I just got a new M1 iMac with the extended keyboard. I’ve not been able to find any info on what if anything the F13-F19 keys do. And I don’t see where System Preferences > Keyboard will allow me to program them myself - that would be useful. I really don’t want to resort to a third party app if I can avoid it. What am I missing?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
In System Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts you will see a number of functions to which keystrokes have been assigned: you can change any of these as in this example:
With the App Shortcuts you can assign or change a keystroke to any menu item in any app:
(These screenshots are from Catalina, so Big Sur might look slightly different but the process is presumably similar).
In System Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts you will see a number of functions to which keystrokes have been assigned: you can change any of these as in this example:
With the App Shortcuts you can assign or change a keystroke to any menu item in any app:
(These screenshots are from Catalina, so Big Sur might look slightly different but the process is presumably similar).
I have found how I can enable or change existing functions, but F13 thru F19 do not appear in Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts that I can find. And I've been unable to add them either??? Surely they're not just keys without a purpose?
You can map any menu item to them as shown above - having specified the application and the menu, just click on the Keyboard Shortcut field and hit the F-key uyou want to use.
F13-F19 Keys on M1 iMac?
