FunctionFlip

Reclaim your Mac's function keys

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Uninstalling FunctionFlip

Removing FunctionFlip from your Mac takes just a few steps.

  1. Open FunctionFlip in System Preferences.
  2. Click "Stop FunctionFlip".
  3. Click "Show All" to return to the main System Preference screen.
  4. Secondary-click (i.e. right-click or two-finger click) the FunctionFlip icon.
  5. Choose "Remove FunctionFlip Preference Pane".

FunctionFlip is written by Kevin Gessner and is free and open source. Source code available on Github.

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Problems?

Having trouble with FunctionFlip on OS X Yosemite? Check out this excellent video guide from Friend-of-the-'Flip Charlie Wilkinson.

Using OS X 10.7 Lion or newer? Read these helpful tips from TUAW

How to uninstall FunctionFlip

Changes

Upgrading from version 1.0 or 1.1? You'll want to read this important information.

1.0 (9 July 2008): First release

1.1 (20 August 2008): Support for more keyboard layouts, plus new icons by Lorenzo Orlandi

1.2 (13 September 2008): FunctionFlip is now a System Preferences pane.

1.3 (13 October 2008): Expose and Dashboard keys can now be flipped. Modifier keys (Command, Alt, etc.) are passed for flipped keys. Added an About box.

2.0 (27 December 2008): Multiple keyboard support. Fixed F1 and F2 keys on external keyboards.

2.0.1 (27 September 2009): Snow Leopard support.

2.0.2 (28 September 2009): Fix an issue where FunctionFlip may stop working on 10.6.

2.1 (22 May 2010): Stop alert sounds with flipped keys.

2.2 (15 August 2011): Launchpad key support; Bluetooth connection fixes; bug fixes.

2.2.2 (25 June 2013): Mavericks support.

2.2.3 (23 July 2015): Support Yosemite and newer Mac keyboards.

2.2.4 (25 October 2017): Fix memory leak.