I have karabiner installed on my mac.  One of the things you can do is to 
emulate a numeric keypad.  Maybe it sounds a bit geeky, but it does work!

Chris
> On Mar 21, 2016, at 4:39 AM, Daniela Rubio <mabuha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, that is what we are going to end up doing. It seems that it is worthy, 
> as there are extra functionalities that can be launched from there.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Daniela Rubio
> 
>> El 21 mar 2016, a las 7:57, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> escribió:
>> 
>> Hi Anne,
>> 
>> Thanks for that,
>> I use the USB full keyboard for the mac tomuch,
>> 
>> I guess the answer would really be a USB or Bluetooth number pad
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> Simon F
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson
>> Sent: Monday, 21 March 2016 7:55 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: How to emulate numeric keyboard in a Macbook air keyboard?
>> 
>> Hello Simon,
>> 
>> The numloc function disappeared when Macs stopped using the Power PC chips 
>> and went to Intel. So, it went out with the PowerBooks and iBooks (yes, 
>> there were laptops called iBooks). It has not been available on any variety 
>> of MacBook, Air, Pro, White, Black, etc.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
>>> On 21 Mar 2016, at 07:24, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anne,
>>> 
>>> A lot of windows based machines have a numlock key if you  use the function 
>>> key as well, does the mac no longer have this type of function from the 
>>> function key row?-----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson
>>> Sent: Monday, 21 March 2016 6:51 AM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: How to emulate numeric keyboard in a Macbook air keyboard?
>>> 
>>> Hello Daniela,
>>> 
>>> Before the Intel Macs, there used to be a Numloc key on a laptop keyboard, 
>>> but this is no longer the case. There may be a utility out there somewhere 
>>> to do this, but I don’t know of any.
>>> 
>>> External numeric keypads aren’t expensive and would do the job.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anne
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 20 Mar 2016, at 17:19, Daniela Rubio <mabuha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hello all!
>>>> 
>>>> In Logic Pro X, there are some commands that are easy to acces with a 
>>>> numeric keyboard; but if we are using a laptop, is there a way to convert 
>>>> a part of the keyboard into a numeric keyboard temporarily? I thought 
>>>> there was a way, but I can’t remember! 
>>>> 
>>>> Can somebody give me a hand please?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
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