Apple keybord missing letters

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Apple keybord missing letters

A few years ago I purchased an apple keyboard for my Mac Pro. When I was using it it would constantly miss letters and I would have to go back and enter the missing letters. I finally gave up on it and kept using my old Apple keyboard. I just found this new keybaord and I am trying it again. I have the same issue but wondering if there is a setting or something I can do so I can actually use it?

I am using a Mac Pro desktop running Big Sur 11.7.2. Although when I had problems before I was using a much older OS.

Posted on Feb 18, 2024 11:14 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 18, 2024 12:45 PM in response to davidfpm

The keyboard itself is responsible for generating a key-code based on the row and column position of the key. Once a key code is generated, software may translate that key-code into something else.

Pproblems like not seeing a letter when typed, seeing multiple letters or missing letters in a row or (slightly diagonal) column, are caused by physical problems in the keyboard itself. Today's keyboards are generally not very repairable.

It sounds like your keyboard is broken.

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Tom Gewecke

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Feb 18, 2024 1:04 PM in response to davidfpm

davidfpm wrote:

wondering if there is a setting or something I can do so I can actually use it?

Any settings would normally affect all keyboards. So if that is the only one which has the problem, it is most likely damaged.

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Apple keybord missing letters

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