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Mac Equivalent to Refresh key (F5) on Windows?

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durija

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Jan 16, 2008
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Two things I don't know how to do:

1 Refresh a internet browser window from the keyboard.
2 Refresh a Finder window from the keyboard.

I just press F5 on Windows. I'd like to be able to avoid the mouse for it on Leopard as well. Anybody have shortcut or method?
 
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durija

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Jan 16, 2008
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I only have a Tiger machine here at work but, I assume it is the same. Here are the results:

F5 does nothing in Safari.
Command+R refreshes Safari, so problem #1 solved.

The Finder window I am trying to refresh is for a folder on a Windows server. Specifically, so the color labels will update. That is how we track job status in our little network. Command+R has zero effect on this window, so am I out of luck on problem #2?
 
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Sam Yikin

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Oct 28, 2007
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To make F5 work you could try going into system prefs, keyboard pane, and check the Use Function keys as normal function keys setting.
 
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durija

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Jan 16, 2008
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Seattle
To make F5 work you could try going into system prefs, keyboard pane, and check the Use Function keys as normal function keys setting.
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I'm sure that would work for the browsers (already solved, but thanks anyway!), but I don't think that would help my Finder issue.
 
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