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Decrypting Apple keyboard command symbols

It seems that whenever people are explaining keyboard commands for Apple computers, they make use of symbols that are as mysterious as they are uninterpretable. For some reason the folks at Apple think it's better to be stylish than clear. They can't just say 'Escape'. No. They have to use some obscure symbol that you've never seen and who's meaning you'll never be able to guess to represent the key instead. Well, be in the dark no more, for here is a sheet that you can use to interpret the mysterious Apple keyboard symbols into keys that actually live on your keyboard.

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Rating: 96% positive, 27 total Votes
Categories: apple mac cheat sheets keyboard
Added: on Aug 10, 2007 at 8:32 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: keyboard apple sheet symbol mac

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The symbols have been around as long as the macintosh. They are not mysterious to those who have been using them since 1984.
– Added by an anonymous user on Nov 27, 2007 at 8:57 pm
They may be familiar to longtime Mac users, and half of them may be obvious, but some of them are quite cryptic to newcomers, and I don't remember ever seeing them explained in official apple documentation. They should be on a laminated wallet card shipped with every new Mac. Or better yet, printed on the keys themselves. Apple sells the Mac Mini without keyboard, to appeal to switchers on a budget, and little "insider secrets" like this would be nice to know. I like Apple and its products, but some of its longtime users are a bit too smug. (Kinda the way I feel about Jesus versus his fan club, if you get my drift.) Great tip!
– Added by an anonymous user on Jun 22, 2008 at 1:22 am
Kewl! I made it a dashboard web clip! Thanx!
– Added by an anonymous user on Jun 22, 2008 at 1:25 am
wow
that's EXACTLY how i feel
i'm new to apple and i didn't know what the heck the symbols meant
haha ty
– Added by an anonymous user on Nov 16, 2008 at 6:02 pm
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