Apple is researching keyboards with small displays on the keys to dynamically change the label on each key, according to a newly-granted patent filing. The filing, spotted by Patently Apple, is ...

Future MacBooks and iMacs could come with a Smart Keyboard that changes key labels depending on the language or social network functions a user is accessing. Apple is reportedly in talks with ...

Finally, set the keyboard shortcut you’d like to use. The tip’s original author went with Control-Shift-1 through 7, with Control-Shift-~ for no label.

An earlier hint about applying Finder labels from the keyboard suffered from some annoying limitations. Fortunately there's a better solution to the same problem, and it involves Automator.