How To F Lock?

[AbsenceOfTruth]

Whenever I play WOW I can't press some of the F keys because they are either work for volume, brightness settings, etc. What do I have to do in order to use them as F keys, as to toggle it off and back on? Thank you.

[AbsenceOfTruth]

bump?

[samh004]

Hold down the function key, which is located near CTRL from my recollection of a mac keyboard, and while holding it down, press the appropriate keys.

Apparently you can also switch this setting around so to adjust the brightness and volume, you need to hold down that key. But it works better this way around.

[Alloye]

Originally Posted by AbsenceOfTruth

Whenever I play WOW I can't press some of the F keys because they are either work for volume, brightness settings, etc. What do I have to do in order to use them as F keys, as to toggle it off and back on? Thank you.

Open the Keyboard & Mouse panel in System Preferences. In there you will find a checkbox that says, "Use F1-F12 keys to control software features." If you enable this option, your function keys will work like the would on a desktop keyboard. You can still access the brightness/volume features by holding down the fn key.

[AbsenceOfTruth]

Great! Thanks a lot guys.

Cheers!

[poke4christ]

I'm new to apple (MBP 2.4) and this is something I've been wanting to know. I thought I had accidentally enabled the Fn-lock somehow. After a lot of searching I finally found this thread. Thanks a lot guys!

[ArtOfWarfare]

Yeah... I'd really like a function lock on my Mac.

Is there something I can download that will make it so I can more easily turn function lock on/off rather than go to the system preferences?

Or does someone like to program and want to make something for me... maybe just have a transparent program that appears as a dockling... the icon shows whether function lock is on or off, clicking on it will change it from on/off or pressing F19 will change it from on/off.

Whoops, topic resurrection. 9.5 months dead and it lives again!

[kcbahamas]

Originally Posted by Alloye

Open the Keyboard & Mouse panel in System Preferences. In there you will find a checkbox that says, "Use F1-F12 keys to control software features." If you enable this option, your function keys will work like the would on a desktop keyboard. You can still access the brightness/volume features by holding down the fn key.

I am using a Windows OS on a MACbook - I want to lock the function keys and was hoping this tip would work . I tried it by going back into the MAC operating system and clicked the option in system preferences but when I went back into Windows OS, the lock didn't apply? Would appreciate any advice to let me know what I'm doing wrong . . .

[wesrk]

I didn't want to start a new thread, but how to do this while using XP through boot camp?

[alphaod]

Originally Posted by kcbahamas

I am using a Windows OS on a MACbook - I want to lock the function keys and was hoping this tip would work . I tried it by going back into the MAC operating system and clicked the option in system preferences but when I went back into Windows OS, the lock didn't apply? Would appreciate any advice to let me know what I'm doing wrong . . .

Originally Posted by wesrk

I didn't want to start a new thread, but how to do this while using XP through boot camp?

Right click the BootCamp icon in the taskbar and go to Preferences-->Keyboard. You can enable/disable there.

[wesrk]

Originally Posted by alphaod

Right click the BootCamp icon in the taskbar and go to Preferences-->Keyboard. You can enable/disable there.

thank you very much.

[kcbahamas]

Originally Posted by alphaod

Right click the BootCamp icon in the taskbar and go to Preferences-->Keyboard. You can enable/disable there.

Thank you SO much!!!