Getting To Know the Mac Keyboard

macmost.com/e-2639 If you have recently switched from Windows, you may be confused about some things on the Mac keyboard such as the Command key, Option key or Globe key. Learn about the modifier keys, and also what is meant by key names like brackets, backslash and tilde.
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00:00 Intro
00:42 Modifier Keys
01:37 Command Key
01:56 Option Key
02:25 Control Key, Shift Key
02:52 FN / Globe Key
04:50 Caps Lock Key
05:15 Re-Assigning Modifier Keys
05:41 Return Key
06:08 Delete Key
06:30 Esc Key, Tab Key
07:07 Arrow Keys
07:24 Slash and Backslash
07:40 Brackets
07:55 Plus and Minus
08:18 Backtick / Tilde
08:36 Touch ID / Power Button
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[@Vamspaz]

Thank you so much. I bought an M1 air recently, my first Mac and had so much trouble with using the command, option and control keys. Very well explained. I feel much comfortable now with this keyboard.

[@loisskiathitis8926]

A very useful video tutorial today! It’s nice to find them all in one place. Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️

[@debreale5236]

This was very helpful, Gary. Your timing was perfect. Thank you!

[@Nutwigg1]

Thank you once again professor for teaching us how to make the most of our Macs.

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Thanks! I am a PC user currently; but I have a refurbished MacBook Pro coming in a couple of days and I am really trying to get a jump on the use of it. These videos are quite useful. I plan to do video and photo editing on it and the videos that you did for that have been particularly useful as well. Thanks so very much!

[@vijayverma1984]

Your explanation is amazing Garry, precise and simple and pack with useful information. Always love your videos and i recommend your chanel to my friends and relative who so ever are new to apple products. Thank you .

[@user-gf6ct6uk8l]

This video is sooooooo good thanks for putting it on KZbin!

[@desertpatient]

Thanks bunches....I hope you never feel that a review in not important. This was a great review today of things which I knew, but most importantly--learning forgotten tips and learning new ones

[@yeldaRooBTKAM]

Thanks Gary. Very much appreciate your tutorials.

[@Genesis12nivana]

So I just want to say that this is been very helpful and I'm enjoying these tutorials keep up the good work I appreciate all your help. Thanks again

[@andynorris3537]

Just bought my first Mac in july and this really helped me so thank you

[@thomasratliff9278]

Thank you. I have recently upgraded from a 2017 MacBook Air to a 2022 M2 MacBook Air. I am totally happy with my new Mac. The lower keys seemed different. Thank you, again.

[@sarahjones79]

Thanks for your great tutorials Gary!!!!♥

[@c59294fje]

thank you very much, i have been using mac for 10 years, still find this very helpful!

[@marknkatz]

I set the Caps Lock key to "No Action" because I got tired of having to go back and retype text that was all uppercase because I hit the Caps Lock key by accident. That' means I don't have a Caps Lock function but I don't mis it.

[@jenniferbaker2604]

I have been pulling my hair out in regards to the hidden 'alt' key! I had no idea it was the option key! I searched high and low as this key is essential for Adobe commands. I've just switched over from being a PC user for many years. This was really helpful thank you so very much 🥰

[@audrahamilton28]

Very much appreciated Gary.

[@MihaiStoian1]

Thank you!

[@juliesmith7993]

Always good:)

[@dirty-moto]

7:02 You skipped mentioning that Shift-Tab moves you _backwards_ through the field. ;) Nice video, I'm an IT employee who just wanted a better understanding of the control-option-command keys but ended up learning more.

[@drvoodoo3073]

I"ve done a TON of key reassignment using Karabiner Elements and I'm able to get a lot more "keys" from the regular Magic Keyboard (no numeric keypad). Some of the modifier keys have double duties when pressed alone and behave conventionally when pressed with other keys. I love the small form factor and the ability to have my Magic Trackpad 2 really close by, it's perfect for me. I don't have to move my right hand around so much. The keyboards with the numeric keypad always felt a little strange to me in terms of centering them. The Magic Keyboard's battery charge lasts a really long time too, it's great.

