forced to use fn button

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Sp3shl K

macrumors newbie

Original poster

Oct 3, 2007

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• Feb 7, 2008

• #1

hey, this is only minor but i find it annoying. normally all you have to do is press the volume or brightness keys and it changes, but recently my macbook has been so that i have to press fn in order to do those things. how did this happen? does anyone know how to make it go back to the old way? i must be pretty stupid or something...

 

swiftaw

macrumors 603

Jan 31, 2005

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Omaha, NE, USA

• Feb 7, 2008

• #2

There is a setting somewhere that toggles the function keys between hardware functions (volume, brightness, etc) and software functions (expose etc) I just can't remember where it is. Probably System Prefs->Keyboard

 

KingYaba

macrumors 68040

Aug 7, 2005

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Up the irons

• Feb 7, 2008

• #3

^ Yes in System Preferences click keyboard & mouse. Click the Keyboard tab.

 

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MurphyM

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Dec 29, 2007

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• Feb 7, 2008

• #4

System Preferences, Keyboard and Mouse. See the Function Keys checkbox on the keyboard tab.

 

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BoyBach

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Feb 24, 2006

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• Feb 7, 2008

• #5

There's a check-box in the Keyboard & Mouse pane in System Preferences.





EDIT: Beaten to it!

 

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Sp3shl K

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Oct 3, 2007

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• Feb 7, 2008

• #6

got it! thanks to everyone who responded! i was looking in the keyboard shortcuts tab, not the keyboard tab. my mistake.