Macally Backlit Mechanical USB Keyboard For Mac User Guide
Safety instructions
- Do not place this product near a heat source.
- Operating temperature of 5°C to 50°C. Storage temperature of -20°C to 60°C.
- Do not place this product near moisture nor liquids.
- Operate and store at humidity of 10% to 85% (non-condensing)
- Do not place heavy objects on this product.
- Do not drop this product.
- 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 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.
- The top row keys on this keyboard can be used either as shortcuts (icons) to perform specific tasks or as standard function keys (F1-F15).
Shortcut key mode
Shortcut key mode is the default mode of this keyboard. Please find below the tasks of each shortcut key fn+Esc – Switch between Shortcut and Function key modes
- Decrease brightness of built-in Mac display
- Increase brightness of built-in Mac display
- Mission control (show desktop)
- Copy (Cmd-C)
- Paste (Cmd-V)
- Previous track (Cmd-Left Arrow)
- Play/Pause (Spacebar)
- Next track (Cmd-Right arrow)
- Mute
- Volume Down
- Volume Up
- Eject
- Print (Cmd-P)
- Screenshot: capture selected portion of the screen (Cmd-Shift-4)
- Force Quit Application (Cmd-option-esc)
- File Save (Cmd-S)
Standard function key mode
Press the “Fn” and “Esc” keys simultaneously to switch to standard F1-F15 function key mode. Fn Lock LED will light up in green color. When you want to switch back to shortcut key mode, press the “Fn” and “Esc” keys simultaneously. Fn Lock LED will turn off green color. 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.
