Keyboard Keys Shortcuts

On 6/5/07 4:38 PM, "Don Smith" <donsioofhotmail.com> wrote:

> I have been attempting to get the keyboard keys shortcuts, but they do not
> work any longer on my G4 Mac. They previously worked, but all of a sudden
> they stoped working. Command C - copy; Command V - cut and copy; Command V -
> paste; etc. I question if there is a control key that can restore the use of
> the keyboard keys shortcuts?

If restarting does not fix the problem, you might want to apply the latest
Apple combo updater.

Download the combo updater from Apple and run it again rather than using
Software Update. Doing so overwrites potentially problem-causing files.
Combo updaters will install on the same version as theyıre applying‹no need
to roll back or do a clean install.

The combo update installer updates Mac OS X 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3,
10.4.4, 10.4.5, 10.4.6, 10.4.7, or 10.4.8 to 10.4.9.

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (PPC)

<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=13206&cat=60&pl
atform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9PPC.dmg>

Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (Intel)

<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=13207&cat=60&pl
atform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.9Intel.dmg>

More info on why applying the combo updater helps:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/combo.html>

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

On 2007-06-08, at 01:49, Diane Ross wrote:

>> I have been attempting to get the keyboard keys shortcuts, but
>> they do not
>> work any longer on my G4 Mac. They previously worked, but all of a
>> sudden
>> they stoped working. Command C - copy; Command V - cut and copy;
>> Command V -
>> paste; etc. I question if there is a control key that can restore
>> the use of
>> the keyboard keys shortcuts?
>
> If restarting does not fix the problem, you might want to apply the
> latest
> Apple combo updater.

Is it a hardware prob? Do other command keys work / does the command
key on the opposite side of the keyboard work?

One possibility is that some other Input Method or Event Tap is grabbing these keystrokes before they reach the target application. I don't remember off hand what folder holds input methods (~/Library/??). To monitor event taps, there's a clever and free application called "Event Taps Test Bench" that will show what keystrokes are being generated, and what event taps (by process ID) may be grabing them.

- Peter