I'll test it, and post here results, i doubt it's damaged Keyboard, cause it's just replaced, and it's new, its something like alt button is constantly down, and when i type letters it write some strange characters, when i selected virtual kb on screen, these strange characters are marked with orange color, something like to show us, that these symbols are in use. I don't have usb or wireless KB, it's bad if i have to buy usb or wireless kb for testing this problem, i'll try to find some at my friends maybe. that other people can find them on Apple support page, if google didn't find this page, i'll never find about that trick with keys. , so i speak about this type of support, for publising some "tricks, magic keys combinations" etc. No suggestion, like hyer get from Apple support for combination keys for some reset, etc. I know that Tom, but at all Apple Support need to post artice about this specific case, and to publish it and make it accesible to all of us, not all of us live in USA to be able call Apple support, cause in my case, Apple support in my country is horrible, immediately when i contacted them they asked only for money, didn't try to suggest me some alternative solution, than replacing keyboard, even it's too expensive! I will then shut down and make one more chime and you can let go. I held Command + Option + P with one hand and then after I hit power I added the R. Then power it back on and hurry and hold Command + Option + P + R.
Unplug for 30 sec, and everything attached. So I called apple support and they gave me the magical key to fix this. Then i did it and double check that i did it right and still didn't fix it. Then I tried to change the keyboard shortcuts in the same window - spotlight (on left), unclick the show spotlight search field and the other one bellow. And the system preferences stuff - system preferences - language & text - input sources.
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Mine was typing in crazy symbols ( åß∂ƒ©).Īlso I could not Command + Tab (shoot me), and when I clicked on a window in another app it hid the windows I was working in.
I just spent hour trying to fix tihs on my iMac and could find the answer so I wanted to post it for someone else.