier Castagnetto
On 15/02/2012, at 11:19 PM, Julie Bedford jew...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I actually have a copy of Snow Leopard, but have never gotten around
to upgrading
as I find it such a mission to back up etc
Oh Jewels,
I hope your comment above doesn't mean you are not backing up your Macs?
You are only
Jewels,
I can only endorse what Ronni says - how would you feel if your hard drive
just died (and they do!)
Snow Leopard is a great operating system and offers real improvements on
Leopard without the learning curve of more radical upgrades.
As Ronni says, it is a pain free, very smooth upgrade
Hi Neil Ronni,
Sorry for my silence, I came down with a nasty bug just before the
weekend and the shift key was
the last of my worries !
It may be easier if I paste your instructions in some instances, Neil
If I understand you, the F12 key is acting as DVD eject under all 4
scenarios ie
Hi Daniel,
Yes, did try the keyboard on my laptop, running same software -
Leopard. Worked exactly the same.
Under Others in Systems Prefs - have Application Enhancer, CNET Tech
Tracker, Default Folder X, DIVX, Earthdesk, FlashPlayer, FLip4Mac WMV,
Growl, IPliz, MacFuse
NetUpdate, NTFS
Hi Ronni,
Yes the keyboard has an eject key (stubby upward pointing arrow) and
acts as an eject key - the same as the F12.
However, as you made mention, when I just softly touch the F12 key,
dashboard appears. When I hit the F12 key
firmly, the eject tray works.
Have tried the keyboard on
Daniel
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Subject: Re: Shift Key Problems
Date: 9 February 2012 12
: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Subject: Re: Shift Key Problems
Date: 9 February 2012 12:34:02 AM AWST
To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Reply-To: wamug@wamug.org.au
Hi Jewels
I'd try the keyboard on another machine and see if it does the same
thing (either running 10.5.8 or later OS
reposted it again, below.
Kind regards
Daniel
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Subject: Re: Shift
.
Kind regards
Daniel
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Daniel Kerr
MacWizardry
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Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au
Subject: Re: Shift Key Problems
Date
Hi Jewels,
It is as I suspected, on your keyboard F12 is capable of 2 functions... a short
tap on F12 will open Dashboard and a longer tap on F12 will open the DVD tray.
You also have an eject key that also opens the DVD tray.
I suspect it only works this way in Leopard and may not on a Snow
Hi Jewels,
So Daniel's research has highlighted the issue which seems to be causing the
problem.
Is your computer PPC or Intel. If it is PPC then you are stuck at Leopard
and would probably have to look at one of the third party solutions Daniel
mentions, eg Spark.
If it is Intel then you can
Hi Jewels,
Did you ever sort out your keyboard problem? If so, what was the actual
problem/solution?
Cheers
Neil
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on 9/2/12 11:59 AM, Neil Houghton at n...@possumology.com wrote:
Hi Jewels,
Hi Bill,
You're welcome, I'm always happy to help you if I can.
Bad luck on the power outage, did you have your Mac connected to a Belkin Surge
Board?
It should have protected your Mac?
Good thing you had a backup! Did you get everything back from TM ... All your
mail documents etc?
It did
Sorry Jewels,
I’m rushing doing too many things at once today haven’t given you the full
details :-(
System Preferences Keyboard - Keyboard Shortcuts
You will notice the key you have been pressing on the keyboard is probably set
to ‘Show Desktop’ or ‘Hide Open Windows’ which pushes all
Hi Ronni,
I am ashamed to say I am using Leopard (10.5.8). Just had a look at
the Keyboard in
Systems Preferences (never realised this existed !) Turned off F12
which is the dashboard.
Any ideas on how I can change F11 and F12 to be volume up and volume
down (as the
little pictures on
Hey Jewels,
Our emails crossed in cyberspace :-)
Turn F12 back on and then to use that key to turn up your sound just press the
fn key and F12 key.
Then when you just press F12 you will get dashboard
When you press fn F12 keys you will turn up your sound.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/02/2012, at 4:00
Hi Ronni
I'm really grateful you give up your time to assist us all - so thank
you.
Tried F11 F12 together with the FN key, still the same. so
went into the Keyboard Shortcuts and unticked F11 F12 and now they do
nothing.
Sorry I've probably completely misunderstood you ?
Don't worry if
Hi Ronni,
Followed your instructions, put the keyboard (in Systems Prefs) back
to where it was. Pressed fn and f12 together
and the dvd drawer comes out.
Sorry if this is confusing.
