Dumb Mac tricks # 785...

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:18 pm

I've been looking for a way to open Sound Preferences with a key command, but can't seem to find a way to do it.

Then today I hit the Option key while hitting the volume key on the old keyboard and... you guessed it. Sound Preferences opened.

Just thought I'd share for all you newbies who are just itchin' for fun things to do between gigs.

azusa749a · Post by **azusa749a** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:56 pm

Thanks MLC , it works.

jarok · Post by **jarok** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:09 am

Hi

That works also on the 1.5 GHz PowerBook. ( No extra keyboard )

Thanks.

jarok

Dwetmaster · Post by **Dwetmaster** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:27 am

OS X will never stop to impress me with all these hidden shortcuts... I use blacktree's quicksilver for everything on my computer so I've never even thought of doing that...

Nice one MLC

jlaudon · Post by **jlaudon** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:14 am

Cool - I tried option and the brightness key, and guess what opened? Display prefs. really cool.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:21 am

jlaudon wrote:Cool - I tried option and the brightness key, and guess what opened? Display prefs. really cool.

Too bad the opt-$ key doesn't do the same thing. In fact. it reduces my money from $ to • (just like the stock market - this week being an exception).

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:05 am

Dang Magilla, you're a wise old simian; thank you very much.

I thought I'd smacked every key combination possible when bangin' out sonnets with my 98 mates.

Guess my marathon typing efforts aren't random after all.
Hmmm... this raises all sorts of questions and has significant implications.
I'm off to the lab where I can access the CRAY-1.

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=359327.359336

jlaudon, what would the brightness key equivalent on my G5 keyboard be?
Do you know? Anyone? My instant response key is stuck...

aitikin · Post by **aitikin** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:53 pm

F14 and F15 cover brightness on the white Apple Pro Keyboards. Great trick.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:47 am

aitikin wrote:F14 and F15 cover brightness on the white Apple Pro Keyboards. Great trick.

Yay! It works too!

Thanks a bunch, aitikin.