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Bluetooth keyboard causing wifi to freak out, in turn using all of my CPU and RAM?
I paired my Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my Macbook Retina running 10.8.3 today, and noticed that my fan starting running really loudly.
Opening Activity Monitor, it showed that a task, ...
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since updating to 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until i enter my password
since updating to 10.8.3 on my MBP, my keyboard backlight does not come on until I enter my password and my mac comes up. This makes it very difficult to enter my password at night with low light ...
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Change Keyboard Layout on Lock Screen
I've been struggling with the following problem:
I am writing something in German during the day, therefore I change my keyboard layout to their QWERTZ style.
When I lock the screen or close my MBP ...
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“Home” and “End” HotKeys in Vim INSERT Mode with MacBook Pro
I am pretty new to Vim and to Mac, I have a MacBook Pro with Retina Display running OS X 10.8.3, which do NOT have naive Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys.
I know the Fn + arrow keys can work in ...
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Script MBP keyboard backlight to full brightness?
I've been searching around and trying some simple apple scripts, but have been completely thwarted in my attempts to set the MBP keyboard backlight to full brightness from any sort of script or ...
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Can i remap a Danish Macbook Pro keyboard to US?
I found a macbook for sale that has a Danish keyboard. There are a few special character keys and some are missing. Can I remap those keys to other characters? I would like to use it with US ...
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How do I simulate the Insert key in Windows on a MacBook Pro?
Somehow in my code editor and command line I keep toggling the Insert key, but I'm not sure how. I can toggle it by clicking on OVR/INS in the status bar, but what is the key combo that I'm magically ...
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Randomly repeating key
My computer will randomly start repeating keys. At first it was the ≥ key, which led me to believe it was more than just a stuck key since that is an option-key character and the chances that they ...
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MBP trackpad/keyboard unresponsive after application crash
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I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13" (non-retina) equipped with 6GB RAM.
Recently, I have noticed that when an application crashes and Crash Reporter appears, the trackpad and keyboard do not ...
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How do I un-Scroll Lock my keyboard?
Somehow, I appear to have Scroll Lock on, which 99% of the time is irrelevant, with the 1% of the time being in Microsoft Excel. As the keyboard on my MBP (Model 9,2) doesn't acknowledge the ...
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Macbook keyboard backlight doesn't work
The keyboard of my Macbook Pro mid-2010 has stopped illuminating in low light.
I checked my System Preferences of my Mountain Lion and there is no "Automatically illuminate keyboard in low light" at ...
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Use both Delete and Backspace in Macbook
Delete key in my MacBook Pro works as backspace in other Windows keyboards and
Fn + Delete works as 'delete forward' as an ordinary delete key in Windows keyboard.
How can I change the keyboard ...
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Hands free auto repeat. Hidden feature or stuck key?
I have a new MacBook Pro. Twice so far I have pressed a key and removed my hands from the keyboard, yet the key continued to repeat. Once it was the delete key (fn-Delete, the backspace function), ...
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How to remove caps lock delay on Apple MacBook Pro aluminum keyboard
Apple's MacBook Pro has a slight delay on the caps lock key.
That is, the caps lock key has to be held down slightly longer
than normal to register the key press required to engage the caps ...
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194 views
Can't use keyboard when resuming from sleep
On a Macbook Pro, with Lion: I usually set it to sleep at the end of the working day, and resume from sleep in the morning. Sometimes, I can't type the password after resume, and I have to reboot it ...
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How do I make ⌘← and ⌘→ work for home/end combo for Terminal?
Why does fn-⇧-→ (or others) do a home/end in Terminal but a ⌘-→ works everywhere else?
So just to be clear the question is how to make Terminal take Command + ← and → for home and end?
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Replace keyboard on macbook pro
Are there any differences between 815-9201 Keyboard and 815-9349 other than the function keys have been changed for differences in the newer operating systems? As I have a A1226 but the 815-9349 is ...
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Mac book pro 15 (2006 late Intel Core Duo 2 2.23G) - Keyboard and touch pad not working (no response)
I have an Mac book pro 15, it's 2006 late type -
CPU Core Duo 2.23G
Hard Driver 120G SATA FUJiSU
I have replaced the hard drive today with a 320 WD hard drive. After that I restored the system by ...
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Is there any way in mountain lion to change copy paste shortcut keys?
I am using a mac and I use parallels as i need to use windows as well. One thing that keeps bugging me is that on windows i use Control+C and on mountain lion i have to use Command+C.
Is there ...
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Will the Apple Store replace Macbook Pro keys or other parts if serious wearing occurs?
I have had my first MacBook for around a month now and I'm already beginning to notice some wearing on the keys (especially on the spacebar). The keys are beginning to turn shiny, and at this rate ...
