Macally Wired Mac Ergonomic Keyboard User Manual

Macally Wired Mac Ergonomic Keyboard User Manual

Safety instructions

1. Do not place this product near a heat source.
2. Operating temperature of 5°C to 50°C. Storage temperature of -20°C to 60°C.
3. Do not place this product near moisture nor liquids.
4. Operate and store at humidity of 10% to 85% (non-condensing)
5.  Do not place heavy objects on this product.
6. Do not drop this product.
7.  Do not dispose this product in the garbage. Take it to your local recycling centre

Package contents

•  Keyboard
•  User guide

Hardware basics

How to use the Macally keyboard

The first time that you plug this keyboard to your Apple computer, the “Keyboard Setup Assistant” window will open. Please follow the instructions on your Mac screen to identify the keyboard and use this keyboard correctly.

If, after initial setup, you experience any issue with this keyboard (e.g. can’t type correctly), please unplug the keyboard from the computer and plug it back in. Then, choose “Apple Menu”, open “System Preferences…”, click on “Keyboard” and then click on “Change Keyboard Type…” to run the “Keyboard Setup Assistant” and re-identify the keyboard as shown above.

F4 Launchpad Shortcut Setup

1.  After the keyboard is plugged into your Mac, all shortcuts in the keyboard should work automatically except F4 Launchpad, which requires a quick setup before working. Please open System Preferences, click to open Keyboard icon, go to Shortcuts tab. Highlight the first line, Launchpad & Dock in the left pane, make sure or click on “Restore Defaults” button to see “none” in the field of “Show Launchpad” line to begin, then check to enable “Show Launchpad”. When a blank field shows highlighted, from Macally keyboard, type and hold down 3 keys simultaneously, “control”, “shift” and forward slash “/“. 3 key symbols are recorded in the line of “Show Launchpad” as shown below, you may try pressing F4 Launchpad shortcut key now.
2. When setup is done correctly, by pressing F4 Launchpad shortcut key you will get the Launchpad screen as below.

Standard function key mode

Press the “Fn” and “Esc” keys simultaneously to switch to standard F1-F 16 function key mode. Fn Lock LED will turn On. When you want to switch back to shortcut key mode, press the “Fn” and “Esc” keys simultaneously. Fn Lock LED will turn off. Please note that when you start/restart your computer or simply unplug the keyboard from your
computer, the top row keys will automatically restore to shortcut key mode. To perform a secondary function without switching from shortcut key mode to function key mode and vice versa, press the “Fn” key with one of the top row
keys simultaneously. For instance, when you are in shortcut key mode and you press the F11 key, volume will increase, but when you press the “Fn” and “F11” keys simultaneously, you will activate “Show Desktop” in Mission Control.