left shift key
I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air and the shift key on the left hand side (which is the one I use) doesn't work, even when I used the accessibility keys. How can you help?
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I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air and the shift key on the left hand side (which is the one I use) doesn't work, even when I used the accessibility keys. How can you help?
aracicot15 Said:
"left shift key: I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air and the shift key on the left hand side (which is the one I use) doesn't work, even when I used the accessibility keys. How can you help?"
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Troubleshooting Keyboard Keys:
I. Reset the SMC and NVRAM using and external keyboard...
II. Reinstalling the macOS:
If the resets are of no success, then reinstall the macOS. If you reinstall the macOS, nothing would be deleted. All intended, original files and apps that came on your macOS would be reinstalled. It’s all about keeping your system files intact.
1. First, Create a Time Machine backup:
Important: Create a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall.
2. Reinstall the macOS:
aracicot15 Said:
"left shift key: I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air and the shift key on the left hand side (which is the one I use) doesn't work, even when I used the accessibility keys. How can you help?"
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Troubleshooting Keyboard Keys:
I. Reset the SMC and NVRAM using and external keyboard...
II. Reinstalling the macOS:
If the resets are of no success, then reinstall the macOS. If you reinstall the macOS, nothing would be deleted. All intended, original files and apps that came on your macOS would be reinstalled. It’s all about keeping your system files intact.
1. First, Create a Time Machine backup:
Important: Create a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall.
2. Reinstall the macOS:
aracicot15 wrote:
I just bought a refurbished MacBook Air and the shift key on the left hand side (which is the one I use) doesn't work
Check that left shift has not been set to do something else in the settings shown below
left shift key