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I just bought one. The lack of home/pgdown/pgup/end is still frustrating. I must say, it's a great piece of hardware and the double tap/corner "right click" is a great addition. Frankly, the hardware is wonderful.

The software? Frankly, I'd be happier on a "just works" linux, and I'm tempted to research reverse engineering the touchpad for linux - it's quite a nice addition and it would be a best of both worlds scenario.

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A quick googling turns up:

http://www.starryhope.com/tech/2006/mac-os-x-home-and-end-ke...

Yeah, something that should work by default, but it is at least fixable.

The frustration is all of the chording for things that seem to merit their own key in my world. Fn-up, down, left, right could better handle screen and keyboard lighting, and put page up/down/left/right up there instead. I mean, the freaking computer controls the brightness anyway, why even bother with single touch? And play/pause and fast forward/reverse?

Home and end don't bother me as much as page up/down, really. I hate finding my place again after scrolling up and down, and option-up/down is annoying to me.

Yeah, what's the deal with home and end! I just got a mac and I'm still trying to get to the begining and ends of lines. Any solutions?

Also why does iPhoto open every time I connect my iPhone? That's pretty annoying.

Far as I know, Home = Cmd+Left and End = Cmd+Left

Also, to stop iPhoto opening, open iPhoto > Preferences, set 'Connecting camera opens' to 'No application'.

Cmd-Left, Cmd-Right are the traditional Mac keys, or you can use Emacs-style Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E.

iPhoto preferences, General. "Connecting camera opens: No application"

> you can use Emacs-style Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E

Most people don't know this, but yes: any Cocoa text view responds to many Emacs c-key shortcuts.

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