Keyboard shortcuts using the Globe key

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Keyboard shortcuts using the Globe key

The default keyboard shortcuts for Halves and Quarters include the Globe key.

I want to assign a custom keyboard shortcut that includes the Globe key, but pressing a Globe key combination does not register. So if I press Command-Globe-T then it only registers Command-T.

How do I create shortcuts that include the Globe key, or even re-enter the original shortcuts after I've changed them, without restoring everything using restore?

MacBook Air 15″, macOS 26.2

Posted on Dec 11, 2025 9:47 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 11, 2025 11:32 AM in response to manos_mg

AFAICT, you cannot create new shortcuts using the Globe/fn key.

You can restore a default shortcut simply be deleting the customized one that you created.

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Answer 2

Old Toad

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Dec 11, 2025 10:56 AM in response to manos_mg

By Globe key you mean the Fn key, right? Do you have this System setting set to not use the Fn keys for using the F keys?

I don't use the built-in keyboard shortcuts but use a macro app called Keyboard Maestro. You can create a single or two keystroke combination to do most anything: open applications/files, change settings in apps, add prepared paragraphs of text to a post or file, etc.

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