IMAC WIRELESS KEYBOARD ONLY TYPES SHORTCUTS

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IMAC WIRELESS KEYBOARD ONLY TYPES SHORTCUTS

Hi

I have am having a strange problem with my wireless mac keyboard which only started yesterday

when i type anything using my wireless apple keyboard it will not type only will only seem to use shortcuts (im guessing) for example if i press the letter H it will close whatever window i have open on the desktop. i have changed the batteries i have tried fresh duracell AA and also recharables but this didnt fix it either as soon as i plug in a wired keyboard it works fine but as soon as go back to the wireless apple keyboard it doesnt work other then these shortcuts its seems to be performing

I have a 2012 27 inch imacif this helps

Any help would be great

Thanks

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), WIRLESS KEYBOARD ISSUES

Posted on May 20, 2014 9:47 AM

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iCare

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May 20, 2014 11:16 AM in response to o0Morphine0o

It sounds like you may have a stuck key. Was anything spilled on it recently?

I suggest using the mouse to view the virtual keyboard to see if there is a key stuck. To do so, open the System Preferences and click on the Keyboard preferences, then click on the Keyboard tab. Make sure the 'Show Keyboard & Character View in menu bar' open is selected as shown.

Now pull down the Input menu from the upper right of your display and select the 'Show Keyboard Viewer' option as shown.

A virtual keyboard will appear on the display. If any of the keys appear gray then that indicates the key is acting as if it has been pressed. A stuck key may require replacement of the keyboard if you cannot find any obvious reason the issue is occurring. I had something similar occur last year and it turned out the corner of a book was pressing my escape key.

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May 10, 2015 6:57 AM in response to o0Morphine0o

Hey man! I'm having the exact same issue. One day the keyboard was just fine, the next the command key was stuck. Did you have to buy a new one?

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o0Morphine0o Author

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May 20, 2014 3:32 PM in response to iCare

Hi icare thanks you've been a great help at first it appears that there's nothing wrong and no keys are being pressed but whilst keeping the virtual keyboard open I can see after a few minutes of use the command key gets stuck I can't tell which one as they are both greyed out.

I haven't spilt anything on it other then literally a few drops of water the other day.

I guess it means a new keyboard

Thanks again

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