When I hit the F12 key, I get the dashboard. but I get all the widgets and then the calculator seems to take over. How do I get to the weather if I use F12? > On Apr 4, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It's important to make mention of something here that chris failed to > explain. And, probably not purposefully. > > Yes, 99.99999 percent of the time, F12 will! bring up your dashboard, but > there are two situations where this might not work. > > 1. You've remapped the dashboard to another key aside from F12. For > example, in ProTools, F12 can be used as the command for record. I don't > normally use that key to record... normally I use numpad 3, but the point is, > I did! go in and remap the dashboard to my F11 key instead, as to the best of > my knowledge, ProTools doesn't use F11 for anything, therefore there is no > key conflict. I know most of you don't use ProTools, but my point still > remains. Just because you don't use PT, means nothing. That was only one > example of many. Point is, you may have the key remapped. So if F12 doesn't > open your dashboard with your widgets, like weather, etc. that might be why. > > 2. I said there were two situations. The second is, if you hit F12, and > your volume either gets turned up, or you hear the volume pop sound. This > means that you probably have your function keys set to hardware, not > software, which is how OSX by the way is configured by default unless you go > in and change it. Therefore, you can do one of two things. > > 2.1. Instead of pressing F12, try hitting fn+F12. By holding down your FN > key in combination with any of the function keys, you swap the function keys > to the other state. So, for example. If you have your keys set as hardware, > like they are by default, then holding down the FN key with any of the > standard 12 function keys, F1 to F12 will switch them to software, therefore > passing them through as standard commands to OSX. The same is true the other > way. If you've set them to software, then be forewarned that hitting fn+any > of the keys will result in the key acting as hardware. So, let's say you > want to turn down the volume in this case. You'd need to then hit fn+F11, > not just F11 alone. > > 2.2. The other thing is you can do as said above and set your keys to > software. To do this:... > > 2.2.1. Go to system preferences, then keyboard. > > 2.2.2. Select the general tab. > > 2.2.3. Find the checkbox to use all function keys as standard keys, and > check it with Vo+Space. > > 2.2.4. Then, finally, hit Command+W to close system Preferences. > > Now, if you hit F12, your dashboard should pop up, assuming you haven't > remapped that key. > > Remapping those keys kind of gets out of the scope of this message, but if > anyone needs an audio tutorial on how to remap certain keys, let me know, and > I'll make one, very gladly. I'd be more than willing to do that, if it's > needed. > > Sorry to possibly hijack this thread, but I just wanted to be sure that > people don't get themselves confused if they try bringing up the dashboard > like Chris said with F12, and nothing happens. > > Chris. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 1:55 PM > Subject: Re: weather aps for the mac? > > > Are you talking about the weather widget when you hit F12? If so, mine > gives a 6-day forecast in a group. When I interact with that I can step > though each of the days to get the basic high/low partly cloudy type stuff. > > CB > > On 4/3/15 11:21 AM, ted phillips wrote: >> Hi all. I am wondering if there are any good weather programs for the mac >> that will give detailed information? I have the stock weather widget, but >> it is only giving a little info for one day. >> Thanks all >> >> Ted Phillips >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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