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Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Don't show this again. Computers Mac keyboard not working? Mouse Keys may be activated Some users may experience issues with their keyboards not working as expected--possibly due to the Mouse Keys function being enabled on their Mac. Written by Joe Aimonetti Some users may experience issues with their keyboards not working as expected--possibly due to the Mouse Keys function being enabled on their Mac.
If you find that you are unable to type letters or numbers on your keyboard, it is very possible the Mouse Keys function has been enabled.
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These symptoms may also exist if you log in to a user account on a Mac where a different user account has Mouse Keys enabled. Open System Preferences and click on the Universal Access preference pane. Click the "Off" radio button next to Mouse Keys. Additional information provided in this Apple KB Article: Keyboards with no numeric keypad or Num Lock key include: Mac keyboard not working? Mouse Keys may be activated Sign in to comment Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. I resolved my issue by following the SMC Reset instructions here.
Basically unplug everything, power down the mac, hold the power button for 5 seconds.
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Once the system has rebooted then reattached all peripherals. Then my keyboard started working again. Eventually I found this thread on the Apple website, and followed the rather bizarre advice of adding a USB extension cable between the keyboard and the Mac luckily the keyboard comes packaged with one. Keyboard fine, mouse plugged into it also fine.
Just stick a usb memorystick in the keyboard and re-insert the cable. I have a usb hub attached to the kyboard, and the keyboard plugged directly into my imac. I tried adding a usb extension cable between the keyboard and imac, but the usb hub light kept blinking and the keyboard wouldn't work. I removed the extension cable. Now the usb hub light didn't even blink. I unplugged and replugged the keyboard a few times, and on one of the atempts it started working again.
No idea exactly what's going on.
After a lot of experimenting, I resolved the problem by removing my bluetooth keyboard from the bluetooth devices list completely and then plugging in the wired keyboard. I tried the keyboard on my MacBook, which worked. Then I read this blog.
The restart didn't work but as a last resort I tried the USB extension and to my surprise, the keyboard works again. Since February , I've had this happen to me twice. Mac refusing to recognize wired keyboard new mac keyboard received at Xmas. Holding down power button 5 sec after rebooting works for me, but this should be happening at all!
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Disabled Bluetooth, removed all connections as well. Just tried adding a usb memory stick fix, and it worked. I can't believe I am having to do this, why can't apple recognise that it is a problem. Thank you for your interest in this question. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site the association bonus does not count. Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead?
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Kieran Cummins Kieran Cummins 1 2. I will try it and inform you if it helped. This worked for me support. This worked for me after upgrading to macOS High Sierra.
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This is what solved it for me: Also this Apple thread that runs to 6 pages reaches the same conclusion: Had I not just experienced this myself, I wouldn't have believe this was a real fix. Utterly bizarre! This is what solved it for me.