no shortcuts on generic usb keyboard?

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H - 28 Jun 2007 06:29 GMT

i have an old g4 tower that i just decided to fire up again. i am
using a generic usb keyboard and even the most simple shortcuts like
ctrl copy, paste, etc don't work. i prefer to use flock as my internet
browser on my pc, and was hoping i could use it just as easily on my
mac. shortcuts don't work in other programs as well.

any software or hardware advise is very welcome.
thanks!

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André Berger - 28 Jun 2007 09:58 GMT

* H (2007-06-28):

> i have an old g4 tower that i just decided to fire up again. i am
> using a generic usb keyboard and even the most simple shortcuts like
> ctrl copy, paste, etc don't work. i prefer to use flock as my internet
> browser on my pc, and was hoping i could use it just as easily on my
> mac. shortcuts don't work in other programs as well.

Have you tried switching keys, for example with Double Command? (from
Versiontracker, MacUpdate, ...)

If it was a Logitech keyboard, you could use one of their layouts
legally...

-André

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Michael Dines - 28 Jun 2007 11:17 GMT

On a Mac the shortcuts are COMMAND c, v, x, etc. Also, if it's a generic
keyboard (that is, a pc one) the command and control buttons are in
different positions to a Mac one.

> i have an old g4 tower that i just decided to fire up again. i am
> using a generic usb keyboard and even the most simple shortcuts like
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> any software or hardware advise is very welcome.
> thanks!

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jt august - 28 Jun 2007 15:10 GMT

I have os x 10.4.x. It has a remapper in it, and I have my alt key as
command and the windows key as option. It defaulted with windows as the
command and alt as option, but os x tiger is polite enough to allow me
to choose my own layout.

I love all my macs, all the way back to my SE. (Anyone got an old 128
laying around?)

jt

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Gregory Weston - 28 Jun 2007 18:57 GMT

> I love all my macs, all the way back to my SE. (Anyone got an old 128
> laying around?)

I've got one. At one point I had a few dozen machines around here, of
which more than half were Macs. Most of them are gone now but the 128 my
wife got in January 1984 and the SE that was the first Mac I owned will
stay around as will 2-3 non-Macs.

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