Curious Artila gamerman23 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 ok guyz i hav a mac and i wan 2 play sum games but it wont let me use alt tab lik my l33t windows computr will and every1 says mac is better but i keep havin 2 quit my games if i want to look upcheats to pwn the bosses and its anoying can u plz help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 don't cheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 On a Mac the shortcut is apple-tab, not alt/option-tab. And in case it comes up, apple-` (that's the upper-left button on your keyboard, below escape) cycles through windows in one application. —Alorael, who will warn that it doesn't always work. Some programs choose to disable switching to a different window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Or usually in either the top left or right of your screen (can't remember which) there should be a little apple icon in your menu bar. That should solve everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Originally Posted By: Tomorrow is on Fire On a Mac the shortcut is apple-tab, not alt/option-tab. And in case it comes up, apple-` (that's the upper-left button on your keyboard, below escape) cycles through windows in one application. —Alorael, who will warn that it doesn't always work. Some programs choose to disable switching to a different window. For the record, the apple key is more properly known as the command key. This is important to remember especially because the key in question no longer has an apple symbol on it on the current crop of Apple keyboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Wow. I've been using a keyboard with no apple sign and I didn't notice. I got myself into the habit of saying apple precisely because the keys weren't labeled "command," only with an apple and the mysterious "cloverleaf", and therefore many people never thought of it as the command key. —Alorael, who will now go about retraining himself in the key's proper name. He'll also consider writing the key combinations as ⌘-something in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 On Apple's full desktop keyboard, the word 'command' is on the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I've actually seen software manuals that refer to it as the cloverleaf key, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I am curious, what is this "cloverleaf" key that you are all referring to? The link that Aloreal provided goes to a page about ampersands, is that the cloverleaf key? I have a windows computer and not a macintosh, so I am fascinated by these different keys I'm hearing about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key And the article Alorael was trying to link to was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%8C%98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Very interesting! So I wonder why Mac decided to use this ancient symbol on their command key? It is also known as "the place of interest" sign, which I guess could explain why it was chosen as an important Mac key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Originally Posted By: Toby-Linn So I wonder why Mac decided to use this ancient symbol on their command key? It is also known as "the place of interest" sign, which I guess could explain why it was chosen as an important Mac key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key#The_.E2.8C.98.E2.80.99s_origin —Alorael, who supposes he'll refrain from using the symbol now. Apparently it displays wrong, but of course the string that represents the symbol doesn't display as the symbol either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Huh....thanks very much Alorael! (just noticed I spelt your name wrong in a previous post, sorry about that , will edit) That brings up another question, how would you type a symbol that doesn't exist on any keyboards? I guess it would be like trying to type the windows logo. Maybe there's a font like webdings or something that you can use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Unicode! Well, more realistically a lookup table so you can find the code to enter to get the Unicode character to appear. —Alorael, who thought there was a simpler key combination to type a cloverleaf, at least, on a Mac. He can't find it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Originally Posted By: Today is Now —Alorael, who thought there was a simpler key combination to type a cloverleaf, at least, on a Mac. He can't find it anymore. Wikipedia says it's Control-Q in some fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 On very old Macs only, I think. Control hasn't given any text input for a long time now, so control-Q doesn't yield any character, let alone the one in question. —Alorael, who wants his Tengwar Unicode. Is that too much to ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Toby-Linn Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 ⌘ Well, that's was unicode and it used to work, but apparently it doesn't now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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