so if I wanted to use the full keyboard for Final Cut Pro... would I then just also get the FCP skin?

• Asked by Carry M from Burnsville
• Jan 16, 2010
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KEYBOARD SOFTWARE UPDATE?

I just upgraded the software on my old Macbook Pro to Snow Leopard bc I bought an external USB keyboard (mac, with numerical keypad), and I was told that it needed 10.6.8 to work.

However, when I type on it, it does not type letters... but symbols.

HELP!

Not sure if I need to do a keyboard software update... and if so, where to get such a thing.

Thank you!

• Asked by Aarti S from Los Angeles
• Mar 6, 2013
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Is there a way to power on a MacBook Pro with this keyboard?

I want to replace a desktop with my MacBook Pro. I would like to leave the mouse, keyboard, monitor connected and was wondering if there is a way to power on the macbook pro with the keyboard instead of opening the laptop because it will be sitting in a stand.

• Asked by Frederick N from Brick
• Aug 17, 2010
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Are Apple keyboards, with only a delete key, less efficient in making deletions than conventional keyboards with both a backspace and a delete key?

I have been using a Windows desktop at home and my office. Although I have never had a laptop, I have been planning to buy an Apple laptop for use when I travel. However, I recently used an Apple and found its keyboard, in one particular way, to be inferior to the standard keyboards that I have been accustomed to using. Do you agree?

A conventional keyboard has two keys to make deletions. The backspace key deletes characters to the left of the cursor. The delete key deletes characters to the right of the cursor. In contrast, the Apple keyboard has only one key to make deletions. It is the delete key and it deletes characters to the left of the cursor. It appears that if I want to delete characters to the right of the cursor, there is no way to do that directly and simply. Am I correct about that? I must either use a second key or I must first highlight the text and then delete it.

Using a non-Apple conventional keyboard, it is also possible to delete an entire word and one adjacent space in only two strokes by using a combination of the control key and the delete key. The same can be done in the other direction using the control key and the backspace key. How would these two types of deletion most efficiently be done with an Apple keyboard?

The reality seems to be that two keys to delete can operate more efficiently, in more directions, than only one (Apple). Do you agree that the Apple keyboard is less efficient in making deletions than the conventional keyboard when using Word software? What is the best way to get around that inefficiency in a MacBookPro? If there is no way around it, should this discourage me from getting an Apple since I do lots of word processing and deletions?

Does the Apple keyboard have any advantages over the conventional keyboard that I should be aware of?

• Asked by Robert J from Granger
• Feb 29, 2012
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• Asked about:  Apple Wireless Keyboard - English

I want to buy a macbook pro 15'in australia but with a french keyboard.is that possible?

• Asked by Fabrica R from Brisbane
• May 3, 2010
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Where is Power button for keyboard with numeric keypad? I've just bought a Mac mini & on start up it requests that I switch on power.

Where is the power button on the keyboard if it has 2 USB ports on either side? I can't get my Mac Mini going!

• Asked by Beverly B
• Nov 26, 2011
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Can the keyboard be used with a macbook pro?

• Asked by Scott N from Lutz
• Nov 18, 2009
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wired Keyboard

where can i get the extension cable delivered with the newest wired Keyboard ? Do you have the spare part number?

• Asked by Eitan L
• Jan 19, 2012
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Will this work with a 1" high keyboard wrist support?

I have a nice thick wrist/palm support right under my current mac keyboard (previous gen. - the white keyboard). It lifts up my wrist to where it's almost horizontal to where my fingers touch the keys, which is great. It helps keeps my hands more relaxed.

This super flat slim-line type model here is really hot. I want it badly. But it sits verryyy low, would this conflict my wrist support? Kind of feels like it'd add a down sloping angle on my hards towards the keyboard.

I tried to test is out at an electronics store with this keyboard with some of their wrist supports, but they wouldn't let me open the packaging for the supports, could never get an accurate feel.

What do you think?

• Asked by David C from Lawrenceville
• Oct 26, 2009
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How can I order the British layout keyboard?

It defaults to German when you add the British version to the shopping cart. This is even if you select the 'British' keyboard from the main shopping page showing all the keyboards. Also is this a PROPER British keyboard with SHIFT+2 = " and not @?

• Asked by Lloyd R
• Oct 30, 2009
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