MACALLY BLSLIMKEYPROSG - Backlit White LED Compact USB Wired Keyboard For Mac Manual

Table of Contents

Contents

1 Package Contents
2 System Requirement
3 Hardware Basics
4 Shortcut Keys
- 4.1 Shortcut mode
- 4.2 More about mode
5 Keyboard Setup Assistant for Mac
6 F4 Launchpad Shortcut Setup for Mac
7 Technical Support
8 Documents / Resources
- 8.1 References
- 8.2 Download manual

Package Contents

USB Keyboard
User's guide

System Requirement

Mac OS X 10.6 to 11 and above
Any desktop and notebook computer with a USB port available

Hardware Basics

Shortcut Keys

Shortcut mode

Shortcut mode (when Fn Lock LED indicator is off) is the default mode in Mac. You can press fn and esc together to toggle to Function key mode (when Fn Lock LED indicator is on). Press fn and esc keys together again to toggle back to Shortcut mode.

	Brightness change to built-in display		Mute
	Mission Control		Volume Down
	Launchpad		Volume Up
	Keyboard backlight dims, last level is off		Eject for Mac
	Keyboard backlight brighens up		Print
	Previous Track		Full screen capture
	Play/Pause		Area screen capture
	Next Track		File save

More about mode

In either Shortcut mode or Function key mode, one can also press "fn" key with one of top row key simultaneously to perform the secondary function without switching mode.

Keyboard Setup Assistant for Mac

In Mac, the first time you plug in this new keyboard to use, desktop will pop out a "Keyboard Setup Assistant" window, Please follow the on-screen instruction to identify the keyboard before you can use the keyboard correctly.

After initial setup, if you experience any issue with keyboard or couldn't type correctly, please unplug and replug the keyboard, open keyboard icon in System Preferences, click on "Change Keyboard Type" icon to run Keyboard Setup Assistant to re-identify the keyboard.
Keyboard Setup Assistant for Mac - Step 1

F4 Launchpad Shortcut Setup for Mac

After the keyboard is plugged into your Mac, all shortcuts in the keyboard should work automatically except F4 Launchpad, which requires a quick setup before working. Please open System Preferences, click to open Keyboard icon, go to Shortcuts tab. Highlight the first line, Launchpad & Dock in the left pane, make sure or click on "Restore Defaults" button to see "none" in the field of "Show Launchpad" line to begin, then check to enable "Show Launchpad". When a blank field shows highlighted, from Macally keyboard, type and hold down 3 keys simultaneously, "control", "shift" and forward slash "/". 3 key symbols are recorded in the line of "Show Launchpad" as shown below, you may try pressing F4 Launchpad shortcut key now.
When setup is done correctly, by pressing F4 Launchpad shortcut key you will get the Launchpad screen as below.