Eject button on the keyboard

Is there any way that I can get the eject button on keyboard to work again?
Thanks in advance,
AP

With the 10.4.10 update Apple introduced a half-second delay in the key to prevent accidental ejection. They did the same with the Caps Lock key on the aluminum keyboards though that may not work on earlier systems.

Similar Messages

How can I prevent Aperture from playing slideshow when hitting the play button on the keyboard?

I am getting a bit frustrated by the fact that the play button on the keyboard, which I use all the time for controlling audio playback in iTunes and now Spotify, is assigned to starting the slideshow in Aperture. Playing a slideshow is something I never use, and is something that causes the beachball of death to appear every time. It does not make sense to me that the slideshow overrules the audio playback in iTunes. Help is much appreciated...

In Aperture the keyboard shortcuts are defined in the Command Editor.
To open the Command Editor, go to the Aperture menu -> Commands -> Customize
and in the search field enter "slideshow". Remove or replace the key binding you find there, if it is the one you want to use in iTunes.

I can't change the brightness on my macbook pro. i tried the buttons on the keyboard, went to settings and tried to do it from there, didn't work. i have restarted my computer as well and that didn't make a difference. please help

i can't change the brightness on my macbook pro. i tried the buttons on the keyboard, went to settings and tried to do it from there, didn't work. i have restarted my computer as well and that didn't make a difference. please help.

Reset the PRAM and SMC.
Barry

One button of the keyboard doesn't work correctly

Hi there,
I have a problem with my keyboard:
One button of the keyboard doesn??t work correctly: I want to write down a vowel with an accent (like in French and Spanish?), but if I press the button ´ and then the vowel, TWO dashes (´´) and the vowel appear: ´´i. Normally, there would automatically be an accent on top of the i.
I have already tried a different keyboard, but it??s the same problem when I connect it to my notebook. I have also tried to choose a different language like French and Spanish, where they have those accents, but it still doesn??t work.
It would be great if somebody could help me.
Thanks a lot,
Hanna

Hi Hannah,
You do not say which options you have changed to try using a different language, but there are several options which do slightly different things.
If you go into Control Panel and select "Regional and Language Options", a new window opens with 3 tabs across the top. Choose "Languages" (the middle one), then press the "Details" button. This opens another window which allows you to view and change settings including the current input language and keyboard settings.
Changing some of these settings will not make any difference until you reboot your machine.
I hope this helps, let us know how you get on!
Weezle

Hi Guys! I have an Imac with Mac OS X version 10.5.8 and bought a wireless keyboard. Unfortunately I can´t use the volume buttons on the keyboard. I have checked almost everything, does anyone have any good idea?

Hi Guys! I have an Imac with Mac OS X version 10.5.8 and bought a wireless keyboard. Unfortunately I can´t use the volume buttons on the keyboard. I have checked almost everything, does anyone have any good idea?

Hello, try kguy's solution here...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2332457?start=0&tstart=0
First, Go to System Preferences, keyboard, and click on the Keyboard tab
Make sure that the checkbox by "Use all F1, F2, etc, keys as standard function keys" is NOT checked.
Next, click on the Show All button, and select Bluetooth. You should see your Apple Wireless Keyboard listed on the left side of the screen.
Click once to select it, and then click the gear icon at the bottom of the box, and choose Disconnect.
Power off the keyboard by holding down the power button on the keyboard for a few seconds until it show "keyboard Off on your imac screen, then turn it back on again.
The device should appear once again in your bluetooth list.
Try out the volume control buttons now, and see if that cleared things up

HT1343 So there is no eject button on the macbook air, what to do to reboot without force?

So there is no eject button on the macbook air, what to do to reboot without force?

Choose Restart from the Apple menu. Or, just press the power button and choose Restart.

Senior moment? I can't find the Eject button on the menu bar preference

Whether through temporary blindness or by virtue of a senior moment, I can't find where the preference to show or hide the Eject button on the menu bar is located. I'm trying to hide it, as it had always been.
Any help will be most appreciated.

If you don't want it there then CMD drag it down, if you ever want it back...
On your main hard drive, dig down into System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras. Inside that window, double-click on the icon called Eject.menu.

IPod: I clicked the eject button on the sidebar in itunes now I can not find the devices button or my iPod anymore in the iTunes side bar.....Help!

iPod: I clicked the eject button on the sidebar in itunes now I can not find the devices button or my iPod anymore in the iTunes side bar how do i find it again?.....Help!

You can use iTunes, connect iPod Touch to computer iTunes.
Select iPod Touch in iTunes under DEVICES (left panel)
Select Books tab (right panel near the top)
Deselect those books that you have read
Click Sync button (bottom right)
Have a read to get up to speed using iPod Touch
iPod touch User Guide (For iOS 5.0 Software)

Hi do someone now how to fix this "when i press Tab button on the keyboard the cursor don't move to the next string control"

When i press Tab button on the keyboard the cursor don't move to the next password control. i have simple login dialog in web ui builder.
When i run the vix i need to press two times Tab to move from username string control to the next password "password control" my Tab index for the username
control is "1" and for the password is "2' and i try to use all of the 3 options for TabNavigation Local, Cycle and Once and noone work.
Thanks

I attached one simple example of the issue.
Thanks for the Reply.
Attachments:
Login Dialog.zip ‏2 KB

I just got a new ipad mini and I can't find the parenthesis button on the keyboard. Please help!

