Space Bar button is not working

While I'm working on my mac book Air 13 the space button is not working, but it selects empty boxes in the screen and does not allow me to continue normally. Please advise.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 8:03 AM

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1 reply

jdo_apple

Community Specialist

Feb 18, 2022 9:15 AM in response to lva29

Hi lva29,

Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities! From our understanding, the space bar on your Mac is not functioning as it should, is that right?

Since noticing this issue, has your MacBook been restarted?

Shut down or restart your Mac

Does this only happen in one specific app or multiple? Are there any updates that need to be installed?

Hope that helps!

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