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USB wired keyboard not working IMac

I have an apple wired keyboard for my Mac and a Macally mouse. They've worked fine up until about 2 days ago. All of a sudden the keyboard has stopped working, but the mouse still moves. So I moved the plugs into different ports and it fixed. The problem reoccured, but moving the plugs didn't work, so I restarted the computer. Sometimes the mouse doesn't work at all now, and sometimes the mouse works but the keyboard doesn't. I've tried just about everything; I know all of my usb ports function correctly. Everyone says to use a USB extension cable (which I have and it isn't working). I've even restarted the computer multiple times. I can't even get into my computer right now, so I would greatly appreciate any help!

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Jul 13, 2018 12:03 PM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2018 4:42 PM

FIX: After using two different wired apple keyboards, still both didn't work. I used my friends apple bluetooth keyboard and it worked fine, but I didn't want to have to buy one, and I just prefer wired keyboards. So, I just found a windows HP keyboard laying around. I plugged it in and now everything works fine. Strange fix, but it worked.

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Jul 16, 2018 4:42 PM in response to rkaufmann87

FIX: After using two different wired apple keyboards, still both didn't work. I used my friends apple bluetooth keyboard and it worked fine, but I didn't want to have to buy one, and I just prefer wired keyboards. So, I just found a windows HP keyboard laying around. I plugged it in and now everything works fine. Strange fix, but it worked.

USB wired keyboard not working IMac

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