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Asked: 2026-06-03T21:08:39+00:00

I have a problem with F6 key in MacOS (Lion). I have set the

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I have a problem with F6 key in MacOS (Lion). I have set the normal behavior for all function keys and disabled every shortcut using functional keys in Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts. Still I cannot use F6 key because it causes the actual window to loose focus. I have searched all the settings in MacOS shortcuts and there is none enabled that uses F6, nevertheless there is none that uses just this very key whatsoever.
I am already desperate because I cannot use Midnight Commander properly. Is there any way to determine what is using this key and disable it?

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    I have discovered that Parallels had registered F6 as global shortcut and thus disabling it for everything else. Once I removed the shortcut, everything works just fine.

    To remove the global shortcut in Parallels Desktop 12, from a running virtual machine on the top VM menu go to Devices > Keyboard > Customize… > OS X System Shortcuts and uncheck Show and hide Parallels Desktop.

    You can also get to this setting from the Control Center window (no need to have a VM running) by clicking the gear icon from any VM and then going to Mouse & Keyboard > Open Shortcut Preferences… > OS X System Shortcuts.

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