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    Just got my MBP- a couple questions

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Dana B, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. Dana B

    Dana B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, it's me again. I received my MBP yesterday and I've been playing with it since then. I love it. Its so pretty. But I have a couple of questions.

    1) My 'v' key was loose, and it fell off today. And I don't know how to put it back on. It's just kind floating in place right now. (Which is stupid considering how much I paid for this.)

    2) There are no 'home' and 'end' keys. Is there anyway around this?

    Thank you!
     
    Dana B, Mar 22, 2008
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  2. Cryptonome

    Cryptonome Notebook Enthusiast

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    The macbook keyboard is similar to other notebook keyboards, you can reset the 'v' key as in other notebooks, if you can go to an Apple Store they will do it for you.

    Home end just 'fn' + up arrow and fn + down arrow
     
    Cryptonome, Mar 22, 2008
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  3. Dana B

    Dana B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks. I guess I'm gonna have to go an Apple Store, cause I can't get it back on. (Although I really don't like the closest store to me, it's why I ordered this online.)

    Thanks for the tip, but that works as a 'page down'/'page up' feature. But it's not too big a deal. I'll just look into getting an external keyboard later.
     
    Dana B, Mar 22, 2008
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    Then try the left/right with fn. They are labeled (at least on mine) as page up, down, home and end.
     
    hollownail, Mar 22, 2008
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  5. Dana B

    Dana B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh cool, that does work. :) But they aren't labeled on mine.
     
    Dana B, Mar 22, 2008
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  6. Cryptonome

    Cryptonome Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry I forgot to indicate all the keys ;-). Just left to discover ...
     
    Cryptonome, Mar 22, 2008
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    Hmmm they're labelled on mine too... did they remove the labels on the recent revision??? If so that's pretty stupid.

    EDIT: just checked the site, looks like a lot of keys have been moved around for some reason... and they got rid of the arrow key labels...
     
    Arquis, Mar 22, 2008
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  8. Dana B

    Dana B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Heh. I didn't even think to try the other arrows. My brain's kind fried from playing with my new laptop. I've spent way to much time with it.

    Also does VLC not work with Leopard? Every time I try to use it to play a wmv file, I get a ton of error messages, and the video is really blurry. So I intstalled flip4mac and the wmv files play, but I'd rather have vlc.

    ETA: nvm. vlc seems to work, but i keep getting error messages when I try to play extracted files. weird.
     
    Dana B, Mar 22, 2008
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  9. niemassacre

    niemassacre Notebook Evangelist

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    Yea, labeled on my Santa Rosa MBP as home and end for fn+left and right.

    I'd definitely invest in an external keyboard, myself - the one thing I don't really like about the MBP is the keyboard, it feels mushy to me. But I'm generally using it in my room, so I get to use my lovely aluminum external keyboard instead :-D
     
    niemassacre, Mar 22, 2008
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  10. cathy

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    Can I ask if there's a 'delete' button on the MBP? I don't mean the 'backspace' button, I mean the button that's usually beside the home & end buttons on a full-sized keyboard.

    If there isn't one, is there a way to create one?
     
    cathy, Mar 23, 2008
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  11. Cryptonome

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    fn+backspace = delete button
     
    Cryptonome, Mar 23, 2008
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  12. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Actually, that is Command + Delete to actually delete the file :).
     
    Sam, Mar 23, 2008
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