keyboard goes crazy

Lately, I have had this problem that when I have been away from the Mac for some time, let´s say overnight, it is impossible to log on again.

It seems the keyboard has sent thousands of keystrokes to the Mac, and every time I press on key, hundres of keys is entered in the signing field.


If I try to use the mouse and delete what is entered, it just fills up again. I am not able to do anything: I cannot shut down, I cannot change user and try to log on to a different user, I cannot stop it or anything else...


Very frustrating!


If I shut down using the button in the back, the Mac restarts and everything is fine until next time. I have changed batteries on my keyboard several times, just to be sur this is not at low on power issue.


I have also attached a wired keyboard, just to be able to write my password and to restart theMac, but it does not het. It seems there is some kind of "keystroke buffer or cache" that has run full. But how?


The question is: is this a keyboard problem or av Mac OS-problem? It it is a keyboard problem, I will run off and buy a new one. But I long as I am not sure, I will not waste my money.


It belongs to the story that also my magic mouse behaves strangely, this just startet about a week ago. It keeps loosing contact with my Mac all the time. On-off-on-of, and sometimes it is away for a long time.


This is making me crazy!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.0.x), 32GB Ram, 3TB Fusion Disk

Posted on Feb 25, 2016 1:21 AM

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Feb 26, 2016 9:31 AM in response to Sitara

Hi Sitara,
I understand that you are having some strange wireless keyboard and more recently mouse issues. Let's go over some troubleshooting to get this working.
To start with they keyboard keys being stuck or multiple key characters being typed in after waking from sleep. The best place to figure out what is going on is opening up the Keyboard Viewer to see what keys are being pressed when you are typing. You might find that other keys are being pressed causing this to repeat key entry. Take a look at the first article for more details.
One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203162

Now for the other issues, you might be experiencing interference with the bluetooth frequency. I would take a look at the next two articles to go over that troubleshooting. It will go into detail about different sources of interference for your wireless mice and also what to do when you are experiencing issues with your Apple wireless keyboard and mouse.
Potential sources of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201542

If your Apple wireless mouse, keyboard, or trackpad aren‘t working as expected
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204621

Have a good day

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