Even if you’ve used the Mac for decades, I suspect you have never fully understood the Fn key. Not helping is the fact that Apple sometimes calls it the Function key, but all Mac keyboards already ...

Lenovo makes some pretty decent laptops and netbooks. But there’s one thing that always bugs me about Lenovo computers: the Fn and Ctrl key placement. Most computer makers put the Ctrl key on the ...

I have a Bluetooth keyboard from China that I otherwise love, unfortunately, in the designer's infinite wisdom, not only is the Fn key where the left Ctrl should be, they decided that Fn+C would be a ...

Press the F5, F9, or F11 key to turn your HP laptop keyboard light on or off. Some HP laptops need the Fn key pressed with the light key to activate the keyboard light. If these keys don't work, check ...

There are riches at the bottom of this TidBits story — a list of shortcuts that use the Fn key instead of command, option, or control. Some are easier than Apple’s listed alternatives (like using Fn-F ...

Alt + F4 is a Windows keyboard shortcut that completely closes the application you're using. It differs slightly from Ctrl + F4, which closes the current window of the application you're viewing.

The F3 key by default (and in accordance with its key label on this 2008-era MBP) shows all windows via Exposé. I want it to show the Desktop, instead.<BR><BR>I can go into the Exposé & Spaces pane of ...

There’s nothing more cursed for a PC gamer than having your WASD keyboard layout swapped with the arrow keys, or vice versa. Well, there are more cursed things, but this one is definitely frustrating.

Like other 60-percent models, many of the function keys are embedded as secondary functions you can execute by holding the “FN” key. As a result, it lacks about several keys you might be accustomed to ...

We’re taking next week off for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so look for your next email issue on 4 December 2023. Apple announced that iPhone 14 users will receive another free year of ...