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Why? It's no different than pressing "Windows + D" to display the desktop on a PC. As for the characters ⌘, ⌥, etc. they are printed on the key themselves...

Why? It's no different than pressing "Windows + D" to display the desktop on a PC. As for the characters ⌘, ⌥, etc. they are printed on the key themselves... Edit: Also, ⌘ historically denotes a place of interest. ⌥ is visually taking an alternative path... it's a straight line which goes parallel. It's the key for alternative functions... alt on pc.

low_battery 10y ago
⌥ is not printed on any key on the Mac I am using, and I am sure ^ on top of 6 is not the ^ parent mentioned. I agree with parent, these are ridiculous.
- fred256 10y ago
  They are on non-US apple keyboards, the US keyboards use the text "alt" and "option" and so on. I've always wondered why they don't put the symbols on the US keyboards yet use them in the UI anyway.
  - riobard 10y ago
    Could be that it's difficult to describe over the phone which keys are alt/option/command/control? "The one with four loops" vs "the one with forking road" would be funny :D
  - vsl 10y ago
    I'm typing this on a (2015/2016) non-US keyboard without them.
- 0x0 10y ago
  It's printed on lots of macbooks? http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/09/15/apple_macbook_air_11in_mid_2011_5.jpg http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/09/15/apple_macbook_air_11in_mid_...
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