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Fn function key

  • November 29, 2017
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  • hphan
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This seems like an easy thing to accomplish but I have a hard time getting the command to change the Fn function key status in macOS Sierra.

I found an old post regarding Fn function key on JAMF Nation here. [https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/22623/script-to-enable-use-f1-f2-etc-keys-as-standard-function-keys-on-external-keyboards ](link URL)

I tried
defaults write /Users/username/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.keyboard.fnState 1
and
defaults write -g com.apple.com.keyboard.fnstate -boolean true

I'm wondering if anyone got a solution to turn on or off the Fn function key on macOS Sierra.

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  • jmig
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  • 9 replies
  • August 9, 2018

Any luck with this?

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  • thta
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  • 11 replies
  • November 26, 2021
defaults write /Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.keyboard.fnState -bool true

Seems to do the trick, works after reboot or killing the process.


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