New Apple Keyboard requires 10.5.6?

I'm posting this here in the hope that someone has a new iMac with the new Apple Keyboard (sans numeric keypad) and another Mac running 10.4.11, and can try an experiment.
The new Apple Keyboard, sans number pad, is a great idea that I've been waiting for for almost 20 years. However, when I recommended it to a client (with a PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11), he came back and pointed out that it requires "Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later". Huh? It's just a keyboard, with a USB cable. Of course, it has the new set of F keys on the top row, but so do the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, which requires 10.4.1 (? - that's what the Apple Store page says, though I suspect it's a typo for 10.4.10) and the Apple Wireless Keyboard, which requires 10.4.10.
If someone could try the new Apple Keyboard with a Mac running 10.4.11 and see if and how it works, I'd very much like to hear the results. As I suspect would many others.

HI, I have the new keyboard and am still using Tiger (10.4.11). I found the function keys don't work as expected--the volume keys wouldn't work at all. I called Apple Care and they told me the new keyboards were designed for 10.5. For the volume keys I got something called "sizzlingkeysforiTunes" which works, although it opens iTunes. I was able to map a key for application windows, which is F13 on an extended one.
I was happy to be rid of the number pad since I use a pen tablet, but found I really really miss the home, end and pg up/pgdn keys. I use them constantly in Photoshop, and the command/control equivalents aren't working in Photoshop. I don't know if they'll work in Leopard, though.
So, I'm not so happy with it, but I like the size and lack of number pad.
J

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I've read in older posts that the new keyboard will require 10.6.8. That's ridiculous. I won't upgrade to 10.6.8 just because of the keyboard.
Has anyone solved this issue?

It's that simple. Or find a third-party keyboard that will work, if there are any.
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You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
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I was looking to purchase a new Apple Keyboard (wired) for a G4 Powerbook but the system requirements say the machine must have OS 10.5 or higher. Is this true? The Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad only requires 10.4.
I wouldn't have thought that a keyboard would not be compatible with a G4.
Marion

You can go to the System Preferences --> Keyboard and Mouse and check "Use F1, F2 etc keys..." and F7 and F8 will work.
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New Apple keyboard software

hi all
I ve just bought a new apple keyboard with numeric pad included in french version (Im french)
this on : http://store.apple.com/fr/product/MB110F/A#overview
as it seems i have to download a software to update and replace my wireless german keyboard(lol)
but i dont find anything to download to update
anyone can show me path???
thx in advance !

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Dear appler's,
I just got my new apple keyboard (the ultra fin alum one) It's a great keyboard. But I got problems with the installation. The special key's like the media controllers don't work.
I downloaded and installed the software update (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/keyboardsoftwareup date11.html)
I have a 24" iMac (the last white one)
My preferences screen still look's the same it's normal?
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25 views and no reaction.
If you two experience these problems please let me know. Still no reaction from apple.

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Is there any sort of software patch I can download to correct the way the keyboard is programmed so it will work correctly with my computer's OS, or is any other workaround?
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Hello, I consider what Apple did with that KB silly as can be.
I think Spark cured this for another person and the same problem...
http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/spark.php
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http://doublecommand.sourceforge.net/

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Check if reassigning keys in preferences > keyboard > keyboard shortcuts does anything
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I wasn't sure which forum to post this in as I couldn't find a one dedicated to the Apple peripherals.
I recently bought one of the new Apple keyboards. My experience with it hasn't been good.
Why? The keys jam -- namely, the return key. They have a tendency to catch themselves under the aluminium casing. 'Xxxxxxxxxxxx...' is not a terrible problem but 'return, return, return, return, return, return, return...' can cause all kinds of nuiscances!
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If Apple replace my keyboard, will I have to return my old one before receiving the replacement? If that was the case, I'd be without a keyboard! (...if I bought another one for the interim, what would be the point of having the old on replaced?)
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no, you call Apple with the complaint,
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New Apple Keyboard- How to Open?

Hi,
I recently got a new apple keyboard (wired), but unfortunately dropped on the ground. One corner is bent and some keys are stuck. I didn't get any helpful advice from apple, so I'm trying to fix it by myself.
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Hello Unison1 and welcome to discussions,
Its the best I can find for you...
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I am not able to use the Dashboard and Exposé buttons on the new Apple Keyboard. I cannot assign them in the preferences nor were they set up initially. I have installed the latest keyboard update (Version 1.1) but it still does not work.
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Alright! I finally got my NEW aluminum keyboard from my local Apple Store (I made sure to call in before going... not that it's a journey to get there, but don't want to waste time if they don't have it) and just installed it with my PowerMac G4 Dual FW 800 model.
I'm typing on it right now instead of my PowerBook.
ALL functions are working for me. What I did was to install the keyboard FIRST by plugging it in to the computer's USB port.
Then I went to Apple's download/support site to get the keyboard update software 1.1...
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/keyboardsoftwareup date11.html
...and then restarted my PowerMac. Voila! (It didn't work. It was connected to a USB 2.0 PCI card, so I unplugged it from there to the built-in USB 1.1 port on the PowerMac and then it worked. I put it back to the USB 2.0 card's ports and it worked after that).
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So, I'm sorry that you're all having problems. I'd connect it to my PowerBook, but because I'm a very meticulous and exacting person, I don't want to disconnect anything because I have it setup where the wires are hidden and it's all perfect right now.
But as I said in an earlier posting, when I went down to my Apple Store and tried the new keyboards out that were connected to the NEW iMacs, those keyboard functions didn't work!! Irony, huh?
Mine purrs like a Leopard... aha!!
(I love the quiet sound and less exacting pressure needed to type as opposed to my previous black Apple Pro Keyboard. I would never have bought this new flat aluminum keyboard if it didn't match my Envision silver monitors).
By the way, I have a Mighty Mouse (wired version) connected to it too. And yes, the aluminum keyboard I bought was the wired version as well.
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$49 well spent!! I don't like the wireless version. Looks kind of odd shaped with the extra space on top (for the batteries). They didn't have those in stock anyway.
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I don't even want to fool around with system prefs now, since maybe that's what causes the problem (no proof there from me) when you try and tweak or customize your settings.

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Thanks for your replies. Ok, so the transport keys can control iTunes, even if it isn't the active application? That's what I've always wanted to do.
And the 2nd working USB port sounds great. It's always frustrated me that I couldn't plug my 1GB USB Flash Drive directly into the keyboard. Now I can do it without fiddling around on the back of the iMac.
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