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sestoller817 Author

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"esc" button no longer working to exit full screen

I used to be able to simply press the "esc" button to exit full screen. That stopped working all of a sudden. How do I reactivate this?

MacBook Pro, iOS 11.3.1

Posted on May 24, 2018 9:48 PM

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