In this blog post, I am going to share with you how to get the lacking keyboard keys on a MacBook’s keyboard.
Essentially, you are missing the following keys:
- HOME / END.
- DEL key. This is different from the MacBook’s “Delete” key (which is equivalent to the “Backspace” key).
- Page Up / Page Down.
To get the lacking keys, you will be pressing a series of keys in addition to holding down the FN key.
The following table will tell you what keys combination you can use on a MacBook keyboard to get the same behavior as if you were using a regular PC keyboard:
| Key | Mac keyboard equivalent | Description |
| Win key | Command | Pressing the “Command” key will act like the “Win” key and it will trigger the Windows start menu. Now you can press for instance: Command+R to trigger the Windows Run dialog, etc… |
| Home / End | Fn + Left or Right arrow keys | Pressing the Fn key with the left / right arrow keys will emulate the HOME and END keys on a full PC keyboard. |
| Ctrl + Home / End | Control + Fn + Left or Right arrow keys | Pressing Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End will take you to the top or the bottom of a document or file. This is useful in text editors. |
| Page Up / Page Down | Fn + Up or Down arrow keys | PageUp or PageDown keys let you scroll one page up or down in a document. The “Fn + Up/Down” equivalent on the Mac keyboard lets you do the same. |
| Delete key | Fn + Delete | In the Mac keyboard, there is only the “delete” key which is the equivalent of the BackSpace key on a PC keyboard. The “Delete” key on a PC keyboard lets you delete the character in front of the cursor. To achieve that using a MacBook keyboard inside a Remote Desktop session, press Fn+Delete |
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