Indeed, the function keys often have to share their keys with volume controls, screen brightness buttons, and various media playback controlsand in most cases, youll have to press and hold the Fn key to make a function key actually work like a function key.

By tweaking a single setting, you can switch things around so you dont need to press and hold fn to use a function key.

Want to switch things around so you dont need to press and hold fn to use a function key No problem.

Heres what you do: Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen, then select System Preferences.

Click the Keyboard icon, then check the box marked Use all F1, F2, etc.

Now, you can tap a function key without pressing and holding the Fn key first.

Keep in mind, though, that youll now have to press and hold Fn to change the speaker volume on your Mac, brighten or dim the screen, or use any of the other controls that share space with the function keys.

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Steering wheel is usually the best to get though for racing games however not all racing games suit a steering wheel in my opinion, for example i actually hate the steering wheel for test drive unlimited for 360 unless im playing in hardcore mode.

I ve always had problems using a steering wheel and couldnt imagine trying to race on a keyboard.

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