Comments on: Reports online of Macbook/Macbook Pro Leopard Keyboard problems

By: Windows user

Windows user — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:17:21 +0000

Sorry but this is a virus and even if you reload the operating system the virus still loads. If you open the on screen keyboard you will see that the computer shows what key you type but does not type.Now this one old macbook for school work is useless.I have two mac computers on the top shelf in the closet.

By: karen brown

karen brown — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:41:52 +0000

Have new 15″ MacBook Pro OX 10.6.7 and having same freezing keyboard problem. First thought it was something I was doing until I read about many others with same problem. Restarting solves it temporarily, but sooner or later it happens again. Anyone heard from Apple yet about addressing this irritating prob?

By: thor

thor — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:17:40 +0000

Hi,

I’m experiencing a similar problem with a brand new macbook pro 13”. Sometimes, when waking it up, the keyboard is unresponsive, while the trackpad continues to work just fine. I have NO idea whatsoever what the reason might be, only that restarting it solves the problem.

By: Jessica Yamada

Jessica Yamada — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:38:58 +0000

I’m typing this very quickly to avoid the sudden dysfunction that has been happening at least 5 times today. I had to restart my 3 weeks old iMAC 5 times today just to get the keyboard function again but it stopped working again and again *MAD FRUSTRATED!!!!!!*
The battery is 100% though. I’ve read here http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3048#5 — “Avoid putting metal objects between the device and the Mac.”
Well I’ve put away ANY metal objects and same thing still happen. HELP

By: Stephane Boyer

Stephane Boyer — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:17:53 +0000

Same problem on a Macbook Air running Snow Leopard. Very frustrating! The laptop is just out of order now. It is impossible to use it. Please DO something!

By: eric

eric — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:39:33 +0000

wtf apple, come on, i mean this shit has been going on now for quite some time right?

the first comment on this particular board is from 2007, its mid 2010 now, jesus get a grip apple.

By: Monia Andreucci

Monia Andreucci — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:13:02 +0000

Same problem here, with a macbook pro. Both trackpad and keyboard freeze randomly, sometimes just the trackpad or viceversa. Very frustrating. What it’s more annoying, i went to apple care several times, last week they installed the latest 10.6.3,,,,,,,,and here we are again we the same old problem.
I am becoming to thing that my friends were right and i was wrong when defending the “great apple mac”…what a joke

By: eman hassan

eman hassan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:42:15 +0000

i bought a macbook pro from 3 month i cleaned with compressed gaz duster and after that i founfd the minimize windows become so slowly and all letter are capital even if the capss lock is turned off am very sad because it’s new one,,i dont know what’s this,,even if i want to reinstall the mac os i cant cause he request the admin password and the number didn’t appear from the capital letter,, if someone has a information plz guide me

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:01:57 +0000

Since I did a software update last week on snow leopard, I’ve had major issues and it’s beginning to become a serious problem. The keyboard either doesn’t pick up every stroke, or it completely freezes or selects a key and repeats it forever. Similar issues with the track pad: either it ceases to function completely or loses one directional function, so either it tracks up and down, or left and right. Rebooting only delays the re-onset by a little while… help!

By: Oni

Oni — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:23:31 +0000

Had freezes on key board, mighty mouse, & missing first keystroke in Pages. And I thought I was alone out there Guys! Weird.. I get out of this, by swopping over to my Wacom tablet pen. I can then atleast get to commands, save, & restart everything easily & all is well for some days. Using a MacPro OS X with Leopard 10.5.8 Resetting PRAM, permissions on disc & original CD – all to no avail! Going to try suggestions of holding down key for a while & unpugging/plugging a USB.. Apart from all this, after years of PCs I love my Mac! These forums are so helpful too. I wonder if Snow Leapard has any simular probs? Cannot justify expense for upgrading at present..

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:05:45 +0000

It’s been happening to me since I got my pro (9/08). It’s a software issue and I don’t understand why apple doesn’t fix it.

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:45:46 +0000

I am working on a MacBook Pro with the same problem Leopard 10.5.8. Keyboard & trackpad un-responsive. I hooked up an external mouse and it worked fine while the built in keyboard and trackpad were still not functioning. This happened after the machine had been sleeping. I am wondering if it happened on wakeup. The first thing I tried after walking the computer was the brightness keys since the screen was really dim. Repair permissions fixed a bunch of stuff, not sure of they will fix the problem. I have to believe that this is a software probelm.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:44:49 +0000

I have a MacBook Air running Mac OS X Version 10.5.8.

The touchpad and the keyboard used to become unresponsive at random times for about 5 to 10 secs. I’m not sure when it started.

