I bought a brand new apple keyboard with numeric keypad, and want to use the function keys for volume etc, but when I go to adjust the Function keys in system preferences as I had with my old keyboard, "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys” is not appearing at all. See pic. Any ideas why?
iMac 27", OS X 10.11
Possibly because new Apple keyboards require a Bluetooth-enabled Mac computer with macOS 10.12.4 or later and a 2014 iMac or later.
Well, I'm running Catalina on Macs from 2012 and later so upgrading should be no problem. If you have 32bit apps you need to run or don't want to purchase upgrades I would suggest you upgrade to Mojave.
It's a late 2015 model with bluetooth capability already, running El Capitan V 10.11.6.
So do I need to update the software to 10.12.4 or later do you think? Or will this older mac not cope with Sierra and above?
Thanks I'll give it a go! Cheers for that
You're welcome. Make sure you have a good back up before upgrading.
Brand new apple keyboard but can't see "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys”
