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Apr 16, 2016 11:03 AM in response to PATRICKMELEby shape,I tried this in Mountain Lion 10.8.5 on a Macbook Pro but it's not working.
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Apr 16, 2016 11:14 AM in response to leroydouglasby shape,Fyi, 2 reasons I'm aware of: 1) You want to clean your keyboard without having to shut down first. This obviously requires putting pressure on the keys. 2) You have a pet (i.e. cat) and don't want 25+ different actions being triggered b/c they walked on or sat on the keyboard.
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Apr 28, 2016 9:24 PM in response to Macbookbrocby seijitsunajosei,KeyboardCleanTool is a free app you can download from: https://www.boastr.net/downloads/
It disables the keyboard with 1 click, and reenables it with 1 click. It does not work for disabling your MacBookPro keyboard so that you can use a Bluetooth keyboard instead (both the built-in keyboard and the BlueTooth keyboard get disabled simultaneously).
I want to be able to disable my broken keys laptop keyboard so that I can sit my Bluetooth keyboard on top of it without accidentally pressing buttons, but this won't help me. I tried F1, F6, and F7 to no success. I'd rather not type commands into the Terminal. So far, I haven't found an answer for my situation.
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Apr 28, 2016 10:25 PM in response to Macbookbrocby seijitsunajosei,Yay, I found an app that works!
Karabiner is a free app that allows you to disable your Mac's keyboard when an external keyboard is connected: https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/
It can also do a ton of other things to customize your keyboard, which I have not explored.
A big thank you to this "Cat-proofing a MacBook keyboard" article: http://www.mackungfu.org/cat-proofing-a-macbook-keyboard
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Aug 22, 2016 6:38 PM in response to Macbookbrocby Skahdt,This is actually quite easy, I can't believe I had to google so much to find the answer and almost paid 10 bucks for a program to do it!! http://www.mackungfu.org/cat-proofing-a-macbook-keyboard
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- Open System Preferences, then click the Accessibility icon.
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- Click the Mouse & Trackpad icon in the list at the left.
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- At the top right, click the Options button alongside the Enable Mouse Keys checkbox.
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- Put a check in Ignore Built-In Trackpad When Mouse Keys is On, and click OK.
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- Close System Preferences, then in future when the MacBook keyboard is sat upon by a cat, tap Option (Alt) five times.