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Where is the delete button on a Mac keyboard?

just move to apple mac from windows can someone point to the delete button on the keyboard



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Posted on Jul 1, 2012 2:07 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2012 12:23 PM

Not all MacBook Pros have a key that's marked Delete. My MacBook has the Backspace arrow. In some cases, you have to Fn+Backspace (when typing, for instance), in other cases you have to Cmd+Backspace (when deleting a file from the desktop).

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Jul 1, 2012 4:15 PM in response to richardrjb

The Delete key opn Mac does and doesn't act the same way as the Backspace and Delete keys on a PC. Normally hitting Delete on a Mac will work as a Backspace key. To Forward Delete, normal action of the Delete key on a PC, you have to hold down the fn key and then hit the Delete key. To Delete a File or something once selected sometimes the Mac Delete keys Deletes it and at other times it does nothing other then give you a Chime/Sound no matter what other key you hold down. This is the case with deleting files in Finder. As in Windows the delete key actually deletes whatever is selected all the time.


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Where is the delete button on a Mac keyboard?

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