osx - Switching between keyboards in mac - shortcut key?

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2013-10
  • alok

    What shortcut key do you use to switch keyboards on your mac? Windows uses Alt + Shift, and on the Mac the default is Apple + Space. However, that's also the shortcut for spotlight.

    I ended up disabling the spotlight shortcut.

    What's your preferred keyboard switching shortcut?

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  • Jasper

    On a Mac I use Command + Shift + Z to switch languages. I was already used to Alt + Shift from Windows and, since Command + Shift alone wasn't a valid combo, I just added the nearest key (Z).

  • Jasper

    Since I use GNOME-DO on Linux, and used to use Google Desktop Search on Windows, I changed the spotlight shortcut to Ctrl + Space, and use Apple + Space for language switching.


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  • eed3si9n

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  • Chealion

    On older laptops (eg. earlier MacBooks, MacBook Pros, Powerbooks, etc.), by default it's simply F7. You will need to press Fn if you have "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" checked off in the Keyboard and Mouse Preference Pane.

    ⌘ - F1 is supposed to work but I've found it quite spotty in terms of whether it worked or not on desktop (eg. iMac, Mac Pro) machines.

  • eed3si9n

    It's ⌘-F1 or ⌘-fn-1, depending on the setting according to Chealion.

    I found this on Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts. It's listed there as "Command-Function-1," but on my current generation (3rd generation?), unibody, MBP, ⌘-F1 is what works for me.

  • Indrek

    For an iMac, it's ⌘+Fn+2 or ⌘+2, depending on how you configure the use of the Fn keys on your computer. Don't know if they updated this for MacBooks as well.

  • mato

    I had a dead monitor on my iMac and connected it to a spare monitor then turned on Voice Over on boot up. From there used the tab and arrow keys to navigate to the System Prefs > Displays to turn on mirroring.