The F4 Key

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The F4 Key

Hi,

Just a curious question about the 'F4' key, on the Macbook Pro.

I pressed this key just now, and it displays a calculator, timezone, weather and date calender.

I noticed that the timezone was set completely differently to what I thought was already on my computer (London GMT) and my location on the weather was set for a different part of the world all round.

My question is: Does this F4 shortcut outlay the actual settings for my mac? As the main 24hours clock displayed in the top right hand corner has always been correct.

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iOS 4

Posted on Nov 29, 2010 7:14 AM

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John Guo

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Nov 29, 2010 7:21 AM in response to the_gmg86

No, the F4 key activates something call Dashboard. Dashboard has a few small apps that gather simple information quickly. You have to manually change them. When you move your mouse onto the app, there is a small i that would appear. Click on that i and the widget would flip around for you to change the information.

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Nov 29, 2010 7:44 AM in response to John Guo

Thanks for replying.

So, the dashboard isn't the control of the main computer settings, i.e time/date etc?

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John Guo

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Nov 29, 2010 7:49 AM in response to the_gmg86

No, nowadays the computer does it automatically. You can check by going to System Preferences>Date & Time.

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