Despite Microsoft Office’s evolution toward menu-driven shortcuts, it’s worth remembering those funky Fn keys still serve a purpose. As part of key combos in Word, Excel, and Outlook, they make it ...

VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems on their Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers, turn an existing PC into a virtual computer on a Mac and run ...

A set of keyboard keys from F1 to F12 that are programmed by the operating system or application to perform some task. The function key can be used alone or in combination with Shift, Control and Alt ...

Quick. Answer the following question without looking at your computer: What keys are at the very top of your computer keyboard? Did you answer “the number keys?” Or perhaps “Q and W and E …?” Or maybe ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Magic Keyboard Folio has a function row for easy access to things like brightness and volume controls. But ...

I have a Toshiba laptop, about 3 years old. I had some work done on it and when I got it back, the function FN key which works with certain commands on the pf keys would not work. Now I cannot change ...

There are different ways to change the screen brightness, but the easiest way is to use the function keys. PCs of different brands have different function keys to control screen brightness. In this ...