my mac keyboard types letters adjacent to it when pressed

I got some liquid on my macbook air’s keyboard and dried it out. If I press any keys on the right side of the keyboard random letters show up. ex: the delete key shows up as a semi colon and a dash, or the j key shows up as jm=.

Can I fix this independently?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.5

Posted on Jun 28, 2024 8:35 AM

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