Q: rogue keyboard issue??
Something is up with my keyboard. I have tried turning on and off mouse keys with no effects. the seven, h, k, l, w, u, j, and etc. keys are not working. I thought maybe the keyboard hardware was faulty, so I bought a separate usb keyboard only to find the exact same keys do not work at all on the external keyboard. another weird thing, the h key prints as a backspace?? what's up with this? I've tried googling solutions with no results. i have a MacBook pro that runs maverick, I believe. i haven't been able to login because my password requires one of the keys that aren't working, and I saved my recovery key to a file on my computer (lol) because I'm an idiot. sos.
MacBook Pro
Posted on Jun 16, 2016 8:33 PM
- Try resetting the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
About NVRAM and PRAM
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
- Try starting in Safe Mode
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
- Boot to Recovery and repair the startup disk
OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314
- If it is repairable reinstall the OSX
How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
- If you do not have a backup use disk utility to restore the internal disk to an external disk so you can try to recover data.
Then format the startup disk and do a fresh install of OSX
Posted on Jun 17, 2016 12:42 AM