Skip to Main Content
Apple Interface Mysteries
book

Apple Interface Mysteries

by Michael E. Cohen
April 2020
Beginner content levelBeginner
173 pages
4h 1m
English
Take Control Books
Content preview from Apple Interface Mysteries

How Mac Keyboards Got Complicated

Of course the very first Mac had a keyboard; what self-respecting personal computer of the 1980s wouldn’t? Today, to our sophisticated 21st century eyes, the keyboard that shipped with the 128K Mac in 1984 looks quaint, but certainly not alien: even though the Mac keyboard was not the primary device for issuing commands to the computer (that’s what the Mac’s menus were for!), it was quite well suited for the other main task for which computer keyboards were designed—data entry.

True, it did differ from other computer keyboards of the day by lacking arrow keys and a Control key and by offering several keys that were new-ish to keyboard users of the era, like the Command (⌘) key.

But it wasn’t that mysterious ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Take Control of Your M-Series Mac

Take Control of Your M-Series Mac

Glenn Fleishman

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781947282544