Disable mac shortcuts

[JonesH]

I'm really, really sorry for having to take up your time with this stupid question, but I can't find which system shortcuts to disable in order to get PT standards such as command+space to work.

I've already remapped spotlight search to cmd+alt+ctrl+space, so I'm somewhat at a loss here. And I can't find the instructions anywhere after 25 minutes of searching...

Help, please. Thanks!

[citi]

system preferences/keyboard. Toggle on Use F1, F2, etc keys as standard function keys

[JonesH]

Really? Do those affect cmd+space??

[lancemcv]

I have the same issue and the use all f key did not change it.

[Park Seward]

To disable Dashboard and Exposé:
1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Dashboard and Exposé.
2 In the pop-up menus for each keyboard short- cut, set the shortcut to “–” to disable it.

Disable or Reassign Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Used by Pro Tools
To have the full complement of Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts, you need to disable or reassign any conflicting Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts in the Apple System Preferences.
To disable or reassign Mac keyboard shortcuts used by Pro Tools:

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Click Keyboard. Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Disable or reassign the following:
Under “Dashboard & Dock” • “Turn Dock Hiding On/Off” • “Dashboard” Under “Exposé and Spaces” • “All windows” • “Application windows” • “Desktop” Under “Keyboard & Text Input” • “Move focus to the window drawer” Under “Spotlight” • “Show Spotlight search field” • “Show Spotlight window” Under “Application Shortcuts” • “Show Help menu”
For a complete list of Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts, see the Keyboard Shortcuts Guide (Help > Keyboard Shortcuts).
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Installing Pro Tools Software
Reassign Spaces Keyboard Shortcuts
If you want to use Spaces, you should reassign the Spaces keyboard shortcuts to avoid conflicts with important Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts. You can reassign Spaces keyboard shortcuts to use a combination of modifier keys (Command+Option+Control+Shift) in addition to the de- fault Spaces keyboard shortcut assignments to avoid these conflicts.
To reassign Spaces keyboard shortcuts to use modifier key combinations that do not conflict with Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts:
1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Exposé & Spaces.
2 Click the Spaces tab.
3 Ensure that Enable Spaces is selected.
4 Press and hold Command+Option+Control+Shift and select “Control+Option+Shift+Com- mand+F8” from the “To activate Spaces” pop-up menu.
5 Press and hold Command+Option+Control+Shift and select “Control+Option+Shift+Com- mand+Arrow Keys” from the “To switch between spaces” pop-up menu.
6 Press and hold Command+Option+Control+Shift and select “Control+Option+Shift+Com- mand+Number Keys” from the “To switch directly to a space” pop-up menu.

From page 22 of the Installation Guide.

[Darney]

Originally Posted by Park Seward

"From page 22 of the Installation Guide."

Handy little things, those READ ME files, manuals and Guides, eh?

[Park Seward]

Yes, I would think the installation guide would be the first place to look for installation info. Comes in handy.

[lancemcv]

An avid tech from repairs connected to my computer online because of issues with my second mbox pro went through and deleted my prefs and checked spotlight keys etc of which I already had set properly could not find the fix for getting record to work via command space bar. I may setup another user account on my mac pro and see if it works there it could be other software installed on my mac that's causing the issue. I love when people chime in and are snidely instead of helpful....Darney....
Well not really.

[SixChurchStreet]

There's also a cool free utility called FunctionFlip. Just google it. It let's you toggle the function keys individually. So for example you can disable the special functions for everything except the volume up and down. I do this when mixing on the internal soundcard.

[Darney]

Originally Posted by lancemcv

... I love when people chime in and are snidely instead of helpful....Darney....
Well not really.

Give a a man a fish... he'll just smell like a fish, but if you teach a man to read the manual, he'll actually know what he's (or she) is doing.... and where to look to solve problems.
No apologies.