[@monykaram84]

Please advise how to assign another Enter to another key on macbook?

[@drvoodoo3073]

@@monykaram84 It’s mentioned in the very first sentence: “Karabiner Elements”

[@Panagiotis-Skordilis]

Macos monterey for some weird reason lately when i change language with globe i need to press it 2 or 3 times. Any particular reason? They add something on the update ?

[@monykaram84]

how do I assign another Enter button using modifier or shortcut?

[@BeGreenWithAmy]

I love your videos! Can you help me? Recently, my left command key no longer operates like a command key. Instead, it makes the viewing window slightly smaller. My right command key works as it should. Any recommendations as to how I can correct this? Thank you so much for all that you do!

[@macmost]

Do you have any third-party extensions or background apps running? Does it happen if you reboot into Safe Mode?

[@DB-ri4pm]

Thank you for helpful video. Still about keyboard, please make a video about using magic keyboard with touch id on ipad since i can not find a video about it.

[@impolite1362]

Great

[@kooroshcyrus4998]

lately, you hit the nails in the head right on keep it up. thanks.

[@OliviaKinnearDoyle]

How do we do hashtag on imac

[@RaghavanRaghunathan]

Thank you so much. I have a question. How to insert a character between two characters using mac laptop keyboard. In HP laptop there is a key with label 'Insert' is provided. It is not found in Mac laptop.

[@macmost]

Just place your text cursor between the two characters and type. I think the old PC "Insert" key switches between insert mode and overtype mode. But you are usually always in insert mode.

[@farzadmf]

Thank you for the video. If possible, please make a (detailed 😆) video about how window management works in Mac. That's the most confusing part for me personally as a new Mac user

[@macmost]

What do you mean, exactly, by "Window Management." That's a broad term. What are you trying to DO?

[@farzadmf]

Basically how application windows are handled, sometimes they're hidden, they're minimized to the dock. An example: I have 2 monitors attached to my Mac and sometimes when I minimize a window, I see its animation of being minimized to the docker on another screen. Or, for example, when you change a window to be full screen, it goes to a new desktop and comes back once it's out of full screen (I thinik!) These details that I think people used to Mac take for granted, but for someone new to Mac, they're confusing

[@macmost]

@@farzadmf Two very different things: minimizing a window vs taking an app full screen. I have many videos on both of those. Here are some: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJummn55rpmIfqM , kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3O8gWh_mcuiedE

[@sundaynightdrunk]

@@farzadmf This is a very legitimate question that most who use Mac don't even think about for people coming from Windows. Mac is very strange if you're used to Windows in that you really shouldn't use minimize much for most things. Gary linked a good video as to why, and it saved me a lot of headaches. Learn to use Mission Control for most window management (I assigned it to a side button on my mouse), learn command-tab for switching between apps, etc. You'll get it with Gary's videos.

[@farzadmf]

Thank you, I will check those out for sure

[@NeilVitale]

Hi Gary, thanks for the great video. I'm curious about the keyboard shortcuts for video on Mac. Which shortcuts are universal? For example, if I go to KZbin it has its own shortcuts, but I tried hitting escape and also space on the Wikipedia page for "Video" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video) and it worked to pause the video as well as escape from fullscreen but some of the KZbin specific shortcuts didn't work - such as pressing "f" to go fullscreen. Those both worked in Vivaldi and Safari so it would appear at least those two shortcuts might be built into MacOS. 🤔 Another one I couldn't figure out was how to "eject" a disk drive connected to a Mac Pro with a USB-C cable via a keyboard shortcut. It would appear you need to command+e in Finder, but there doesn't appear to be any way to do it when you aren't currently in Finder. Many sources said to press and hold F12 but that didn't seem to work for me.

