Comments on: Making the mac more usable with keyboard shortcuts

By: swiss-pat

swiss-pat — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:47:46 +0000

Well, they are not exactly disabled. You can still use them in combination with the function key. I just found that I use the F-keys more often than the volume/brightness/etc. keys and thus changed the setting. But, admittedly, this is a personal choice.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:06:43 +0000

Hi Pat!

Thanks for the tips. I haven’t got around to becoming a power Quicksilver user just yet. I would use CTRL-F2 but that means I have to disable them as being mapped to volume/brightness keys which I still find fairly useful. Appreciate the tips though.

By: swiss-pat

swiss-pat — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:51:25 +0000

Hey pat,

I can see that you are going through a similar learning experience that I’m going through.

I find QuickSilver helps a lot but it also caused me some trouble.

Also, to access the menu bar, I normally use Ctrl-F2, which selects the Apple icon and then take it from there. I have to admit, though, that it is a bit cumbersome and I would love to hear about better ways.

Cheerio from Bangalore =)
pat

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:46:25 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I want to learn something that I can use on all macs… Not just the one that I am currently using. I’ll have a look at it though.

By: gerrod

gerrod — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:41:28 +0000

As an aside, I think that Finder is a real hindrance to file management. I find Forklift (USD$19.95) much easier and more logical to use, plus it supports lots of keyboard shortcuts.

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