Power keys remain on some modern Macs, including the MacBook Air, but most others have replaced it with an "eject" key, formerly used to open the now-non-existent CD drive. It began to become less common on later USB-based keyboards as these machines keep the keyboard powered when the machine is sleeping, so any key can act as a power key. shortcuts are combinations of keys on the keyboard that when pressed down at. You can use the Ctrl+Backspace (PC) or Option+Delete keyboard shortcuts to delete the entire word behind the. My MacBook is running OS X Mavericks and I expected eject key to do some. A power key became a standard feature of all ADB keyboards, notably the lauded Apple Extended Keyboard and its follow-ons. The Eject and Function keys dont do anything. Introduced along with the IIGS was the Apple Keyboard, which featured a rather large power key roughly centered above the main part of the keyboard. Press Fn and that key and it should open your drive. A separate connection was required as the keyboard controller of machines of this era was not powered when the machine was powered down. If you have a key called 'Fn,' possibly in a different color than the other symbols on your keyboard, then look for a symbol in the same color that looks like a CD ejecting or an eject symbol. This was used to implement the PSW connection, used to turn on the machine. ADB only used one data pin and +5V and ground, leaving one pin free.
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But it IS a working, connected key, as it operates as f5 when the Fn key is held down, so the keyboard driver must be seeing the keypress. Looking for a low-cost connector, the design team selected the 4-pin mini-DIN connector, which is also used for S-Video. I suppose that Icon could be linked to a keyboard shorcut, but the problem is that the unused key I want to use cannot be used for keyboard shortcuts, I think, as it doesn't produce any character, normally. This peripheral bus was intended to connect low-speed input devices like keyboards and computer mice. The Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) was introduced on the Apple IIGS in 1986. The modern MacBook Air includes a power key with the "1 in a circle" icon.