A Windows PC user's guide to the Mac keyboardJust switched to Mac from Windows? Here's the low-down on how to use the keyboard!
If you've long been a Windows user, then you're likely very used to the keyboard layout, and your muscle memory is incredibly strong, so that your pinky always lands perfectly on the shift key, and you don't even have to look to hit ctrl-alt-del.
If you've just switched to Mac, then the layout is going to be a bit different and you'll have to retrain that muscle memory (I switch back and forth on a daily basis and now the only thing my muscles remember is how to be puny). Fear not, for the two are not so different after all, once you know the subtle differences.
Layout
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Layout
The PC and Mac keyboards are more or less the same in terms of layout. Here's what you need to know:
Letters
Unless you have a specialty keyboard of some sort (or you're outside North America), you'll have the standard QWERTY keyboard for lettering, meaning you have Q as the top left letter and M as the bottom righ...
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A Windows PC user's guide to the Mac keyboard
