{"id":73,"date":"2007-09-24T12:46:04","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efsavage.com\/blog\/posts\/enable_buttons_on_apple_keyboard_in_windows\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T17:52:58","slug":"enable_buttons_on_apple_keyboard_in_windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efsavage.com\/blog\/posts\/enable_buttons_on_apple_keyboard_in_windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling Buttons on Apple Keyboard in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently picked up, and am liking, the new “wafer thin” aluminum keyboard from Apple. Its very small, I like the key action and it’s very solid considering it’s size and thickness. But, I use it on Windows, and there’s no driver available other than the standard keyboard one, so the extra keys like media controls aren’t enabled. I came across a freeware macro program called AutoHotKey<\/a> that works very nicely, and wrote up a few little scripts for it. You can download AutoHotKey and run the scripts yourself, or you can download the compiled version here [enable_mac_aluminum.zip, 193KB]<\/a> and just pop it into your Startup folder.<\/p>\n

Commands:
\nShift-F3: Print Screen
\nShift-F4: Task Manager
\nShift-F7: Previous Track (in Winamp or Yahoo! Music Jukebox)
\nShift-F8: Pause\/Play (in Winamp or Yahoo! Music Jukebox)
\nShift-F9: Next Track (in Winamp or Yahoo! Music Jukebox)
\nShift-F10: Mute\/Unmute
\nShift-F11: Volume Down
\nShift-F12: Volume Up
\nWindows-s: Open http:\/\/www.efsavage.com<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s the entire script:<\/p>\n

#s::Run www.efsavage.com
\n+F3::Send {PrintScreen}
\n+F4::Send, {SHIFTDOWN}{CTRLDOWN}{ESC}{SHIFTUP}{CTRLUP}
\n+F7::
\nIfWinExist ahk_class Winamp v1.x
\n{
\nControlSend, ahk_parent, z ; Pause\/Unpause
\nreturn
\n}
\nIfWinExist ahk_class YMPFrame
\n{
\nSetTitleMatchMode 2
\nIfWinNotActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nWinActivate
\nWinWaitActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nMouseClick, left, 29, 107
\nSleep, 100
\nMouseClick, left, 112, 76
\nWinMinimize
\nreturn
\n}
\nreturn
\n+F8::
\nIfWinExist ahk_class Winamp v1.x
\n{
\nControlSend, ahk_parent, c ; Pause\/Unpause
\nreturn
\n}
\nIfWinExist ahk_class YMPFrame
\n{
\nSetTitleMatchMode 2
\nIfWinNotActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nWinActivate
\nWinWaitActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nMouseClick, left, 29, 107
\nSleep, 100
\nMouseClick, left, 30, 77
\nWinMinimize
\nreturn
\n}
\nreturn
\n+F9::
\nIfWinExist ahk_class Winamp v1.x
\n{
\nControlSend, ahk_parent, b ; Pause\/Unpause
\nreturn
\n}
\nIfWinExist ahk_class YMPFrame
\n{
\nSetTitleMatchMode 2
\nIfWinNotActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nWinActivate
\nWinWaitActive, Yahoo! Music Jukebox
\nMouseClick, left, 29, 107
\nSleep, 100
\nMouseClick, left, 148, 79
\nWinMinimize
\nreturn
\n}
\nreturn
\n+F10::Send {Volume_Mute}
\n+F11::Send {Volume_Down 3}
\n+F12::Send {Volume_Up}<\/code><\/p>\n

Update: Reader Svolte points us to SharpKeys<\/a>, which (by default) maps F13 to print screen. The advantage of doing this is that alt-print-screen (capture just active window) works, while I was unable to replicate with the AutoHotKey script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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