I just got a new ipad mini and I can't find he parenthesis button the keyboard. Please help!

Press the .?123 button at the bottom left, then you'll see them in the middle of the second row.

My iPad is connected to my laptop. Importing photos into iPhoto. Have imported them. Now I can't find the "eject" button in the left margin or the eject link in file. Should I just disconnect the iPad from the laptop?

Trying to transfer photos from my ipad to my laptop. iphoto imported them. Now I want to disconnect my ipad from the laptop and cannot find an "eject" button or link. Do I just disconnect it? Don't want to lose photos in the process.

Shut both device down before you disconnect as a precaution.

How do i keep my apps from closing when i click on the numbers button on the keyboard?

Hello. Recently i have been having trouble with my ipod 4th generation. When ever i open the keyboard and tap on the icon to type in numbers or symbols the app closes. It happens on any app including safari. Please help!

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

When word processing, add a "tab" button to the keyboard

I was looking at the layout of the keyboard on the ipad, and while it's useful to have the "go to #" button on both the left and right hand sides, the buttons themselves could be smaller. With the extra space, a tab button (more on the lefthand side) would be really useful when word processing.

Welcome to the discussions, gurari. We're all just other users like you. If you want to tell apple, do it here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Is there a manual eject button for the combo drive on the mini?

My angel of a 3 year old has managed to force two dvds into the combo drive, bless her, and so none of the software solutions to ejecting discs is much use to me, I'm afraid.
There's a soft, black button to the right of the disc slot, but I don't want to force anything until it's confirmed that it is indeed some kind of manual eject.
Otherwise, I guess it's back to base ...
Many thanks for any help.
Ian

Hi Boece and IanB1967-
There is no manual eject mechanism, however one may be able to manually remove a disk from the drive albeit with varied results.
If two are stuck this may cause mechanical as well as electronic malfunctions within the drive itself. While an external is an excellent idea I think it is important to undo whatever damage has been done.
If you are daring enough you can open up the mini and replace the optical drive yourself. If under warranty or AppleCare just let them do it, even if they try to hit you for a charge. A firm yet polite stand may get you somewhere, as it is very difficult to actually jam 2 disks into a slot-loading drive.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Can i remap a button on the keyboard? (trying to support copy/paste on mac)

my app runs cross-platform, and on the mac os x, copy/pasting is accomplished via ctrl+c/v, when the native os wants to use cmd-c/v. (ie in order to copy from a browser and paste into my java app, the user would have to press cmd-c to copy from the mac environment and then ctrl-v to paste into the java environment.)
i'd like to have copy/paste behave the way mac users are expecting (pressing cmd vice ctrl). at the moment, my app supports OS functions like cmd-w (close window), cmd-q (quit), and cmd-h (hide) via a few import classes from apple. they neglect to provide the same support for copy/pasting.
so. how can i init my java environment so that if a user presses the cmd key, java behaves as if they are pressing the ctrl key?
thanks!

ok, tested it. seems that under metal and the L&F i'm using (which is based on metal as far as i know), pasting is accomplished via ctrl-v.
if i set the L&F to the system L&F while running in a mac os, pasting is accomplished via cmd-c (meta-c?).
so that's that.
i asked google for help with the shortcutKeyMask, and this turned up on an apple site:
Accelerators (Keyboard Shortcuts)
Do not set menu item accelerators with an explicit javax.swing.KeyStroke specification. Modifier keys vary from platform to platform. Instead, use java.awt.Tookit.getMenuShortcutKeyMask to ask the system for the appropriate key rather than defining it yourself.
When calling this method, the current platform�s Toolkit implementation returns the proper mask for you. This single call checks for the current platform and then guesses which key is correct. In the case of adding a Copy item to a menu, using getMenuShortcutKeyMask means that you can replace the complexity of �The Contents of an Application Bundle� with the simplicity of Listing 2.
Listing 1 Explicitly setting accelerators based on the host platform
JMenuItem jmi = new JMenuItem("Copy");
    String vers = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
    if (s.indexOf("windows") != -1) {
       jmi.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, Event.CTRL_MASK));
    } else if (s.indexOf("mac") != -1) {
       jmi.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C, Event.META_MASK));
Listing 2 Using getMenuShortcutKeyMask to set modifier keys
JMenuItem jmi = new JMenuItem("Copy");
jmi.setAccelerator(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_C,
    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask()));
The default modifier key in Mac OS X is the Command key. There may be additional modifier keys like Shift, Option, or Control, but the Command key is the primary key that alerts an application that a command, not regular input follows. Note that not all platforms provide this consistency in user interface behavior. When assigning keyboard shortcuts to items for menu items, make sure that you are not overriding any of the keyboard commands Macintosh users are accustomed to. See Apple Human Interface Guidelines for the definitive list of the most common and reserved keyboard shortcuts (keyboard equivalents).
okay... but uh... i don't quite get it. seems that this Listing 2 solution might work, but a) this is for a menu and b) i'd like this to be a global setting if at all possible. my concern is when i use something like this:
JOptionPane.showInputDialog(jframe,
                                          "please enter some text",
                                          "input dialog",
                                          JOptionPane.OK_OPTION);i want this to be paste-able too!
thanks!

Eject button on the keyboard

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for