Expose'-what am I missing? [Archive]

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Stevp1

Dec 16, 2003, 01:11 AM

Just got a new 17" PB (It's wonderful!), but this is my 1st Mac in over 10 years. (Still have my LCII). I can't seem to get Expose to work. If I press F9 or F10, I get a shadow error window of some kind with the symbol that's on those keys, with a circle/slash and nothing happens. If I hit F11, the windows clear to the desktop like they're supposed to, but the 9 and 10 keys don't do anything. What am I doing wrong?

Macpoops

Dec 16, 2003, 01:39 AM

you sure your running panther? And didn't but a pre-panter release PB 17 from a brick and mortar store

alphaq619

Dec 16, 2003, 01:52 AM

By default on the 15" and 17" PowerBook, F9, F10, F11 are reserved for controlling the backlighting on the keyboard. To activate Expose, you have to push function (fn) + F9, etc. You can change which buttons activate Expose in the System Preferences.

Stevp1

Dec 16, 2003, 10:27 AM

got it, thanks Alpha.

It's definetly Panther. Latest and Greatest. The Fn button is what I was missing. Thanks!

kaosfere

Dec 16, 2003, 11:37 AM

If you don't like having to hold down Fn to access the "real" function keys, you might want to check out uControl (http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol).

FlamDrag

Dec 16, 2003, 11:40 AM

I don't have mine in front of me right now, but I'm pretty sure that you can set the "fn" on/off option in the control panel without downloading anything else.