[@macmost]

When you are using a third-party app or website they can use whatever they want for shortcuts. So I don't know if there are going to be agreed-upon universal shortcuts here.

[@NeilVitale]

@@macmost Ah ok I see. I was thinking Esc and space were two that are built into MacOS - or at least when video is played in full screen. I was thinking when they are in full screen the OS is taking over. Perhaps space to pause and escape key to exit full screen is just the convention?

[@lorensims4846]

It all seems pretty standard to me, but I've been using a Mac for decades. I have come across former PC users who have found this confusing. I've recently started using my old white polycarbonate MacBook1,1 mostly as a home for my old 32-bit apps. The 'esc' key doesn't seem to work which usually isn't a big deal except when I use the 'vi' editor in the Terminal. The ONLY way to switch back to command mode in vi is the escape key, so I've remapped F2 to trigger 'esc' using Keyboard Maestro. This is the only time I ever use the 'Fn' key now. I've always used a keyboard protector on this MacBook, but it is for a later edition of the MacBook after they remapped some of the keys. The brightness keys are the same but the sound keys are not. Where the right-hand Option key is on most Macs, this MacBook has an 'enter' key. This gave me fits until I recognized the difference. My question is what use is an 'enter' key on this laptop? It seems to do the same things the 'return' key does. No doubt this is why it was removed in the later models, but why would they have included it in the first place on their first MacBook?

[@macmost]

Same as your example with the Esc key. Some apps use it. An app can treat them differently. Most won't do it now, since having an Enter key is rare.

[@lorensims4846]

Oh, I've always heard "curley brackets" called "braces" and "square brackets" simply "brackets". I've also heard parentheses called "curved brackets" which is just a grating on my ear as referring to the "slash" as a "forward slash". I guess that has to be done for the PC users who are so used to using the backslash.

[@lorensims4846]

@@macmost But where/why would I ever use it? Is there ANY difference in the function of the Return key and the Enter key?

[@macmost]

@@lorensims4846 None comes to mind now in 2022. App developers wouldn't use it because they know most Mac users don't have an Enter key. But consider 20 years ago, maybe there were apps that used Return as "new line" and Enter as "I'm done with this text field, go to the next." Things like that.

[@lorensims4846]

@@macmost I tried Numbers (iWork'09) and Excel (2008) to see if entering data using the Return key was any different from using the Enter key. No difference. I seem to recall in previous decades, perhaps even in MPW, that the Return key adds a line feed, the Enter does not, but I cannot find any situation using relatively contemporary (to the MacBook) software where I can find ANY difference between using the Return key or the Enter key. I even remember directions that said "you have to use the Enter key instead of the Return key", but I have no idea of the context in which I saw that. Now I'm going to have to get down in the hardware to analyze key-codes and such.

[@Leviackerman-fb8fz]

What key do u press to make sure numbers is on

[@macmost]

Not sure what you are asking.

[@ronnymfho]

Thanks for your video. I have a question: Pressing and holding the Touch ID key on Magic Keyboard will cause Mac to sleep. However when it is back, the user account will be logged out. Is there a way to config the Touch ID key to sleep without logging out the account?

[@macmost]

You definitely want it to log out (well, not log out, just require your password) when waking from sleep. Anything else would be very insecure.

[@ronnymfho]

@@macmost Thanks for your reply. It is my own Mac at home and security is not an issue. I just don't want to enter my password every time as I frequently put it to sleep and wake it up. That's why I want it sleep instead of sleep with log out.

[@macmost]

@@ronnymfho I would still use the password. Security is just too important. But if you really want, you can go to System Preferences, Security & Privacy, General and set the Require Password time to 5 or 15 minutes (at most). That should make it a little easier.

[@ronnymfho]

I have a workaround. I set a hot corner to put it to sleep without log out.

[@_LiveTheDream_]

Where can I get the black magic keyboard with touch id?

