Intellitype Pro Keyboard Settings Don't Work in El Cap

I will confirm that this is the correct method to enable IntelliType in El Capitan. It is very safe to do this. The security feature (it's called SIP) is designed to prevent malware from modifying deep system files without user consent. It is perfectly safe to disable it to install a program like IntelliType then re-enable it. It's designed to be a bit of a hassle so that it is never disabled accidentally or unintentionally.

When you say to boot to recovery partition, is that the same as rebooting with Command R?

Yes.

There's a typo in the instructions. Where it says:

So right click on it and choose Run.

Should be:

So right click on it and choose Open.

On restarting El Capitan at second time Intellitype doesn't work again.

Hmm, not sure what to tell you. It's been working for me since I got it installed through multiple restarts and startups.

Edit: Oh, wait! Ever since Mountain Lion, there's a step separate from this you have to do manually. You either have to click on the IntelliType icon in the System Preferences, or follow these instructions so it will correctly load at startup on its own.

Getting IntelliType for Microsoft keyboards and/or mice to load at startup in Mountain Lion

I didn't take that additional step and things worked nonetheless. regardless, thanks for all the info. Very very glad to have this working and having the security feature enabled.

YEP! It works well. Thank you.

Works perfectly for me too. Good work Kurt!

Thank you very much because it hs worked beautifully for me though it it could be difficult to those not familiar with Terminal. One question has come up: Once is running for both, mouse and keyboard, is it necessary to copy the pref panes of both into Users Starpup Items list? Thanks!! You saved me from running out to buy a new keyboard (MS Wiseless Keyboard 3000 v.2.0).

Yes. That is something the IntelliType installer is supposed to do so the keyboard and/or mouse helpers load automatically on startup, but hasn't worked right since Lion. If you don't add them, you have to manually click on the IntelliType System Preferences icon on each startup or restart to get them to load.

I tried the csrutil disable/enable-trick and it worked. For some time.

Same problem however after rebooting. Is that 'normal'? Or should it keep working?

It pretty time consuming to apply this trick every once in a while.

I've had that happen, too. I've noticed (at least it seems to be the correlation), that after I install a major piece of software, the Intellitype drivers tend to stop working again and need to be reinstalled. But that's just a guess based on circumstantial evidence.

Yes. The fix noted in this thread is temporary. I'm done messing with it. As much as I like the physical aspects of this keyboard, I'm going to need to shop for a new one.

Did you unistall the Intellitype (keyboard) drivers prior to the steps through Terminal? This is important I believe. For me its working perfectly after rebooting many times.

hmm... I believe I went from an uninstalled state, booted to recovery, disabled protection, booted back, installed drivers, booted to recovery, and reenabled protection. It would work for a period of time, then not.

At that point, I would repeat the process from the already-installed but not working state, and the same thing would happen again.