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I have a Macbook Pro 13" with Retina Display running OS X Mavericks 10.9.4
I use Code Editors like PHPStorm which Require me to use the Function Keys as Keyboard Shortcuts like Command+F6.
But F6 just increases my backlighting.
I want the function Keys to do this special stuff when used alone and behave as normal Function keys when I add something before it like Cmd.
For example :
F11 should decrease volume,
but Cmd+F11 should be a shortcut
The easiest way might be to disable the Fn key. Since you say that using Fn+F10 works, you could go into System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard, and enable Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys. This way you no longer need to press Fn to send F10.
The second solution is on the PC side. You could install a utility such as AutoHotkey on your PC and remap the keys there. That way the keybindings will only work on the PC. Lifehacker has nice looking tutorial about this. In AutoHotkey, you can decide which applications the shortcut applies to, but in your case it seems like a global hotkey would work since it is running on the PC side.
Another solution might be to try one of the ways to create keyboard shortcuts menitoned in this Lifehacker article. This article's goal is to help you do similar things that AutoHotkey let's you do on the Mac.
Have you tried Change Keyboard Type in System Preferences -> Keyboard?
Best Answer
I think you got two options:
Enable function keys to work like normal keys and to activate their special functions – like increasing volume etc. – when pressing fn beforehand.
Set custom app shortcuts for your programs that need function keys in their shortcuts.