Delete Button On Mac

No Delete key on my wireless Apple Keyboard. However, can anyone tell me which is the Delete key. Or if there is a keyboard shortcut for the Delete key. Not that I've needed to do so far, but this is a problem if I ever needed to do Ctrl Alt and Delete. Any help appreciated!

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Delete Button On Macbook Pro

MacOS Finder FAQ: How can I delete a file or directory in the Mac Finder using the keyboard (i.e., a keyboard keystroke)?By now you’ve probably figured out that you can’t just delete a file in the Mac Finder using the delete key. The solution:. Select the files and/or folders you want to delete in the Finder, then. Press the commanddelete keyboard keys at the same time.Your files should disappear from the Mac Finder, and assuming you have your volume turned on, you’ll hear the familiar crunching noise of the files going into the Trash. What:How can I set up a shortcut to delete a file by hitting DELETE?Why:I've just migrated from winXP to Mac OS X 10.6, and I like it.But I miss the windows behaviour, where you just click on a file iconand hit the DELETE-button, to delete it.

I don't like to use CMD + BACKSPACE on the Mac.What I've tried so far:I've tried system preferences keybord custom shortcuts FinderIt allows the delete key only in combination with a second key (e.g. CTRL).Any hints?cheers uwe.Submitted by on October 26, 2010 - 12:33pm.

We expect different behavior from key strokes in different settings. If I'm editing a file name I expect delete to remove letters. If I've just selected the file, I can't see any reason why it shouldn't trash the file.I know there's always a chorus of 'Just learn the Mac way - CMD + DEL'.

Personally I don't care what about Mac way/ Win way. Like most peopl, most of the time I have one hand on the mouse and one of the keyboard. To DEL a file I have to temporarily let go of the mouse and use both hands on the keyboard to perform a simple, common task.I think that's just not smart.Anyway, justsaying.Add new comment.

If you switch to a Mac after becoming familiar with Windows, you’ll quickly find that the standard Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut doesn’t do anything. Mac OS X does have its own version of the, but it’s a bit different than Windows’, and you access it by pressing Command+Option+Esc.While Windows’ Task Manager contains a wealth of information and features, OS X splits some of those features up into separate apps. The Force Quit dialog, which you access with Command+Option+Esc, allows you to close misbehaving applications much like the Ctrl+Alt+Delete Task Manager in Windows. However, if you want more in-depth information info about your running applications and overall system resource usage, you’ll want to use the separate Activity Monitor application. How to Force Quit Misbehaving Apps with Command+Option+EscIf an application is frozen on your Mac, you can use the Force Quit dialog to close it. This is particularly useful when using a full-screen application, such as a game, and your Mac doesn’t seem to be responding.To open the Force Quit dialog, press Command+Option+Esc. This should work even if a misbehaving application has taken over your screen and your Mac isn’t responding to other keyboard or mouse actions. If that shortcut doesn’t work, you’ll likely need to forcibly shut down and restart your Mac.

To force your Mac to shut down, press the Power button and hold it for several seconds. You should only do this if your Mac can’t shut down normally.(Fun fact: Command+Option+Esc is different from the well-known Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut on Windows, but it’s actually similar to Windows’ Ctrl+Shift+Escape shortcut, which opens the Task Manager directly without the extra click it takes from Windows’ Ctrl+Alt+Delete screen.)You can also open the Force Quit dialog by clicking the Apple menu on your menu bar and selecting “Force Quit.”Scroll down in the list and select the misbehaving application you want to close. Click the “Force Quit” button and your Mac will forcibly close that application.There are also other ways to force quit a misbehaving application. For example, you can press and hold the Option and Ctrl keys and click an application’s icon on your dock. (You can also press and hold the and then right-click an application’s icon on your dock.) Select the “Force Quit” option that appears to forcibly quit an application.If an application isn’t responding and you click the red “Close” button on its title bar several times, you may also see a prompt window asking if you want to force-quit the application.

How to View More Information With Activity MonitorRELATED:The Force Quit dialog takes care of closing misbehaving or frozen applications. However, it doesn’t allow you to see how much CPU or memory different applications are using, get an overview of your system’s overall resource usage, or other statistics like Windows’ Task Manager does. To access those other features, you’ll need to use the Activity Monitor. To access it, press Command+Space to open Spotlight search, type “Activity monitor,” and press Enter. Or, open the Applications folder in the Finder, double-click the “Utilities” folder, and double-click “Activity Monitor.”This window displays a list of your running applications and other processes. You can view information about their CPU, memory, energy, disk, or network usage–click a tab at the top of the window to choose which.

Delete Button On Macbook Air

From the “View” menu, you can select which processes you want to see–just your user account’s processes, or every running process on the system.Overall system resource statistics also appear here.