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May 18, 2013 1:03 PM in response to Macbookbrocby dominic23,There is no preference setting to turn off keyboard.
Third party applications and terminal method will produce unexpected problems.
Keyboard plays a very important part in troubleshooting.
Best.
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Sep 6, 2014 11:53 AM in response to dominic23by bewilderness,★HelpfulPeople log onto these boards looking for answers to their problems, not reasons why their problems are actually unobjectionable. I can't even imagine being so completely personally identified with a brand that I would tell a person something like this. Your response is essentially pro-Apple propaganda, aimed at a person already using an Apple product and having problems with it that they are coming to you seeking help with. As such, your response is actually worse than useless.
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Sep 6, 2014 12:43 PM in response to Macbookbrocby leroydouglas,Just for some clarification what does that gain you, to turn off the built in keyboard?
Maybe you can give some more idea what are your objectives.
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Sep 6, 2014 12:52 PM in response to Macbookbrocby PATRICKMELE,★HelpfulCtl +F1 to disable Keyboard control on and off. with System Preferences Keyboard selection box checked in "Shortcuts"
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Sep 9, 2014 9:12 AM in response to leroydouglasby bewilderness,At the time I posted this rather aggressive response, my keyboard had been damaged in such a way that the computer behaved as if the Command key were constantly being pressed down. Thus trying to type the letter "p" would attempt to print something. It was easier to use the virtual keyboard or connect a keyboard via USB, but they would behave the same way unless the internal keyboard was turned off.
For the record, what I wound up doing was cutting and pasting the following into the terminal (with my admin password):
sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb oard.kext/
To turn it back on, I did this:sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb oard.kext/
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Oct 21, 2014 11:23 AM in response to bewildernessby BrianBlaze,I have a similar issue and am thankful for your post!
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Apr 19, 2015 8:05 AM in response to bewildernessby avincent98122,error in 10.10.3 (14D136)
Can't create /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb .
Can't open CFBundle for /Users/av/oard.kext.
Can't create oard.kext.
you have an error in the string: "sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb oard.kext/"
should be "sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb oard.kext/" [no space between Keyb .. and .. ord].
the corrected string brings back this error:
(kernel) Can't unload kext com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard; classes have instances:
(kernel) Kext com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard class AppleUSBTCKeyboard has 1 instance.
Failed to unload com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).
Please advise.
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Oct 25, 2015 10:07 PM in response to avincent98122by finnm53264,I know this is an old thread, but i just discovered by accident a way to disable the keys running Yosemite. All i did was press the option key 5 times in a row and all of the keys do not work until i press it 5 times again. When i first did it by accident i thought my keyboard was broken but when i restarted the computer it was back to normal. I don't really know why this happens, but it does.
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Oct 25, 2015 10:10 PM in response to finnm53264by finnm53264,there will be a series of high pitched clicks from your speakers when it happens.
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Nov 7, 2015 4:37 PM in response to dominic23by rommcm,To HELP, or not To HELP? That's the question!
Having to explain WHY I'm asking a question, seems like an impediment (I'n my humble opinion). I know I could be wrong! Obviously there are exceptions. So please forgive me if I'm way off.
dominic23>"There is no preference setting to turn off keyboard"
dominic23>"Third party applications and terminal method will produce unexpected problems."
[You are obviously knowledgable and trying to help. Great info, thanks!]
dominic23>"Keyboard plays a very important part in troubleshooting."
[Do you think? If they don't know this already, they probably have no clue what troubleshooting is anyway. If you don't understand how important your keyboard is, then maybe you need to learn, by troubleshooting the full extent of their own id10t error capability. Am I wrong?]
Most of the posts I go to for help are riddled with questions like "why would you want to do that?" This always irritates me personally. I'm kind-of venting at all the posts I've ever read. So, no hard feelings, nothing personal.
Regards,
Sr Developer
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Mar 25, 2016 4:12 AM in response to bewildernessby dstickler,Thank you! This with disabling my mouse allowed me to get back control of Macbook after spilling coffee ;-) It's pretty annoying when the 'screen lightness down' button is pressed constantly
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Mar 25, 2016 7:57 PM in response to avincent98122by bewilderness,Sorry, I hadn't seen this before. When I came back just now, it told me I had a draft to recover, and this draft contained that code, but without the spaces. I don't know how they got there. I hope they didn't give you trouble.
My laptop was running Mavericks at the time I posted this. I'm glad you found something that worked for Yosemite.