How do I enter target display mode with a non-apple keyboard?

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How do I enter target display mode with a non-apple keyboard?

Tried running

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code 144 using command down'

Nothing

Tried CMD+F2

Nothing

Tried CMD+FN+F2

Nothing

Tried Installing an external app "1Keyboard"

Nothing

TDM is really hard to activate.

Apple Engineers Why would you make it almost imposible to enter Target Display Mode?

Should be able to just plug it in and automatically recognize that your trying to use it as a screen maybe pull a popup window to ask which computer should target. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER EXTERNAL SCREEN

Seems so retrograde in this day an age to have such a hard time just to use a computer as an external screen.

Posted on Feb 5, 2019 4:02 PM

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Answer 1

dialabrain

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Feb 5, 2019 5:14 PM in response to nothere1

If you are using a Windows keyboard the Windows Key is used instead of Command. Which Macs are you trying to connect in Target Display Mode?

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Answer 2

nothere1 Author

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Feb 5, 2019 8:13 PM in response to dialabrain

Thanks for the reply dialabrain

Yes, I know that thats why I said I tried CMD+F2

I've entered target display mode before but using apple keyboard but it doesn't work anymore. so I bought a cheap keyboard just to enter target display mode and it does not work.

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