Buttons Play/Pause, Next song (F7-F9) not working.

These buttons on my MacBook Pro 2017 stopped working. All the other buttons work perfectly! Please help!


Thanks!!

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Aug 19, 2018 4:11 PM

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Posted on Aug 20, 2018 6:28 PM

Hello Stephie3001,


Thanks for asking the Apple Support Communities for help with your play/pause function keys on your Mac. I am happy to check this out with you.


Please open System Preferences and click Keyboard. In the first tab on the left "Keyboard", there is a checkbox to "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys." Make sure that checkbox is not checked. When checked, it disables the other functions, and allows those keys to only work as function keys.
Change the behavior of function keys on your Mac


Thanks and have a wonderful day.
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Aug 20, 2018 6:28 PM in response to Stephie3001

Hello Stephie3001,


Thanks for asking the Apple Support Communities for help with your play/pause function keys on your Mac. I am happy to check this out with you.


Please open System Preferences and click Keyboard. In the first tab on the left "Keyboard", there is a checkbox to "Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys." Make sure that checkbox is not checked. When checked, it disables the other functions, and allows those keys to only work as function keys.
Change the behavior of function keys on your Mac


Thanks and have a wonderful day.

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