On Apple keyboards, a modifier key that was originally the "Apple key." Like the Control and Option keys, Command is pressed along with a letter or digit key to peform a function. The Command key is ...

After seeing the leaks for the upcoming MacBook Pro, many people have wondered how their workflows might be hindered by the removal of the hardware Escape key. While it’s very likely that an Escape ...

The Option key on a Mac is a modifier key that is used to change the functions of menus and keyboard shortcuts. Use Option ...

Even if you’ve used the Mac for decades, I suspect you have never fully understood the Fn key. Not helping is the fact that Apple sometimes calls it the Function key, but all Mac keyboards already ...

Anyone know how I could lock modifier keys in C#?<BR><BR>For instance, I need a little app that has checkboxes for control, alt, shift and if checked that modifier key becomes locked as if it's being ...

The keyboard is one of the most important devices of your computer, allowing you to give commands for the different operations you want to perform. Most keyboards these days come with 104 alphanumeric ...

Over the last few days I’ve been finding myself using a keyboard designed for Windows users on my Mac. The reason behind such a change was that my MacBook Pro’s keyboard was causing wrist pain. The ...

Throughout the day, I use many Windows keyboard shortcuts, whether it's Win + E for File Explorer or Ctrl + Shift + Esc for Task Manager. However, when I wanted to add custom shortcuts for apps and ...

Abbreviated "Ctrl" or "Ctl." A modifier key that is pressed with a letter or digit key to command the computer. The caret symbol is a common symbol for Control; for example, ^Y means Ctrl-Y. In most ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

You can date an Apple user as accurately as a botanist counting rings to date a tree, and you don’t even have to cut them in half first. What you do is work out what they call the Mac’s secondary ...