macbook pro typing 6 when I press the spacebar
I press the space bar and the number 6 appears. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro
I press the space bar and the number 6 appears. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro
On my new mac book pro 13, while I'm typing in gmail, types "a" when I press the spacebar and then it disappear after typing another key, if press twice on spacebar "a" steel there. also I see letter "a" instead space in other mails and subjects sent to me, but senders don't.
did anyone know whats wrong?
Macbook pro 13 display different characters instead space in different browsers. for example in some web pages, shows X instead space using safari or chrome. Also "a" symbols appears when pressing spacebar in gmail by chrome. when double click spacebar "a" symbol stay.
g.mzhavanadze wrote:
some web pages, shows X instead space using safari
Could you give an example of such a web page? Does it work ok on this one?
You might try an external keyboard to see if you have the same problem when using that.
Hi jmaykus,
You may need to use the following information in order to help you troubleshoot this issue:
One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381
Some keys don't work as expected
- From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
- From the View menu, choose Speech.
- Click the Text to Speech tab.
- If "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" is enabled, the key or key combination set to speak text cannot be used for other purposes or used to type text--click Set Key and change it to a less-commonly used key combination (try to use modifier keys such as Shift, Command, Option, and Control). Or, disable the "Speak selected text when the key is pressed" option.
- Click the Accessibilty or Universal Access pane in System Preferences, then click the Keyboard tab.
- Make sure that Slow Keys is turned off. With Slow Keys on, you need to press a key for a longer period of time for it to be recognized.
- In the Accessibilty or Universal Access pane, click the Mouse tab, and make sure Mouse Keys is turned off. With Mouse Keys enabled, you cannot use the Numeric Keypad to enter numbers--instead the keypad moves the pointer (cursor). (There is an option to enable Mouse Keys with five presses of the Option key; you may want to turn that option off to avoid accidentally enabling it.) If Mouse Keys is enabled and you are using a keyboard with no numeric keypad or Num Lock function, see Unable to type while Mouse Keys is enabled in Mac OS X.
- If the function keys on the top row of the keyboard are not working as expected, see Mac OS X: How to change the behavior of function keys.
- If the issue persists, use Keyboard Viewer to help isolate the issue:
- Click the Language & Text pane (Mac OS X v10.6) or International pane (Mac OS X v10.5.8 or earlier) in System Preferences.
- Click the Input Sources tab (or Input Menu tab in Mac OS X 10.5.8 or earlier).
- Click the Keyboard & Character Viewer "On" checkbox to select it (click the Keyboard Viewer "On" checkbox in Mac OS X 10.5.8 or earlier).
- From the Input (flag) menu, choose Show Keyboard Viewer.
- If the keyboard is connected and detected by OS X, the keys you type will highlight in the Keyboard Viewer window. Open TextEdit (or any text application), and try to type something using the keys that were previously not responding to see if they highlight in Keyboard Viewer.
- Start from the Mac OS X Install Disc, choose Terminal from the Utilities menu and test the keys which were previously not working. If the keys work while started from the Install disc, then the keyboard itself is working correctly. Use How to troubleshoot a software issue to isolate the software issue that may be causing the keys to not respond.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden
jmaykus wrote:
I press the space bar and the number 6 appears. Any suggestions?
Try an external keyboard. If it works ok, then most likely the internal keyboard is damaged.
on my mew mac book pro 13, while I'm typing in gmail, types "a" when I press the spacebar and then it disappear sometimes. did anyone know whats wrong?
I seems to be Google Chrome problem, because it does not happens when I'm using Safari
If it only happens in Chrome, ask in the forums for that app.
Regarding coshkee.com, it looks like you may have a junk font on your system which is replacing • with X.
Regarding your gmail page, what is supposed to be at the location where you see Ц ? If it is a substitution, a junk (non unicode cyrillic) font may be the cause.
Go to Applications > FontBook and do File > Restore Standard Fonts and restart.
That may help get rid of the non-unicode fonts which may be causing your problems.
thx!!! it worked!!
macbook pro typing 6 when I press the spacebar