TUAW Tip: shortcuts for display, audio and keyboard preferences

Why does TUAW keep posting hints that appeared on Mac OS X Hints weeks, months and sometimes years earlier? I'm not suggesting that the hints are without value. It just strikes me as odd. Perhaps a story about Mac OS X Hints or just the occasional courtesy link would be in order? I'm sure many TUAW would be awed by the wealth of information on that site.

Yeah, How I missed these great shortcuts is beyond me thanks a million...

Now, as a Mac Tech, these will come in really handy, but the holy grail would be a 'Network Preferences' keyboard short cut. Anyone know of one?

FINALLY!


TUAW Tips are back again! I wish you guys would post more tips from time to time.

a neat thing about this: i'm on a G4 Sawtooth w/ a CRT display running 10.4.6, and even though F14 & F15 don't control display brightness in this case, hitting opt-F14/F15 still takes me to the displays prefs

(it may have something to do with the keyboard being from a G4 iMac where it did have brightness adjustment… but i wouldn't think so)

#14: You can turn off the "interface sound effects" in the Sound prefpane.
#19: It does work if you press the option key first, then the fn modifier and some fkey.

And yes, this is a great hint.

Worked for me. 15" Ti G4 Powerbook running 10.4.7

#14 Chris: it's a very nice feature I've been using it for ages. I just got a new MB Pro and to my great dismay this doesn't work when you set the F-Keys to be fkeys by default and action with the fn modifier. I was very disapointed when I found out :/

Thats so cool! I'm in a TUAW post!

Thanx for posting guys! I found it by accident!

I might be wrong, but if I remember correctly, this has worked since at least OS 9.

Good tip Chris. That buggs me all the time.