How to turn off OS X function key usage

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When I'm remote desktopped into other machines or using web browsers that have apps requiring function key usage, my Mac steals the keys instead… I'll hit shift F1 to try to perform an app function, but instead my speakers turn off. How can I disable OS X stealing function key presses meant for applications?

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One thing I did not think of, this is a Razer keyboard, so their software may interfere with normal usage. In this case though, if I put the keyboard into "Game" mode, function keys turn into normal function keys again. I can then also map my volume controls to the macro keys and not lose that function either!

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Kinesis Function Key Bindings

Check this question on SuperUser: https://superuser.com/questions/403493/kinesis-advantage-os-x-media-keys

Have you noticed sluggishness/hanging using the Advantage in Lion? I've had issues with the shift key sticking (not physically, but it's like CAPS LOCK is on until I hit shift again), and delete key taking multiple presses to work, and other weirdness.

MacOS – Trigger function key using AppleScript

if you are trying to set the volume in AppleScript a correct syntax would be as the following, no need to force button presses :

tell application "System Events"
set volume 4
end tell

Now as you can see its a forced process. If you want more flexibility like determining where the users volume is currently at or set it to increment increase/decrease by 1, yes it's possible, but a little more code heavy than i can manage right now (i'm typing from my iPhone)

However,

If at possible, and your end goal wouldn't be affected by using Automator. I would use Automator if I was you, it has built in functions like this with easy drag and drop motives. 'Set Computer Volume is one of them'. But thats an alternative, I just emulated that with the code above.

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