It become a much better when I did “repair disk permissions”. Disk activity used to be up everytime it freezed.

By: dan mackinlay

dan mackinlay — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:05:16 +0000

I’m amazed that no-one has mentioned troubles with 3rd party drivers. I had problems with my keystrokes vanishing – the control/shift/command keys would still work but all the letters and ‘delete’ and spacebar would not. Didn’t always occur, but after a few minutes in my image editing software (pixelmator) the problem would occur. It turns out the problem was with my wacom graphire3 driver, which was stil usign the leopard driver. Upgrading to the snow leopard driver fixed the problem instantly (without even a reboot)

By: amir

amir — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:24:04 +0000

I have the same problem on my macbook. I’ts not hardware. it has to be the software.

When will apple fix little things like this? it drives me crazy that I can’t type a c at times.

By: Guillaume Bellemare

Guillaume Bellemare — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:40:41 +0000

Resetting the PRAM seems to works for me… for now at least… what an annoying problem for a $$$ computer…

By: Exhittymott

Exhittymott — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:44:39 +0000

Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.

By: shafoplata

shafoplata — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:08:43 +0000

Ive never had a problem in the 2 years+ Ive own my macbook pro UNTIL recently when I had the top case replaced at Apple because of some warping that made it very difficult to open and close.

Long story short, now more than half the time, the top row of my keyboard doesn’t work. i.e. the letters “qwertyuiop” but ONLY the top row. Is this common for anyone else?

By: Lucia

Lucia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:53:47 +0000

Bad news from Italy here.
I recently bought a MACBook for my daughter. Firstly the touch pad stopped working..then “v” key and so on the others… I reset PRAM and NVRAM and then all went well…but only for three weeks ….
definitely ((((((((

By: admin_papa

admin_papa — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:08:52 +0000

Good Day

Just wanted to share my new experience.

If your Windows XP denies to start due to an error related to missing HAL.DLL, invalid Boot.ini or any other critical system boot files you can fix this by using the XP installation CD. Simply boot from your XP Setup CD and enter the Recovery Console. Then launch “attrib -H -R -S” on the C:\Boot.ini file and remove it. Launch “Bootcfg /Rebuild” and then Fixboot

Regards,
Carl

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:39:16 +0000

I have a Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I have gone back to Tiger. And it all works fine now. Leopard is definitely guilty. And it’s a shame that Apple remains so silent.

By: Onti

Onti — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:02:38 +0000

I have Macbook. I use external keyboard and LCD monitor. It appears that after my book wakes up from sleep the external keyboard doesn’t work. It’s like the macbook “forgets” about it. The strangest thing is that afthe I unplug and plug it back againt it’s start working with the remapped keys it appears that after unplug/plug the macbook “remembers” it. IT IS VERY VERY FRUSTRATING Ð¢Ðž UNPLUG AND PLUG EACH TIME I WAKE UP MY MACBOOK AAGGGRRRRH

By: Paulius

Paulius — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:22:20 +0000

My MacBook keyboard has been consistently freezing after i turn on computer from sleep mode. This start happening after I install Leopard. Upgrading to 10.5.2 did nothing. Apple made this worldwide bug with its leopard. Apple what do you think?

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:12:46 +0000

Ok, so now it’s May & I’d have to say the problem has gotten much worse. Tho the keyboard doesn’t freeze, I still have the same old missed first letter of words & inconsistent shifting more often – & I have to go back & proofread EVERYTHING I type to make sure it’s legible. OK, I’m exaggerating, but not much. I have noticed that if I don’t have my finger/nail perfectly centered on keys, they won’t type or shift, or you get a whole different character from the top row of keys. I have tried AppleCare a few times & they’ve treated the problem with various downloads & updates, & I just don’t want to be bothered with the inconvenience anymore cause there is no change. By now, I wish they’d give me a new keyboard already since nothing else has worked. But they told me the next step is to try an “archive & install” of the Leopard disk used to install the OS on my laptop. I’m at a dead end now since my son downloaded it from the internet for me (at no cost) so I have NO DISK. I’m almost considering going back to Tiger (I had no problems with that), or buying Leopard, but I don’t see what’s so much greater about it, except I like to keep my puter most current.

By: Morrighu

Morrighu — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:56:24 +0000

I wanted to chime in here. I went through a bunch of stuff with my computer not waking from sleep at all and that seems to have fixed my problems with my keyboard. My problems were apparently due to a corrupted sleep image. Getting rid of that has fixed all manner of minor annoyances with my computer.

Try the directions here to get rid of the corrupt sleep image and see if that doesn’t fix your problems….

http://www.smalldog.com/techtails/techtails_display.php?id=314