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I've lost my INSERT key - Mac problem

Midi Aeon
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Join date: 15 Feb 2008
Posts: 6
03-30-2008 20:16
Okay Macs and PCs are different.. my PC has a Insert key and my Mac doesn't.
Scripting is unbearable on my mac. Does anyone know how to turn off TYPEOVER on a Mac?
It's gotta be simple, but I've searched and I can't find it referenced anywhere.

Please help!!

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Haruki Watanabe
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Join date: 28 Mar 2007
Posts: 434
03-31-2008 03:08
happened to me as well... simply klick on your «help»-key on the keyboard - this toggles typeover/insert ;)
Winter Ventura
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Join date: 18 Jul 2006
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03-31-2008 05:10
Also.. and this may sound really dumb.. have you considered buying a cheap USB PC keyboard?

it takes a little getting used to, but as far as I remember, it's an option. Same goes with "PC" Mice.. go get a cheap 3 button wheel mouse... the OS nowadays is smart enough to understand that right click = option-click (or was it alt?)
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Haruki Watanabe
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03-31-2008 08:27
actually, it's CTRL-Click to get the right-mouse-button... but since we've got the «mighty mouse», we actually do have (sort of) a right mouse-button as well (the mouse still has just one surface, but it detects on what side the finger clicked) - pretty sophisticated, huh? :)

As for the keyboard - some keys are indeed missing - but one gets used to it. And I actually like the mac keyboards a lot... good quality :)