CTRL + ESC (Not listed and for some reason not commonly known) is a substitute for the WinKey. I had to learn this because my IBM Thinkpad lacks the winkey. Why the hell IBM (Now Lenovo) did this is beyond me...

Papa Midnight

@HeartBurnKid: since selection is the only one I use, that's a big difference. Also, the mac automatically saves what you "print screened" which is much more useful than the clipboard for me. (add control to previously given shortcuts to get the clipboard behavior on the mac).

cowsandmilk

@Naomi: Maybe a little more superior (only missing the selection as Naomi pointed out), but wicked harder to remember! I grew up on windows, work in IT on windows and really like the Windows OS...I purchased an iMac about 7 mos. ago and really like it too, but there are definitely some things in each OS that make more sense.

vinylkemist

@Ben: Yeah, kinda...Mac's Backspace key is titled "Delete" - while there is another key titled "Delete" that actually deletes and doesn't backspace...so, two different keys with the same name that do different things...stupid. Calling the other key "Backspace" makes much more sense.

vinylkemist

@Naomi: Ummm... in Windows, it's PrintScreen for full screen, and Alt + PrintScreen for window. The only one missing is selection.

HeartBurnKid

Okay, as long as we're on the topic....I find it incredibly funny that with the new wireless slim Apple keyboards running Mac OS X Leopard, if you press the caps lock key on the wireless keyboard, the light on the actual Mac doesn't turn on. But....when you boot into Windows, and press the caps lock on the wireless keyboard, the master unit acknowledges the slave unit and turns its light on. Kind of strange that Apple would incorporate the better feature for boot camp and not natively? I've sent that comment in for feedback to Apple and had no luck. I even started an Apple support thread. Lots of people say the same thing, mimicking the problem I had and then complaining about it.

Just thought it was interesting.

djej

Using those commands to print screen is FAR superior to just prining the whole screen with Windows... IMHO

Naomi

Backspace on a Mac is renamed Delete, and If you'd like to do a print screen..

Command + Shift + 3 (Full Screen)

Command + Shift + 4 (Selection)

Command + Shift + 4 then Spacebar (Window)

JonnyD

Here's a question for anybody who's tried: If a Windows keyboard has its own media keys (mute, volume, etc), will those function properly in Mac OS X? Windows seems to install it as a standard HID, no extra drivers necessary, so I think it might, but I'd be curious to know.

HeartBurnKid

lmao. Do Macs not have a backspace? I don't use them so I dono.

Also why don't Macs have a Prnt Scrn. What do people press to take a screen shot?

Ben

@Papa Midnight: CTRL+ESC is no real substitute, as you can't use it for shortcuts like Win+U or Win+Break

Christoph Wagner

I just want m insert key back :( I use it all the time and it is not on my built-in keyboard and there is no alternaive without taking up another key. I can remap, but it doesn't consistently work correctly, meh :(

Ay ideas? It doesn't have ah ome key and mac doesn't list it.

maztec

IBM always tried to be somewhat contrary to MS, particularly after they were outmaneuvered on OS/2. I believe they left the Windows keys off as a concession for larger keys and also to legitimize their efforts to be Linux friendly. Rather than Alt+Space, I just mapped my left Alt and Ctrl as Windows Key and Context Sensitive Key with KeyTweak (it changes the keys in the registry rather than running a constant process such as the included IBM keyboard mapping program). Two years, no problems with it!

omegakumar

I looked over the mapping and the one I'm really interested in - Insert - doesn't have a key mapping on the Apple builtins. Argh. Anybody know of a way to turn Insert on in Bootcamp or Parallels?

jinglelady

Does this work backwards? (i mean "the hackintosh way"?) If it does it would be cool!

whiskey

is there any way to emulate the print screen button on a macbook pro? i don't have an f14 key.

appleboy

how can i have F9 function as F9 and not a keyboard dimmer? (ie. in parallels using excel and hitting F9 to calc sheet)

phosphorescent

In Leopard I copy and paste using command-c, command-v, but then when I want to transfer it my parallels virtual, I do ctrl-c, ctrl-v. Is there a way to remap the copy/paste commands to ctrl-c, ctrl-v while in Leopard? I thought of remapping in Windows, but on the Macbook it's a lot easier to hit ctrl-c than command-c

fperkins

Anyone know how to access the # key on UK Mac keyboards? Essential for CSS coding and totally absent!

It's ALT-3 in OSX but can't get it at all running XP!

steffross

I run parallels for work and often have to use spreadsheets on the windows side. Is there away to have F9, actually function as F9 (calc in excel) and not a keyboard dimmer?

phosphorescent