James Lloyd

Or just don’t buy a McBook

And what would suggest as a better alternative ?

well, function key (fn) and the backspace will equal DELETE.
Quite fun
And as for a 13 year windows user (1995-2007) and 8 year mac user (1987-1995), i went back to mac.
have to adapt – which is a good thing to try when getting older…
but it’s a marvel. Just adaptation

Ctrl D also does forward delete:

On Mac OS X many of the unix / gnu / readline / terminal / emacs compatible control key combinations work in standard apps e.g. Mail, Terminal and even in Firefox:

Another useful one in Terminal is Ctrl R to reverse search your command history for the word (or part thereof) typed next.

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_key

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGUserInput/chapter_11_section_3.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000361-TPXREF61
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Cocoa: In Cocoa applications, the Control key has additional defined behaviors, as described in “Text System Defaults and Key Bindings” in Cocoa Event-Handling Guide in Cocoa Events & Other Input Documentation.

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http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/EventOverview/TextDefaultsBindings/chapter_9_section_2.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000468-611005

/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/StandardKeyBinding.dict

^a moveToBeginningOfParagraph
^b moveBackward
^d deleteForward
^e moveToEndOfParagraph
^f moveForward
^h deleteBackward
^k deleteToEndOfParagraph
^l centerSelectionInVisibleArea
^n moveDown
^o insertNewlineIgnoringFieldEditor or moveBackward
^p moveUp
^t transpose
^v pageDown
^y yank

If you are already used to using these, or want to use them more frequently, the Function key on the MacBook Pro is annoyingly where the ctrl key ’should’ be. Under System Preferences | Keyboard & Mouse | Modifier Keys … | you can’t swap Fn and Ctrl, but you *can* swap Caps Lock and Control, or have both as Control. Ctrl and ‘D’ are then conveniently both on the home row – much less finger gymnastics than Fn Backspace or reaching for dedicated delete/home/end keys.

hey guys i have a mac pro and i want to delete my search history…the delete key is actually a backward key. And there is no key called “backward” on key pad….

That doesnt work if your deletin from itunes … still stumped !!