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Macbook Air keyboard glitching - mostly delete and space bar issues



HELP...y6I have a problem with keyboard where it keeps typing weird things even now…




It’s a Macbook Air from 2018 -


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like this:

ny6 =/hy6hny6my=a y6 hq1=/y6

aqz1


Already:



  • I ran malware bytes - nothing found


  • I backed up and deleted old hard disk  entirely

  • i reinstalled OS Ventura 13.4.1



this happened out of nowhere.




if i press delete, the brightness gets toggled and the space bar makes a bunch of keys like hny=0/ come up… often the space bar just stops deleting entirely.




it has been like this three days now.


 





MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 15, 2023 7:01 PM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2023 5:05 PM

Hello mollywillows,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with your Mac's keyboard. Try the steps here to see if they resolve the issue: If your Mac doesn’t respond to key presses - Apple Support


"You may have accidentally set an option that changes how your keyboard operates.

  • Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click Accessibility  in the sidebar, then click Keyboard on the right. (You may need to scroll down.) Make sure Slow Keys is turned off. If Slow Keys is on, you must press and hold a key longer than usual before it’s recognized.
  • Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Pointer Control on the right. (You may need to scroll down.) Make sure Mouse Keys is off.
  • Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Keyboard  in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Click Edit next to Input Sources on the right, then turn on “Show Input menu in menu bar.” Open the Input menu, then make sure the correct keyboard layout is selected."



We hope this helps.


Cheers!


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Jul 16, 2023 5:05 PM in response to mollywillows

Hello mollywillows,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with your Mac's keyboard. Try the steps here to see if they resolve the issue: If your Mac doesn’t respond to key presses - Apple Support


"You may have accidentally set an option that changes how your keyboard operates.

  • Choose Apple menu  > System Settings, click Accessibility  in the sidebar, then click Keyboard on the right. (You may need to scroll down.) Make sure Slow Keys is turned off. If Slow Keys is on, you must press and hold a key longer than usual before it’s recognized.
  • Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Pointer Control on the right. (You may need to scroll down.) Make sure Mouse Keys is off.
  • Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Keyboard  in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.) Click Edit next to Input Sources on the right, then turn on “Show Input menu in menu bar.” Open the Input menu, then make sure the correct keyboard layout is selected."



We hope this helps.


Cheers!


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