Keyboard shortcut stopped working

I upgraded my iMac to Sierra. Now a keyboard shortcut that I use all the time stopped working: cmd-< to get to the next open window (I know that English speaking users don't use it a lot since the < sign isn't placed as conveniently on their keyboard as on the German version.) It normally works across all applications.


Any idea how to get it back?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Dec 20, 2016 7:49 PM

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Dec 21, 2016 2:16 PM in response to Christoph Drösser

Hey Christoph Drösser,

I can see that your keyboard shortcuts have stopped working since you've upgraded your iMac to macOS Sierra. Being able to use shortcuts that work best for you is important. The information in the following links should help with this.

Mac keyboard shortcuts

macOS Sierra: Use global keyboard shortcuts

macOS Sierra: If a keyboard shortcut doesn’t work

macOS Sierra: If keys on your keyboard don’t work

If other keys don’t work

You may have accidentally set an option that changes how your keyboard operates.

  • Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Keyboard. Make sure Slow Keys is turned off. If Slow Keys is on, you must hold down a key longer than usual before it’s recognized.

  • Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Mouse & Trackpad. Make sure Mouse Keys is off. If Mouse Keys is on, pressing keys in the numeric keypad moves the pointer instead of entering numbers.

  • Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Keyboard, then click Input Sources. Select “Show Input menu in menu bar.” Open the Input menu, then make sure the correct keyboard layout is selected.

    To see the keyboard layout, click Keyboard, then choose “Show viewers for keyboard, emoji, and symbols in menu bar.”


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Let us know if this helps.


Cheers.

Dec 23, 2016 9:58 AM in response to Alexm87

Hi Alex, thanks for our help! I had looked at the Keyboard preference pane before, but on a closer look I found that the shortcut for "focus on next open window" (or so, I am using the German version) was different – cmd-' instead of cmd-<. No idea how this could have happened, my MB Pro with Sierra has the correct comand. Anyway, I changed it, and everything's good!

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