Though hardware actions have less options than software actions, you will still be able to use them even if you connect your devices to another PC. For more information on this, I found this thread while googling: Funnily enough, when in BIOS mode, Scroll Lock and Pause Break act like the brighten/dim buttons for the screen, so that's kind of an accidental feature for me, since I use those a lot too.You can use hardware profiles to configure lighting effects and actions that are usable without needing iCUE running in the background. If you set it to BIOS though, the windows button locker doesn't work, but I can't imagine why you'd care about that on OSX. The num lock/scroll lock LEDs though are stuck as whatever they are, but I don't really care personally, as caps lock is the only one I am actively looking for when I type. I've found that if I set it to this, I can at least get the caps lock LED to show the right state. There is a fall-back mode all the way at the end called BIOS, which is meant as a 'compatibility mode'.
Now, there is a manual switch on the keyboard which swaps the OS built into the keyboard, but the configurations are all meant for PC.
There are three white LEDs for the conventional Num Lock/Caps Lock/Scroll Lock states of the buttons. Hitting the LED button just switches between your lit configuration and all the keys lit up, so it's not all that complicated.
Both the one for setting LEDs and their brightness work everywhere I've tested by setting it up on a PC and then plugging it into a mac and it still kept it. There are three corsair specific buttons at the top: one for setting the LEDs (which are all red), one for adjusting the LED brightness, and one lock for disabling the windows key when activated (presumably so you don't accidentally kill your fullscreened game by hitting the start menu button). There are some media keys and volume keys, which appear to work in my experience, except for the Stop button (I guess it doesn't know what to do with that in iTunes, since there is only Play/Pause). The application launcher key I never use, so I have no idea. The only issue that I discovered is that the RGB. It works like charm, solid build, PBT keycaps, cushioned wrist rest, all are awesome. I used Corsair K95 with speed switches and replaced it with K95 Platinum XT because of the MX blue switches. There are some issues though, which I'll get to later.īoth Alt and Win keys on both sides of the space bar work and in OSX keyboard preferences I reversed them to act like option and command. The best keyboard can only beat the Corsair K100 when it comes with blue switches in the future.
With the simple goal of delivering pro-proven mechanical performance paired with outrageous customization options, Strafe will enable your skills to reach their full potential. To answer your question (very late), I've swapped my K70 back and forth between a win 8 machine and a mac and the LED config is definitely saved. After 20 years of pushing the limits of innovation, Corsair Gaming takes the power of Cherry MX German engineering one step further. I just got this keyboard for my mac and I love it.