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[n_K]

So I've been trying this for a while and it's actually impossible.
You can't navigate the system preferences at all using just a keyboard so you can't enable mousekeys, and you can't enable mousekeys without using the GUI because apple disabled all the values in 'defaults'....
It actually offends me how apple is getting any marketshare with such a disgusting OS in reguards to such simple accessability features.

Surely I'm just overlooking something here and it's not completely impossible to use a mac without a mouse to enable the mouseless features ?

[+Spirit Dave]

Disgusting OS? LOL!!! ! !I!H!

haha. Sorry ... what? lol.

Google search you goon ... http://www.macworld....usefreemac.html

[The Laughing Man]

Worst troll ever.

[n_K]

Spirit Dave, on 13 January 2013 - 13:44, said:

Disgusting OS? LOL!!! ! !I!H!

haha. Sorry ... what? lol.

Google search you goon ... http://www.macworld....usefreemac.html

Google search? LOL!119rjie

haha. Sorry ... what? lol.

Read the ****ing post - you can't use system preferences with a keyboard and you can't enable mouse keys without a mouse

The Laughing Man, on 13 January 2013 - 13:47, said:

Worst troll ever.

Do you have any input on how to get mouse keys working or do you want to go away ?

[tiagosilva29]

Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad -> Mouse Keys

[n_K]

tiagosilva29, on 13 January 2013 - 13:53, said:

Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad -> Mouse Keys

Christ can you NOT READ?
YOU CANNOT USE SYSTEM PREFERENCES WITHOUT A MOUSE

[nik louch]

WTF? It's a mouse-based interface. Using Windows without a mouse is hell. Also, touchpad!

[tiagosilva29]

n_K said:

YOU CANNOT USE SYSTEM PREFERENCES WITHOUT A MOUSE

Control (+fn if on a laptop?) + F2 to Apple Menu, scroll with keys/tab, select with spacebar. I'm not even an Apple user.

[n_K]

nik louch, on 13 January 2013 - 13:55, said:

WTF? It's a mouse-based interface. Using Windows without a mouse is hell. Also, touchpad!

No it isn't, I can enable mouse keys in windows in 20 seconds using a keyboard.

tiagosilva29, on 13 January 2013 - 13:56, said:

Control (fn if on a laptop?) + F2 to Apple Menu, scroll with keys/tab, select with spacebar.

I'm not even an Apple user.

Yeah I've done that, using tab you cannot switch to various options in system preferences such as the mouse keys checkbox, that's why I made this thread and clearly included that information in the original post.

[tiagosilva29]

n_K said:

Yeah I've done that, using tab you cannot switch to various options in system preferences such as the mouse keys checkbox, that's why I made this thread and clearly included that information in the original post.

Control + F7 on the tabs.

Apparently you can also activate Mouse Keys using a shortcut which is by pressing Option/Alt (depending on your system version) five times in a row.

[WelshBluebird]

Who the hell uses a desktop OS without some kind of mouse / trackpad / touchscreen??

[n_K]

tiagosilva29, on 13 January 2013 - 14:04, said:

Control + F7 on the tabs.

Apparently you can also activate Mouse Keys using a shortcut which is by pressing Option/Alt (depending on your system version) five times in a row.

GENIUS! Got it working.

[nik louch]

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No it isn't, I can enable mouse keys in windows in 20 seconds using a keyboard.

All well and good, but it's not "prescribed" use, moreover it's horrendous. OSX is designed to be used with a pointing device, simple as that. Because you want to do otherwise doesn't make it a horrendous OS.

[tiagosilva29]

WelshBluebird said:

Who the hell uses a desktop OS without some kind of mouse / trackpad / touchscreen??

Well... me. But I'm using Fedora.

[n_K]

WelshBluebird, on 13 January 2013 - 14:05, said:

Who the hell uses a desktop OS without some kind of mouse / trackpad / touchscreen??

You never seen the 'mac osx server' items for sale in the app store since mac got rid of the xserve or is this some poor kind of trolling?

nik louch, on 13 January 2013 - 14:08, said:

All well and good, but it's not "prescribed" use, moreover it's horrendous. OSX is designed to be used with a pointing device, simple as that. Because you want to do otherwise doesn't make it a horrendous OS.

How is it not a prescribed use? If it wasn't prescribed it wouldn't be in the OS at all. What if your point device breaks and you've got something important to do for your job and you can't? You'd get fired, is my guess.