MacBook Air M4 keyboard not responding to typing

Fholt wrote:

I'm typing and nothing is happening. I have to type like 2-3 times before it starts appearing and I get about 5 words down before it glitches again.

Apple bluetooth keyboard experiencing the same issue.

Tried restarting - nada.

Macbook air m4

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Original Title: TAHOE KEYBOARD ISSUE

On my M4 MBA that originally came with Sequoia macOS 15.5 ( 24F74 ) and since upgraded to Tahoe 26.01

The builtin keyboard has aways worked as expected

Part 1 of 2

Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.

Safe Mode will also eliminate Third Party Software, extensions and drivers from loading. It will only load the Minimum amount of Core Apple Processes to allow the the computer to function at a reduced Level of Performance 

Does the issue present in this mode ?

If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.

If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.

Part 2 of 2

To Drill Down further and to avoid a session of Q&A, Q&A  and Q&A  

Download the Application Etrecheck  ( External Link ) directly from the Developer.

The Application is Not a " Silver Bullet "  and is  only a tool to examine the Hardware / Software used on this computer 

This is a Diagnostic Tool that makes no changes to the computer Hardware / Software used on this computer 

The application is free or paid from added features. 

The Report will Not Reveal Any Personal Information. 

Post back the Full Report - copy and paste - >>>> using the Additional Text Icon ( 3rd Icon to last ) <<<<

See if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Fholt wrote:

interestingly I've now understood it's the caps lock key causing the issue - why could that be?

Perhaps if the user ( you ) can explain how this current issue is related to their Other issue are related ?

Keyboard doesn’t work in tahoe - Apple Community

Quote " Keyboard was working perfectly fine until I installed Tahoe. Laptop hasn't left its place, no water damage nada. I'm typing and as I type, it's not typing. I have to keep pressing keys until something comes up and then I can type for 5 seconds normally and then it starts again " End Quote

neuroanatomist wrote:

Before why, comes what. Please see the following, a post that is confusing does not typically result in helpful replies.

Writing an effective Apple Support Commun… - Apple Community

IMHO, there is nothing confusing

They have clearly stated " MacBook Air M4 keyboard not responding to typing "

How much more clear could that be

Though, good effort on your part in trying to extract some usable information

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Owl-53 wrote:

neuroanatomist wrote:

Before why, comes what. Please see the following, a post that is confusing does not typically result in helpful replies.

Writing an effective Apple Support Commun… - Apple Community

IMHO, there is nothing confusing

They have clearly stated " MacBook Air M4 keyboard not responding to typing "

How much more clear could that be

Though, good effort on your part in trying to extract some usable information

The caps lock key is the cause of other keys not working at all then suddenly working then not working again. I’m glad that’s perfectly clear to you, hopefully that clarity will help the OP.

We both suggested Safe Mode, did the OP try that troubleshooting step? Not clear to me.

Before why, comes what. Please see the following, a post that is confusing does not typically result in helpful replies.

Writing an effective Apple Support Commun… - Apple Community