Many of us use our Macs on a daily basis. We use them in our office, at home, in bed before we go to sleep, in coffee shops — we use them all the time. Sometimes, this miraculous piece technology really bothers us, though — and it may not be for a big reason, either. It can be the smallest, seemingly most insignificant thing, that drives us mad about our Macs.
One of these things is keyboard shortcuts. Ever press Ctrl + X instead of Ctrl + C? Instead of copying, you’ve cut. The X and C keys are right next to each other, too, increasing the possibility of this occurring. Shutdown shortcuts are no exception. They tend to be longer, too similar to each other, and unlike other shortcuts, have bigger consequences if you get the shortcut wrong.
Don’t worry. You can foolproof your keyboard against yourself. You can change keyboard shortcuts, just maybe not the ones you want.
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Jun 26, 2020 Start or restart your Mac and immediately press and hold the option key on your keyboard. Release the option key when you see the Startup Manager window. Select a startup disk. Click the arrow or press return on your keyboard. After each step please test to see if your keyboard is working: 1. Restart your Mac. It is simple but effective. Restarting your Mac may fix your issue. To restart your Mac, click the Apple menu Restart. Check your keyboard batteries if applicable. Some USB keyboards have batteries. Jan 12, 2012 I use an apple Bluetooth keyboard. Reason I ask is because every so often, the Bluetooth devices (keyboard, trackpad and mouse) will be unresponsive - will not wake up iMac from sleep. When this happens, I connect my spare USB keyboard (windows keyboard) to restart the iMac so I don't have to 'hard reboot'.
Using a keyboard shortcut to shut down your Mac is all about convenience. Your computer could be frozen and you need to reboot in safe mode, or you could just want a faster way to close out running applications and immediately restart or turn off the computer. If you cannot use the trackpad to complete actions on the computer, you still have control through your keyboard.
Unfortunately, any keyboard shortcuts meant for shutting down or restarting your computer cannot be changed. You can change ones that do not hold as much weight for the performance of your Mac.
As a safety, these shortcuts require you to hold them down longer than you would a simple shortcut command, e.g., ⌘ + Z to undo changes.
To shut down your computer without any prompts to save or closing out applications, press and hold the Power button.
To quit all running applications before shutting down your Mac system, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + ⌘ + Power. If you do not hold down the Alt button, your Mac will close all applications without prompting you to save changes to open documents.
To quit all running applications before restarting your Mac, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + ⌘ +
If your computer is experiencing a bigger technical issue or is frozen, you may want to reboot in safe mode. Hold down the Power button to shutdown the computer. Press and hold the Power again. Let go when the computer starts to reboot and immediately hold down Shift.
By following these simple steps, you can easily change your shortcuts to the way you want them to be.
The Apple Wireless Keyboard pairing problems of it’s Bluetooth version are all too common, yet there are no easy to find instructions on Apples website, at least I couldn’t find any. If you’re like me and countless fellow Mac users that needed to reset their Apple wireless keyboard, just to run into a lengthy process of research and frustration, well then you know what I’m talking about. Deep freeze 7 2020.
It’s completely inexcusable that such a simple, yet highly demanded task is poorly documented by Apple. After all, it appears that besides using a wireless device on more than one mac, users also seem to face issues with sudden connectivity problems at random.
Now let’s focus on the problem, the reset Apple wireless keyboard pairing. The steps are rather simple:
Your Apple wireless keyboard should now be paired and working. The trick is to hold down the power button during the entire pairing reset process, simple yet rarely documented.
If you’re still out of luck, try replacing the batteries with new, regular and fresh ones. Don’t use rechargeable batteries for this test, as some users have reported issues with them. In addition, ensure that the keyboard has been un-paired with other computers that are in the vicinity of the one you’re trying to connect to.
Great info but the basic glitch I had was that I had not unpaired the wireless keyboard from my previous computer!. Even holding the on/off button down throughout the process did no good until I realised I had to unpair the keyboard. Your suggestions were splendid once I had done that.
Imazing 2 4 3 (8015). This site gave me the news I needed: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1809#2
Unfortunately this does not work. I have an Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard (generation 2, three batteries), and it is not recognized, also not with the method you provided in your post. Download and install firefox on mac.
My batts died when I was logged off. I replaced them with new ones but it still won’t work. I can’t get in to reset the Bluetooth if I can’t type in my password. Any thoughts? Thanks.
Thanks workedlike a treat and saved my keyboard from becoming a frisbee
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