Fn Macbook Keyboard
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- Well it seems the new iMac keyboard DOES have a fn key. It's above Delete and left of the Home key between the numpad and the keyboard. My solution will be to set function keys as default and hold the fn key to toggle back to Apple keys per the option in System Preferences.
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The “Home” button on a Mac keyboard: Fn + Left Arrow. The ‘fn’ key on the Mac keyboard is the function button, hitting that with the left arrow will immediately jump to the very top of a page in the active application of Mac OS. This is the exact same function as hitting the “Home” button on a Windows PC. . F3 seems to be the equivalent of F9 Expose (show mini windows) on my PowerBook and works without the FN key. F4 seems to be toggle widgets without the FN key. F5 and F6 (I just discovered) seem to control the keyboard lighting no FN key required - but if I use FN with the F5 key it tries to close the window in Firefox.
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F7-F9 (without the FN key) control iTunes and/or most other music players, without that app having to be in focus.
Generally, pressing a function key without FN will do the action printed on the key - brightness, volume, etc. With the FN key, it will do whatever you've programmed in Expose/Spaces prefs. You can reverse it so you don't need FN in the Keyboard preferences.
Regarding the expose shortcuts, depending on your model of Macbook you can probably turn on four-finger swiping (in Trackpad prefs) to control expose. Swiping down with four fingers will tile all windows; swiping up will show the desktop. You should be able to do this while dragging text/urls if you hold down the button while doing it.
Generally, pressing a function key without FN will do the action printed on the key - brightness, volume, etc. With the FN key, it will do whatever you've programmed in Expose/Spaces prefs. You can reverse it so you don't need FN in the Keyboard preferences.
Regarding the expose shortcuts, depending on your model of Macbook you can probably turn on four-finger swiping (in Trackpad prefs) to control expose. Swiping down with four fingers will tile all windows; swiping up will show the desktop. You should be able to do this while dragging text/urls if you hold down the button while doing it.