Just got my first mac today...'09 imac 24". Its fricking sweet.. But one thing Im used to with Windows was to use the Home/End keyboard buttons to get to the beggining/end of a line. They dont seem to do anything on the mac.
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Total newbie question...Home/End buttons not working
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http://lifehacker.com/324448/fix-your-home-and-end-keys-with-keyfixer
To a lifetime Mac user, the default home and end key behavior is normal and so it does not bother us that home and end don't act like Windows (we don't know any better!) and there are other ways to do the same thing on a Mac. For example:
Use CMD-Left arrow to go to the beginning of a line.
Use CMD-Right arrow to go to the end of a line.
Here are some keyboard combos and what they do. Handy to get to know.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
To a lifetime Mac user, the default home and end key behavior is normal and so it does not bother us that home and end don't act like Windows (we don't know any better!) and there are other ways to do the same thing on a Mac. For example:
Use CMD-Left arrow to go to the beginning of a line.
Use CMD-Right arrow to go to the end of a line.
Here are some keyboard combos and what they do. Handy to get to know.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
Nice. Thanks for the great info. I can switch to using the command+arrow without issue. Now the question is, what is home/end used for on a mac?
I'm no lifetime user but after 2 years I still hit home/end to try to move the cursor to the end of the line...dang PCs at work.