[@macmost]

I don't think there is a black version. Search in the Apple Store for it though. Note that you need to have an M1 Mac for that to work, it won't work with old Intel Macs.

[@dulciemeriba1639]

My numbers keys are not working on my macbook. Please help.

[@steffeneilers]

I don't know why, but if i press Alt + L it gives me ˛ instead of @. I can get @ if I press Alt + Q. How can i change it?

[@rogergervais1215]

Is it possible to open an attachment from iMac's ical on the Apple Watch?

[@macmost]

Probably not since it wouldn't have the app to display the attachment.

[@rogergervais1215]

@@macmost Thanks for responding. I Took a screenshot of text in TextEdit, added it as an attachment on my desktop’s ical. Is there an App which allows me to open the ical attachment on my Apple Watch? Thanks. Roger

[@macmost]

@@rogergervais1215 No, I don't think there's any way to do it. If the data is just text, why not just include it as a note to the event (as text).

[@rogergervais1215]

@@macmost I open the attachment from ical>open with Preview>Select all>Copy>New Event in ical>Paste to Add Notes. No Success.

[@michellecoon1126]

My delete key used to continue delete, now I have to hit it for each character deleted - what setting have I screwed up on the keyboard?

[@macmost]

Perhaps System Settings, Keyboard, Key Repeat Rate?

[@juicedelemon]

I modified my macbook's keyboard to Dvorak keyboard layout because I use it. All went right but I want to clean my arrow keys and broke the right arrow key ☠️ But I think it's a good thing because I can know that the MacBook is mine by looking at the arrow keys 🤪

[@pedrosanchez4035]

The command key used to be known as the 'apple' key.

[@joemorales6639]

I wish there were a way to temporarily disable the upper right lock button. It's too close to the delete key which is used much more often.

[@macmost]

Lock button? Not sure what you mean by that. Which keyboard do you have? Which button do you have there exactly?

[@joemorales6639]

@@macmost The button next to the F12 key and above the delete key with a lock symbol on it. You called it the power/touch ID key. I hit that accidentally and it kicks me into the login screen where I have to enter my password.

[@macmost]

​@@joemorales6639 So on the newest non-Touch ID keyboard for the iMac? There's no way to disable it.

[@joemorales6639]

@@macmost Yeah, iMac, M1, 2021. Thanks for the information.

[@will.gallegos]

The only thing I use my fn key is for emojis.

[@javtimestwo]

how can you do that? please explain the steps because that might be something i want to impliment

[@will.gallegos]

@@javtimestwo it’s for M1 Macs only, but I think for Intel macs, if you go to system preferences, there is an option for me that say press globe to ____.

[@javtimestwo]

@@will.gallegos i don't have the m1 just yet. i will be upgrading soon and have to remember this tip. 👍

[@yamiletbeato5057]

How can I make a (.)

[@macmost]

What is it you are trying to type? I don't get what that is supposed to represent.

[@t.bundlesaurus]

You know how to enable the command key?

[@macmost]

Enable? Not sure what you mean by that. Is the Command key not working for you? Maybe check in System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, then Modifier Keys and make sure you didn't disable it there.

[@t.bundlesaurus]

@@macmost Thank you maybe I did disable it!

[@chanez4880]

How to bring the (@) on my new m1 MacBook Air 2020

[@macmost]

Not sure what you are asking. "bring the (@)"? Bring it where?

[@chanez4880]

@@macmost when typing on the keyboard I mean

[@macmost]

@@chanez4880 So you are asking how to type an @ symbol on a keyboard? That would depend on your keyboard. On US keyboards it is Shift+2 and can be seen printed right on the key. Are you using another keyboard?

[@chanez4880]

@@macmost yes that's what I meant! And I'm using French keyboard not US keyboard

[@macmost]

​@@chanez4880 Ah, OK the French keyboard (critical piece of information you didn't include until now). A quick search suggests that Option+\ may do it. Try that. Otherwise, experiment.