Jewels
On 08/02/2012, at 4:07 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hey Jewels,
Our emails crossed in cyberspace :-)
Hi Jewels,
In System Preferences Keyboard select (✔) Use all F1, F2, etc keys as
standard functions keys
The in System Preferences Keyboard - Keyboard Shortcuts select (✔) all the
keys.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/02/2012, at 4:19 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:
Hi Ronni
I'm really grateful you give
Hi Jewels,
You are in Leopard, so check also in System Preferences Exposé Spaces
Exposé … Show Desktop F11
Dashboard … Hide Show F12
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/02/2012, at 4:26 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Jewels,
In System Preferences Keyboard select (✔) Use all F1, F2, etc keys as
standard
Hi Jewels,
If I understand you correctly, you are running 10.5.8 and would like the
keys on your (older) keyboard to perform the functions as indicated on the
keys - rather than the newer function allocations.
It should be possible - I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and my keyboard
works as it
Hi Ronni Neil
I've ticked all all boxes under Keyboard Shortcuts, with the Keyboard
- Use All F1, F2 etc ticked, then tried the same with the Use All F1,
F2 unticked - still no luck
Also have followed Neil's instructions - still no luck. Tried with
the fn and F12 keys and the dvd ejects,
Hi Jewels,
I have just assumed you are using an Apple Keyboard?
The behaviour you are experiencing is making me think you are NOT using an
Apple Keyboard.
Many third-party Non-Apple keyboards assign the eject function to the F12 key.
Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad
On 08/02/2012, at
Hi Ronni
Its definitely an apple keyboard, with the figures extension on the
side.
Using OS 10.5.8 - is it possible for the keyboard to be questionable ?
Jewels
On 08/02/2012, at 7:17 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Jewels,
I have just assumed you are using an Apple Keyboard?
The behaviour
Hi Jewels
I'd try the keyboard on another machine and see if it does the same thing
(either running 10.5.8 or later OS). If it does, then yes could be something
with the keyboard. If it doesn't then it means it's something more software
related.
What machine is it running on?
Do you have any
Hi Jewels,
Daniel has replied with more information so I won't repeat what he has
mentioned.
If you have an Apple Keyboard, it should have a dedicated eject key to open the
DVD tray.
F12 opens the Dashboard not the DVD tray.
Does the keyboard you are using have the 'eject key'? It has a
Hi Bill,
I truly haven’t forgotten about you ;-) You might have missed my reply below
with us helping Jewels under the same subject heading.
I haven’t stopped trying to help you as well ;-)
Make sure you still have Substitutions activated in TextEdit and Smart Quotes
turned ON.
Go to Edit
Hi Jewels,
Daniel Ronni have given you lots to work on. I sometimes find it is
helpful to really define the extent of the problem so:
You are using an Apple Extended Keyboard with the numeric keypad on the
right-hand side - so it is wired and not wireless - (this is exactly the
same keyboard as
Hi Ronni,
Thank you for all your helpful suggestions.
After playing around, unsuccessfully, with various possible fixes I finally
decided that the problem may lie in some disk corruption, as I had a power
outage last week while the computer was running.
After trying all the usual fixes (Disk
Hi Bill,
You don’t happen to have ‘Sticky Keys’ ON in System Preferences Universal
Access - Keyboard?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/02/2012, at 12:16 PM, William Chesnutt wrote:
Hi List,
I am running 10.6.8 on a Mac Pro. My system has started behaving oddly.
When I am typing in a word
Hi Ronni,
Thanks for your quick reply. Unfortunately, that's not the answer - sticky
keys is definitely switched off. Since my last post, I have also noticed that
“shift-double quote also appears to cause a problem, it wants to open up a
locked AppleWorks document. This is all very
Hi,
Not sure if this has any relation, but I purchased a new keyboard last
week and now find that when I turn the sound volume up or down on the
keyboard, all I get is shifting to the side of whatever is opened on
my desktop. I was thinking about returning it, but possibly there may
be a
Hi Bill,
I haven’t forgotten about you, I’m busy with Clients work today and only jump
back to WAMUG when I’m able to.
This is weird… has it only happened after you installed something, or an update?
Have you tried in another User Account to see if it is only related to your
User Account?
Is
Hi Jewels,
Are you in Lion or Snow Leopard?
The volume keys ( all the top keys) are Function keys.
Check in System Preferences Keyboard to see what F12 is set to do.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 08/02/2012, at 1:30 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:
Hi,
Not sure if this has any relation, but I purchased a new
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