Comments on: Mac Keyboard Symbols Explained

By: Bronzit

Bronzit — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:57:50 +0000

OK, I miss-wrote: “…All of these symbols…” s/b “…All of these MODIFIER symbols…”

By: Bronzit

Bronzit — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:52:30 +0000

“…their if you want to.” s/b “…there if you want to.”
Oops!

By: Bronzit

Bronzit — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:50:34 +0000

All of these symbols are listed with their explanations in System Preferences/Keyboard/Keyboard/Modifier Keys, & always have been, BTW… You can also change them their if you want to.

By: gray

gray — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:33:49 +0000

I stared at it for a long time before I got what the symbol was. It is like a train track that breaks off to the right. It would be a straight line (a non-alternative click) but instead, by pressing the Alternat (ALT) you are changing lanes, so to speak. That may not be it at all but it makes sense to me. And yes, the symbols should also be on the keys.

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By: Alberto

Alberto — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:36:48 +0000

And the key “fn”. On the it laptops it activates the “F1-12″ keys.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:35:09 +0000

There is the “tab” too ⇥

By: Leandro

Leandro — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:05:17 +0000

Another one you may see on sites is the Enter key, displayed as this symbol: ⊼

By: samson

samson — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:35:31 +0000

Option/ALt makes no sense to me at all, and why Apple doesn’t put these on the keyboards is also strange… talk about confusing for newbies