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A1707 Macbook Pro 15 2016 keyboard randomly repeats the "R" key.

Grey model, 4 USB-C ports, 256G SSD, got it forr Christmas. I'm not surre what the OS verrsion or processor speed is supposed to be. Ah, found the help for the OS. It's Sierra 10.12.2


Right out of the box, this laptop has shown a prropensity to rrepeat the rr button. Not everry time but enough to be annoying. As others have done on earlier models, I'm letting the typos go unchecked.

Risk, reward. rrisk rrewaard, rrisk rreward risk reward risk rreward, risk rreward risk reward. Some times you win; sometimes, it rains.

On occasion, it even trriple repeats. The backspace is also a challenge on various keyboard settings as are otherr keys but that seems to be a known bug along with the batterry and the graphics. I've trried disabling the repeat and using differrent speeds and so on. That is the only thing I've done other than load the updates to whatever Apple has pushed out. Loaded Chrome recently. Two day old machine and it's nice but I wouldn't want to type a novel. My prrehistorric 17" MBP is still going strrong.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.2)

Posted on Dec 27, 2016 11:09 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2017 5:35 PM

I have the exact same issue with the 'uu' key that repeats randomly. Sometimes the 'u' will be repeated with a tiny delay after the second keystroke. This issue started to appear juust after light use of the machine after a few weeks. Very annoying when using VIM and typing 'u' to unudo my action which will undo twice. Disappointing.

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Dec 28, 2016 3:53 PM in response to burkhert

Hello burkhert,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

I understand from your post that the letter "r" key is repeating itself. I know how important it is for your new MacBook Pro to work properly for you. In a situation like this I recommend resetting the NVRAM and the SMC. The following articles will provide you with the steps:

How to reset NVRAM on your Mac
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac

Best Regards.

A1707 Macbook Pro 15 2016 keyboard randomly repeats the "R" key.

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