A handy tool for customizing your keyboard buttons, especially useful if your keyboard does not have dedicated multimedia keys like volume controls or media playback buttons. Simply run the application in the background to remap your keys to perform the desired functions. Control your media playback without needing to replace your current keyboard.
MediaKeys 1.1 for Mac could be downloaded from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this app available. Mediakeys.dmg is the default file name to indicate this app's installer.
This free Mac application is an intellectual property of Ross Tulloch. MediaKeys was developed to work on Mac OS X 10.6 or later. We recommend checking the downloaded files with any free antivirus. The application belongs to System Tools. The following version: 1.0 is the most frequently downloaded one by the program users.
From the developer:
MediaKeys is a small application that allows you to customize your keyboard buttons. This application can help you if you use a keyboard that lacks any multimedia media keys (volume up, volume down, mute, eject). You must leave the software running for the remapping to occur.
You may want to check out more software for Mac, such as Photomatix Light, Localghost or Screem, which might be similar to MediaKeys.