#Using pc keyboard on mac os 9 mac os x#

The РІР‚СљFn + Up/DownРІР‚Сњ equivalent on the Mac keyboard lets you do the same. PageUp or PageDown keys let you scroll one page up or down in a document. Pressing Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End will take you to the top or the bottom of a document or file.

Pressing the Fn key with the left / right arrow keys will emulate the HOME and END keys on a full PC keyboard. Press for instance: РІР‚СљCommand+RРІР‚Сњ to trigger the Windows Run dialog, etcРІР‚В¦ The РІР‚СљCommandРІР‚Сњ key is like the РІР‚СљWinРІР‚Сњ key, it triggers the Windows Start Menu.

The following table will tell you what keys combination you can use on a MacBook keyboard to get the same behavior as if you were using a regular PC keyboard: PC keyboard hotkey Make sure your global keyboard hotkeys are unassigned (from the System Preferences / Keyboard / Shortcuts) before you proceed. Very Important: Some of the hotkeys below conflict with your macOSРІР‚в„ўs default global hotkeys. Make sure you use the RDP Client to remote into the Windows Machine in order for the following keyboard shortcuts to work. This is different from the MacBookРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљDeleteРІР‚Сњ keyР’В (which is equivalent to the РІР‚СљBackspaceРІР‚Сњ key). What is important to know is that when using a MacBookРІР‚в„ўs keyboard, you donРІР‚в„ўt have all the keys that you usually have on a PC keyboard.Р”В®ssentially, you are missing the following keys:

#Using pc keyboard on mac os 9 mac os x#

In this blog post, I am going to share with youР’В how to get the missingР’В keyboard keys that let you workР’В in MS Windows via the remote desktop client under Mac OS X with the MacBookРІР‚в„ўs keyboard.