How to unlock (cltr-alt-end) on Apple MAC

Hello David,

You are right, when the keyboard has a DEL button, CTRL-ALT-DEL works on a MAC.
However, on notebooks and some smaller MAC keyboards (like the wireless keyboard), there is no DEL key.

For example, I have a macbook air without the DEL key.

Apple says you should press FN-BACKSPACE is the same as DEL.

So the combination would be : CTRL-ALT-FN-BACKSPACE

But that doesn't work. I even tried FN-CTRL-ALT-CMD-BACKSPACE without luck.

The remote clients are Windows XP.

Hello René,

I now have a smaller MAC keyboard (the wireless keyboard) in US English format. Using this keyboard I was able to perform the keystoke CTRL-ALT-FN-DEL this worked. I believe that non-English keyboards may have this key mapped to a different function.

Can you try something for me to test this further, open a document and type some text then use the FN-BACKSPACE keys, this should perform a delete function.

Now open a standard terminal window, not iTerm, and do the same test. I believe that the FN-BACKSPACE does not have delete functionality in this case.

Can you let me know what you find?

We are getting closer.

FN-BACKSPACE works correctly in documents / terminal. Even on the virtual desktop FN-BACKSPACE works like DEL.

However, ALT doesn't seem to work. I started notepad in the virtual desktop and pressed ALT-F. This should bringup the file menu. Instead is shows the character '2' ?

ps: I also tried attaching a normal keyboard with DEL button, with the same result. CTRL-ALT-DEL is not working.

Hi,

Can you tell me what is the keyboard layout and regional settings of the remote computer?

Also have you checked the Modifier Keys are correctly configured in the System Preferences, Keyboard option on the Mac.

Keyboard layout on the virtual desktop is "United States-International".

Regional settings "Dutch (Nederlands)"

I checked the modifier keys and they are correct.

One thing that you can try and have tested here in the Reston office is using the (cltr-shift-esc) combination.

I found a solution for this, but it is not something we can ask our users to do. Maybe you guys know why we have to do this:

1. $ xmodmap -pke > ~/.Xmodmap
2. $ open -e ~/.Xmodmap
3. Change  the line:  "keycode  66 =  Mode_switch" to "keycode  66  = Alt_L"
4. Change the line:  "keycode  69 = Mode_switch" to "keycode  69 = Alt_R"
5. Now close X11 and the ALT mapping works. CTRL-ALT-DEL also works.

I changed the alt/option mapping (keycode 66 and 69) from 'mode_switch'  to Alt_L / Alt_R

Is your alt/option key also mapped to Alt_L by default?

The 'Multi Select' is also not working with the apple connector.

A user needs to select multiple items. In windows, this would be CTRL+left mouse.

However, the Apple has mapped this as a right mouse click (option menu).

How could we make this working?

fn+ctrl+alt+backspace will work.

I know this is an old post but it is irritating that it's high in the google search results and does not have a definitive answer (there is no key labelled Backspace on my keyboard, for instance, and several of the offered solutions produce a local Ctrl-Alt-Delete).

After testing on a MacBook Air with restricted keyboard I was able to verify:

1. fn+right arrow works as End key

2. fn+control+(alt/option)+right arrow replaces Ctrl+Alt+End in an active RDP session and allows you to change your password

Hello Rene,

I ran into the same problem using my Mac book Pro. The key combination that worked for me for the alternate of Ctrl+Alt+End on Mac is fn + Ctrl + Alt/Option + Right Arrow + Right Arrow. 

Thanks

Thank you very much! It worked to perfection!