Tilde key stopped working in US Keyboard in 2012 iMac with Yosemite

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Tilde key stopped working in US Keyboard in 2012 iMac with Yosemite

Hi all.

I've got a problem that is annoying. My tilde key ~ isn't working; the regular (non-shift) key is not working either.

I use the console a lot for server work so the tilde is kinda important for me.

I have read numerous threads about that key not working emulators and for international keyboards etc etc, but nothing about a regular key board not working. This seems to have only happened with Yosemite, and probably the one right before it (forgot that cat codename).

I can't use the option N method either cause it seems not to be the same tilde in some of my servers.

I'd really like to get this working again.

Keyboard model : A1314 wireless bluetooth keyboard that came with my iMac.

Thanks for any help.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 11, 2015 8:57 AM

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Answer 1

Grawl

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Apr 4, 2017 1:05 AM in response to JoseffNYC

I have this issue too.

Only workaround I found is open keyboard window and click that keys if I want to print them. But I'm a programmer and it's not really handy.

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Rudegar

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Mar 11, 2015 9:44 AM in response to JoseffNYC

if a reboot does not fix it then it's with 93% suddenly a hardware issue with the keyboard, one can always verify it by connecting it to another computer it don't even have to be a mac computer a broken keyboard is broken on all operating systems

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rkaufmann87

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Mar 11, 2015 10:12 AM in response to JoseffNYC

Prior to doing the re-boot, do a SMC reset 1-2 times too. This is easy, simply power down the computer, disconnect the power cord from the back of the computer for about 20 seconds and then power up normally.

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 4, 2017 8:52 AM in response to Grawl

If the main problem caused by this is getting a tilde, then if you switch to the US International PC layout you can get it via Option - n plus space. ~

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Grawl

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Apr 4, 2017 6:06 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

The most annoying problem is that I cannot use backtick ` to use JS template strings and Markdown code.

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Tom Gewecke

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Apr 4, 2017 7:21 PM in response to Grawl

You can pretty easily make a custom layout with backtick on another key with

http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele

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