how to select apple menu without mouse

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My mouse running out of battery, now i want to select apple menu for shutdown, restart or open any programm with key board, how can I do that

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jun 27, 2012 9:55 AM

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Answer 1

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Press CNTL FN F2 and the  will highlight, down arrow to expand and down arrow to select your function and enter.

Edit: If you have the special keys and function keys reversed in System Preferences > Keyboard then it's just CNTL F2

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Answer 2

I tried this, does not work as after open it, you can't do anything.... Mac does not let to navigate anywhere.....

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Answer 3

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Glad to help.

If you ever need to get to the right side of the menubar the keys are CNTL FN F8. Same deal with the arrow keys.

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Answer 4

Ok dear, Now please tel me how can I open syst pref with key board

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Answer 5

Thanks Dear

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Answer 6

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For sure it doesn't seems to work on the new Mac 2017 with TouchBar

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Answer 7

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Open the Universal Access pane of System Preferences and enable Mouse Keys. This may not work with all keyboards.

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Answer 8

Polaris, Did you ever figure this out? I have the same problem.

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