Mac os keyboard mapping brightness buttons not working

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When you change the hotkeys to create the plist file as I mentioned above, two entries are created for each function - one for the hotkey itself and one for the modifier key function (in this case Shift, which makes the animation go in slow motion). Note also that, if you have more than one user defined and you want the changes to apply to all those users, you will have to create and edit the file for each one (or copy the modified file to each user's Library/Preferences folder). This results in the file being created with the appropriate entries already existing (so you can just change the relevant values without having to add the whole lot!). I found that the easiest way to execute the changes was to access the ExposГ© System Preferences item and change all of the shortcuts to something else - for example, set All Windows to F1, Application Windows to F2, Desktop to F3, and Dashboard to F4. As soon as you use the System Preferences for Dashboard/ExposГ© or Keyboard Shortcuts to make a change, then this file will be created (with only the entries being those of the shortcuts/hotkeys you changed which override the default settings). If you have never altered the default hotkey settings or keyboard shortcuts (for ExposГ©, Dashboard, or any other preset via the Keyboard Shortcuts section of the Keyboard & Mouse preferences panel), then this file won't exist. This file is located in your user's Library -> Preferences folder.

You need to have a version of the file on your system.

This is a smaller download that having to download all of Xcode Tools to get the Apple version. Alternatively, you can use PrefEdit, a free preferences editor from Marcel Bresink.

Mac os keyboard mapping brightness buttons not working install#

You need a copy of the Property List Editor application, which is included in the Xcode Tools install (Xcode Tools can be downloaded from the Apple Developer Connection section of Apple's website.There are a couple of things you need before you can execute this process: Essentially, you need to edit the keyboard shortcuts plist file and manually define the function keys you want to use for a particular action.

I successfully used this method on two Apple Pro USB keyboards - the one with 15 F-keys (original Pro keyboard) and the latest one with 16 F-keys. It may or may not work with other keyboards (for example PowerBooks, etc.), or with previous versions of OS X. This procedure was tested with an Apple Pro USB keyboard connected to a PowerMac G4 MirroredDriveDoors (MDD) FW800 Dual 1.25Ghz PowerPC Mac with OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

Mac os keyboard mapping brightness buttons not working install#

Mac os keyboard mapping brightness buttons not working how to#