#Macbook not responding to keys how to
#Macbook not responding to keys serial
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#Macbook not responding to keys software

#Macbook not responding to keys software

I just figured it must be a software issue, but I tried all the reset functions, restarting, etc. All the keys around them worked flawlessly. The keys affected were = f12 right arrow and right command key, as well as all their shift functions. Sometimes it would help to press them really hard, but sometimes they'd just be dead for days and then come back for no reason.

#Macbook not responding to keys pro

I've had this issue for years on my 2012 Macbook Pro that some keys on the right hand side of my Mac Pro keyboard would work on and off. I think my problem is the battery, which is 2-3 years old and at some point I've read that they start swelling.

#Macbook not responding to keys serial

This film has gold conductive paint that follows a horizontal serial path on one side, so if there is corrosion or a mechanical problem in one key, it is likely to affect (or start affecting) keys in the same row, like when a bulb fails in a Christmas light with only two cables.ДЄs the problem is intermittent, I discovered by chance that closing the lid, and putting the laptop vertically and putting pressure on both ends fixes the 'p' and ENTER problems temporarily. One article (which I cannot find now) had very useful pictures of the transparent film under the keys, which explains why keys that are in the same row tend to fail together. (Note not all keys are created equal and that several articles say the control keys -SPACE, ENTER, SHIFT, ALT, OPTION- are harder to put back in as they have a pin). I checked that no System Settings were incorrect, added other language keyboards, upgraded to High Sierra.ДЇinally, I decided to risk going with the tools for the first time into my keyboard, removed and cleaned the 'p' with help of this YouTube video, the best among many I saw. I did all the recommended resets (PRAM,SMC,safe mode reboot,upgrading to High Sierra).

#Macbook not responding to keys how to

If you are logged out I was not able to figure out how to enter 'p' in my password using and ALT-# format. (Survival trick: use the Keyboard Viewer to enter ENTER or any other key. In my case, out went the 'p' and then the ENTER key. I wish Apple would summarize all the different possibilities in one page. If you have this problem, prepare yourself for a long session of searches and partial answers. What could be the cause of this? How to fix it? Pressing multiple (unresponsive) keys at once seems to yield a temporary relieve and the problems seem to be get more severe when the machine heats up and less severe when running cooler. There is no swollen battery, no strange matter inside the machines. Strange symptoms with strange solutions that indicate a keyboard for itself may be fine: Unresponsive Keyboard and Trackpad problemД«oth keyboards I examined had no spill related damage, both were cleaned underneath the key caps (minimal dirt there before), one I disassembled completely to really clean it. Keys qwer uiop Not Working, Rest Other keys Are Working Fine вЂ“ Laptop, Desktop Linking the key failures to dirt. Shift key + qwerty row of keys not working To look at similar but non-fruity situation. Qwerty row on macbook air won't work from time to time Also no solution but a lot of voodoo reasoning or observations. Keyboard Intermittently Non Responsive - Top row of Qwerty only (This issue was not really solvedвЂ¦)

Searching some more similar symptoms are reported here

And the supposed fix is really just an inconvenient workaround that further would be quite impractical to implement on that many keys. Searching around there are some similar problems reported, apparently mostly on Apple hardware.ДЇirst port of call should be this Keyboard key stuck or not being recognized how to fix but that reads like a permanent physical/electrical problem. Sometimes all of them really do work normally. Not always the same keys, not alway all keys. The affected keys in both cases were confined to the top row of letter characters on a qwerty-layout like t y u i o p. Of course, despite still intermittently showing symptoms. Both of them went to the Genius bar for testing, one of them for the 'long run', and came back as 'works normally'. Came across the second MacBook Pro keyboard recently that exhibit very strange symptoms.Д¬ertain keys seem to stop responding despite being clean and traveling very easily just the rest of the keys.