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Some keys not working intermittently r t y u i o

Occasionally, the following keys do not work at all: r t y u i o. I could go weeks with no problems, then one day, it will happen for 10 seconds every few minutes. I don't remember if it started before or after I installed Mavericks last October. It started happening more often (almost every day, many times per day) for the last week.

Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions on fixing it? This is a MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010) running 10.9.3.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jun 14, 2014 9:40 PM

48 replies

Nov 10, 2016 6:35 AM in response to guimplenchik

very helpful thanks! i had also started using an external keyboard but this was the solution

Jan 17, 2017 10:21 AM in response to guimplenchik

Thanks so much for posting! Somehow I kept turning on mouse keys and thinking my keyboard was dying. Unchecking that "press the option key 5 times" will ensure I stop doing it!

2014mg

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Jan 11, 2018 6:44 AM in response to Justmacb

Try this, I just did and it worked.

Hit the SHIFT - CAPSLOCK - and the LETTER not working.

As I typed that it failed but now is working. Weird and frustrating.

Some keys not working intermittently r t y u i o