Comments on: New to Macintosh, but like Windows XP keyboard behavior?

By: Making Mac keyboard Bindings Work Like Windows (Even in Firefox)

Making Mac keyboard Bindings Work Like Windows (Even in Firefox) — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:05:43 +0000

[...] to a couple of handy references I found, I discovered that it’s easy to bring the Mac keys back in [...]

By: matt

matt — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:15:30 +0000

I don’t think this works with a recent osx upgrade. I have a 24″ core 2 duo with 10.4.10 and it does not work for me either. Any updates would be appreciated.

By: Dick Guertin

Dick Guertin — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:23:16 +0000

Chris, where can I find the mapping of Unicodes to keyboard keys? For example, \UF729 corresponds to what key? I’d like to know what Unicodes correspond to the F1 thru F15 keys.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:14:32 +0000

Not sure why, but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I’ve got an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac 17″, 2Ghz

By: Works Like You Do » The key to success

Works Like You Do » The key to success — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:59:40 +0000

[...] I found a couple of interesting things to help mitigate if not resolve the problem. But first, I discovered that the home and end keys on the MAC don’t work like the PC. So it wasn;t just my keyboard, it’s a MAC thing. The first interesting site, Garbage In Garbage Out, offers a small program to change the way the MAC keys work. The second site, is from Random Access, the Micro Center newsletter and offers key shortcuts and a link to the Apple site for their listing of shortcuts. It gave me a way to get to the end of lines and the start of a paragraph and that’s a good start. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Chris Brewer

Chris Brewer — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:47:52 +0000

Zion – It all depends what you’re using the operating system for. Linux as a server platform is far and away more secure and stable than Windows XP (or Windows Server) for that matter. Linux has a more modest hardware requirements than Windows operating systems as well. Really, the “best” operating system is the one that facilitates you doing what you want to do, be it Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, or Amiga OS!

By: Zion

Zion — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:35:32 +0000

If you have Windows XP, why do you use linux?
Basically I dont see any advantages to using linux over windows xp, Im dual booting windows and ubuntu. Ubuntu is nice and all but I dont see anything that would make me prefer it over windows.The only thing i have been using ubuntu for is web browsing playing music/movies (cant play games) which I can do better/hassle free in windows.
So what are the advantages of l using linux over xp?

By: Chris Brewer

Chris Brewer — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:08:17 +0000

On your MacBook, make sure you do the following (these are turned off by default on new Macs): Open Safari, go to “Preferences”, and turn on tabbed browsing. Load “System Preferences”, go to “Keyboard & Mouse”, and select the “Trackpad” tab. Select “Place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click”. This will give you the right click on the trackpad. As for a one-button mouse, holding down the Control key when clicking gives you the equivalent of a right click. Or, just plug any two button USB mouse into your Mac, then go to the “System Preferences”, click “Keyboard & Mouse”, select “Mouse”, and enable the second button.

By: TrashCollector

TrashCollector — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:51:38 +0000

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! I have always been a windows user, but there has always been something “Je ne sais quios” about the Mac. I have a power mac g4 and have found it very annoying that Macs have the home and end keys, but they don’t do jack in most cases. Your trashy words are god sent to me! I am awaiting my MacBook’s arrival ( i ordered one a few days ago!) and will try this out on it. Now if only you could find a way to make that darn one button mouse work like a two button mouse, I’d throw my windows into the real trash!