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An A to Z of keys and keyboards: Startup and login

On Intel Macs, key combinations determine startup modes and more, but they have no effect on Apple silicon Macs. And how to deal with keyboard problems when logging in.

November 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

Holding down keys: accents or repeat?

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It’s only a little detail, but wasn’t Apple so good at getting the details right?

March 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

Encryption: how Logjam can defeat secure connections

Could your HTTPS and VPN be so easy to crack that a well-prepared hacker could open your secure connections?

November 16, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: No Delete key

I discovered that my new keyboard does not have a Delete key. Is there an alternative?

June 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Disabled key

I seem to have inadvertently hit a combination of keys that has disabled the upper case letter V on my keyboard. How can I reset that?

May 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Words on Macs: 2 Every Keystroke Counts

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This second article considers how text is entered into your Mac: mainly by the keyboard, but also briefly covers speech and scanned input.

March 23, 2015 Language, Macs, Technology
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