Shortcuts: Change brightness to F1 and F2 key from

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Shortcuts: Change brightness to F1 and F2 key from

Good morning All.

The F1 and F2 keys on my Apple Wireless Keyboard no longer control the brightness settings for my LED Cinema Display. The shortcut has changed to F14 and F15. The keyboard itself still works fine - and the F1 and F2 buttons do still work. It's not a hardware issue. I'm on OS X 10.9.4. I've had this Mac Mini for 2 years, sometime in the last 10 days this shortcut changed.

I want to change the shortcut to F14/F15 to F1/F2 . I called Apple to ask how I could change the shortcut back to F1 and F2, but they did no know the answer. I've gone to Keyboard Settings/Shortcut/Display - and I see "Decrease display brightness" set to F14. Above that it says "To change a shortcut, select it, click the key combination, and then type the new keys" I could not figure out what that implied since I don't have an F14 or F15 button on my keyboard.

Thanks for anyone's help! I can barely use the screen now, too dark!

-Awatto1976

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Apple Wireless Keyboard

Posted on Sep 28, 2014 7:07 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 20, 2014 4:56 PM in response to Awatto1976

Thank you for articulating - same thing just happened to me today...out of no where. No changes made... but brightness F1 and F2 keys stopped working. After reading your post, found they got remapped to F13 + F14. Trying BTT and other remapping apps w/no success.

Any updates?

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Answer 2

Apr 21, 2015 7:23 AM in response to Awatto1976

I had the same problem and I was able to access the F1 and F2 again by going to keyboard in preference and then clicking on the keyboard (not keyboard shortcuts). I then unchecked the Use all F1, F2 etc box and the keys began working again. Hope this helps.

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