Volume increase/decrease buttons?

[99MustangGTman]

Ok I know this may be a stupid question, but I am a new Mac user here so give me a break lol. How do I assign the F11(decrease volume) and F12(increase volume) to do just that, increase and decrease volume. I went into System Preferences and went under the keyboard section, but I didn't see anything that let me use the buttons for volume. It worked the other day, but not it seems I cannot increase/decrease volume. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
-Ray

 

[hmai18]

Are you using a newer notebook with the revised media keyboard, or are you on an iBook or something?

For the newer systems, it should be: System Prefs > Keyboard > uncheck "Use all F1 etc keys as standard function keys."

 

[99MustangGTman]

Are you using a newer notebook with the revised media keyboard, or are you on an iBook or something?

For the newer systems, it should be: System Prefs > Keyboard > uncheck "Use all F1 etc keys as standard function keys."

Thank you so much.

btw: I am using a new Macbook Aluminum

 

[skorpien]

Just a side note, whether you choose to use them as standard function keys or not, if you hold down the "fn" key while pressing them, it will trigger the alternate function.

 

[99MustangGTman]

Just a side note, whether you choose to use them as standard function keys or not, if you hold down the "fn" key while pressing them, it will trigger the alternate function.

Thanks for the tip!