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The HT2448 article shows all kinds of shortcuts for shutdown, restart, etc They all use the Eject key in the upper right corner of an Apple Keyboard. But one of my computers has a Macally keyboard without Eject. Is there some other key I can use? I've tried F12, but that does nothing. Is there some escape sequence I can use to recode a key, like F12, to get it to act like an Eject key?
Intel core-duo (mini), Mac OS X (10.4.11)
http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/quicktips_51.html - System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras > double-click on the icon called Eject.menu to put eject button on menu bar in Finder.
how to add, arrange or remove menulets - http://mactoids.com/mac-os-x-leopard-menulets/
http://www.creativetechs.com/tips/quicktips_51.html - System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras > double-click on the icon called Eject.menu to put eject button on menu bar in Finder.
how to add, arrange or remove menulets - http://mactoids.com/mac-os-x-leopard-menulets/
If you don't want that feature on your menu you could write simple Applescripts for opening and closing using shell commands and place them in your Dock.
Is it the Restart/Shutdown options you want?
The key combo of Control+Eject, (F12), may bring up the Restart/Shutdown Dialog box and the 1st letter of each will select that button.
Command+Option+esc = Bring up Force Quit window
Command+Control+eject = Restart immediately
Command+Option+Control+eject = Shutdown immediately
Command+Control+power button = Force restart
The Eject.menu icon on the menu bar does NOT act like the Eject key when used with modifier keys. Apparently there is no solution that yields a single key that will act like the Eject key, other than Eject key itself.
From the OP's topic line I took it the OP was specifically referring to the need of a way to open and close the optical drive, there not being a key on the third party keyboard. Reference to HT2448 was with reference to methods for various functions being described there but not one for controlling the optical drive that did not involve using the non-existent eject key.
Sure there is, if you absolutely insist upon using a key. Write yourself a couple of Applescript Applications then use something like Butler, Spark, or Quicksilver to bind them to any key you want.
I can NOT use Control+Eject because there is no Eject key. On a PowerPC iMac running 10.4.11 (Tiger), the Macally DOES respond to F12 with various modifier keys. Control+F12 gives the dialog to select Shutdown, Restart, etc. Option-F12 does Eject of external media, and Control-Option-Command-F12 does Shutdown. But it doesn't seem to work on Intel-based machines, like Mac-Mini.
That would work if I knew the code sequence needed to reproduce the Eject key. That's what I'm trying to determine... what is the keycode sequence?
Use the shell script commands from the link I provided to Macrumors. Put the open and close one into each of two scripts, then bind the scripts to keys (so I guess it'll have to be two keys unless you put them both into one script with a delay in between and you're nimble with discs) using one of the utilities mentioned (I can't remember which offhand does application binding).
I'm sorry, but I believe you missed the whole point of my posting. It relates to HT2448 which is about using the Eject key in conjunction with other modifier keys to Shutdowm, Restart, etc. I can Eject a disk just fine with the Option+F12 keys on the Macally Keyboard. But F12 doesn't work when Control or Command keys are used. Therefore, I was trying to find a keycode sequence which would work, and reprogram a useless Fn to be Eject. Something like an ESC-sequence was what I had in mind.
Sorry, I did misunderstand the question. I thought you needed this to control the optical drive tray.
I have a Macally Keyboard with no Eject key. What do I use instead?
