Keyboard buttons are mapped wrong

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rawgrarr Author

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Keyboard buttons are mapped wrong

The key next to left shift is switched with the button above tab. How do you fix this?

Posted on Oct 9, 2009 8:50 AM

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Answer 1

rawgrarr Author

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Nov 3, 2009 8:26 AM in response to rawgrarr

This helped me:

http://forum.soft32.com/mac/Keyboard-Setup-Assistant-ftopict57715.html

delete the file:
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist

and replugin the keyboard.

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rawgrarr Author

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Dec 16, 2009 5:14 PM in response to Rod Hagen

No, I have a language selected, but it seems like every now and then, OS X is unable to identify my keyboard. In my case, the key next to left shift is switched with the key above tab. All other keys work just fine, according to my keyboard language mapping. The keyboard language setting is not changed.

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rawgrarr Author

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Oct 10, 2009 7:55 AM in response to CMCSK

I don't think you understand what I'm saying. I'm not looking for chaning a shortcut. The problem is that the key that writes "<" is switched with the key that writes "§". Usually OS X asks me what kind of keyboard I have and sets it thereafter, but lately it has stopped doing that and it's been this way.

Edit:
o god, apparently writing certain letters messes up the message.

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Oct 10, 2009 8:50 AM in response to rawgrarr

I have an aluminium apple keyboard which has worked Ok since I purchased it in January, now for some reason the volume keys F10 to F12 have stopped working. I use them a lot as I do a lot of sound/editing work on my Mac Pro. Can anyone help?

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DLR

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Dec 16, 2009 11:22 AM in response to rawgrarr

I am posting this here because the subject describes the problem I encountered as well. Though, it may be different because the solution provided did not help me.

Recently I lost the function of F6-F12 keys on my aluminum keyboard.

After trying the above solution and not finding the mentioned plist file, I played around with my Keyboard preference pane and fixed it for myself. At least for now.

In the Keyboard pref pane > keyboard tab, I checked the box "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys". I switched to another pref pane and then back. I then unchecked the same box. Now all the keys work properly.

What caught my eye in the first place was that the keys would work how "I desired them to" when pressing the "fn" modifier. I then realized that the computer was acting as if that "Use all F1, …" option was selected.

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Rod Hagen

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Dec 16, 2009 3:28 PM in response to rawgrarr

I'm still not altogether clear about what you are saying here, rawgrarr, but if you are looking for the option to set a particular international keyboard mapping go to System Preferences/language and Text/Input Sources and select it there. You can also select an option there to show the Input menu (which allows you to choose between different international keyboards) in the menu bar.

Cheers

Rod

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