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  1. Command and Option keys on Windows keyboard - Ask Different

    Aug 2, 2017 · In macOS the copy command is invoked by the key combo command + C. The Windows key is normally the command key. As your keyboard does not have a command key you can map …

  2. How to map the Command key to a "Windows" keyboard?

    Remapping a Windows keyboard so that the key positions match a standard Mac keyboard is pretty easy. Just open Keyboard Preferences, and click the Modifier Keys… button in the Keyboard tab. …

  3. Ctrl key on Microsoft keyboard does not map to Mac's command

    The Windows key on your PC keyboard maps to your Mac's Command key. When using a PC keyboard you would use windows key C to copy and windows key V to paste, etc.

  4. Mac OSX not automatically remapping Windows key to Cmd

    Dec 7, 2014 · The alt key also doesn't seem to get mapped to anything initially. My ctrl key maps correctly to ctrl on mac, but this leaves me without a command, or an option key. I went into the …

  5. Is it possible to swap option and command keys for a specific keyboard?

    It's a Windows keyboard, so it has a Windows key and an alt key. The Windows key maps to Command, and the Alt key maps to option. The keys are reversed from their positions on a normal Mac …

  6. macos - How can I reprogram OSX to use Windows-style shortcuts for …

    Jan 18, 2018 · 1 Changing shortcuts from one key to another is one thing, but some functions are inherently different -- like the way that Command Tab cycles between applications, not windows. …

  7. keyboard - Remapping keys to match Windows - Ask Different

    Mar 19, 2011 · You really should learn the Mac way of doing shortcuts (the Command key). After a few weeks of using both platforms, your brain will learn to use Command on the Mac and Control on …

  8. Repurposing "menu" button on Windows keyboards used in OS X

    Jun 15, 2020 · 34 Windows keyboards map pretty intuitively to OS X, leaving only the "context menu" button a little purposeless. I would like the menu key to behave as another Command key. How does …

  9. keyboard - What is the meaning of the command, function, option.alt …

    Apr 17, 2015 · Command - Q executes the Quit command for the foreground program, for example. The majority of keyboard shortcuts use Command as a starting point, sometimes adding Option and/or …

  10. Are there any other way to restart to recovery HD - Ask Different

    I tried to restart while keep pressing Command-R However, my keyboard is not mac keyboard. There is windows-R. It works exactly like Command-R in all circumstances. Well, I keep failing to get into