How to Follow Keystrokes on Your Mac
The Mac OS X operating system continuously polls for input from the keyboard and faithfully replicates each keystroke on the computer’s monitor. When you press a key in an application that supports text entry, such as a browser search bar, the corresponding letter or symbol appears immediately and you can follow the keystrokes visually.
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Instructions
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Open any software application by clicking its icon from the Applications menu on the dock.
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Click an area of the window that supports text entry. These areas typically have a white background, and when you hover your mouse over the area, the mouse pointer turns into a cursor icon. The cursor icon looks similar to the capital letter "I"; the pointer icon looks like a triangle pointing to the upper left corner of your screen.
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Type text on your keyboard in the usual manner.
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Follow the typed letters as they appear with your eyes. One additional character or symbol appears with each keystroke.
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