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How can I change the shortcut keys for my MacBook Pro so it doesn't conflict with my remote Windows shortcuts?
From my MacBook Pro, I use a Java program that allows me to remotely connect to my Windows computer. I use Outlook on this Windows computer where normally I use shortcut keys like ControlF2 or ...
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Volume
Real quick, I own a Macbook Pro 2010.
I recently purchased a new Razer Naga mouse, and aside from using it for gaming, I've been adding various keyboard shortcuts into my mouse's side buttons. ...
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How can I stop keyboard backlight from lighting up when logging out and back in
On my user I have my keyboard backlight set to off pretty much all the time. But it seems like the default setting is 'on', because when I go to the Login window, to lock my laptop when I leave it for ...
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Keyboard Shortcut For Entering Screen Saver
How can I enter Screen Saver without wating few minutes? Is there an application I could run, keyboard shortcut maybe? I'm using rMBP running ML.
EDIT: All I found was using Hot Corner as explained ...
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What Is the Keyboard Shortcut for Sleep Display Without Eject Key?
I read that if you want to put your display into sleep the keyboard shortcut is Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏, but what is it in Mountain Lion or Lion using a retina MacBook Pro or MacBook Air without an ...
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How can I permanently disable the Mac keyboard backlight?
I'm running Lion, soon to upgrade to Mountain Lion once I can ensure compatibility with installed apps, on an MBPR, and in the meantime I'm being driven crazy by the keyboard backlight. Here's the ...
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Are Macbook Pro pre Unibody topcase parts are interchangeable?
I have a question for service engineers here.
I wonder if I can source topcase (with keyboard) from any pre unibody MBP for my beaten and torn A1150 one (Core Duo original MBP)
Thank you in advance.
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1answer
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No Keys Repeating on New MacBook Pro After Changing Key Repeat Speed
I just opened my new Retina Display MacBook Pro and everything worked fine, but when I tried to go into System Preferences to make the key repeat speed faster, none of the keys repeated, not even ...
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How come my Launchpad key opens Dashboard instead, and how can I fix it?
The answer is not as simple as you might think at first glance; please read the details of my question.
I know the difference between Standard Function keys and Special keys. Standard Function keys ...
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How can I execute key shortcuts that use characters requiring Shift, like #?
I have a 2011 13" MacBook Pro and I'm using Snow Leopard.
When I program, I use Eclipse. Recently, I installed a plugin and I wanted to use a key shortcut rather than navigating 3 menus every time to ...
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Left shift key unresponsive and stuck?
Okay, so I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (unibody design) and I have the typical problem with the keyboard. My shift key function is "stuck" so everything WILL COME UP LIKE THIS> (hence the > instead of ...
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AltGr keyboard shortcuts on MacOS?
Is there any way to enable Windows-style AltGr symbol shortcuts on Mac OS? I.e., AltGr+V should be mapped to "@", AltGr+F to "[" etc. AltGr being, in this case, the right Option/Alt key.
I am using a ...
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Keyboard Not Working in Bootcamp
I just installed Bootcamp and Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro (13 inch, 2010), and booted into the OS. The keyboard and mouse worked fine, but because there were no drivers, things like multitouch and the ...
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Tile 2 windows side by side by keyboard shortcuts
I am using Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2, often I like to display 2 windows side by side, does anyone know if there is any application which makes it possible to tile windows by simple keyboard shortcuts?
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How do I completely disable automatic keyboard backlighting on Macbook Pro with OSX Lion?
I have the system pref "Automatically illuminate the keyboard in low light" disabled. However, when I wake the computer from sleep and the login prompt appears, the keyboard backlight turns on. ...
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How can I force my keyboard backlight to turn on?
I have a MacBook Pro. When it senses the ambient light is low, the backlit keyboard turns on, and there are keys that let me control its brightness.
But when enough light reaches the ambient light ...
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Wired Keyboard not working properly
In Chrome I often toggle between open tabs using Ctrl + tab to go forward, and Ctrl + Shift + tab to go backwards.
For some reason, I can't get the reverse navigation working (using Shift) when using ...
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Built-In Trackpad and Keyboard Unresponsive after Sleep or Restart
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) that's currently running 10.7.3. I've been finding that it will intermittently freeze and then I have to shut down and restart the computer, but sometimes ...
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MacBook Pro QWERTY replacement
It is a well known story about the origin of the QWERTY keyboard. For those who don't know what I am talking about: QWERTY is built on purpose to be not easy to type.
I figured that no one stops me ...
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“Z” windows position lock
I frequently running into strange problem on Lion: my windows constantly being locked on z position (sometimes you can see this feature in some apps as "Window->Stay in Front/Behind"). But I really ...
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MacBook Pro 17" (A1297) - Keyboard backlight dimmer than when first purchased
My keyboard backlight is fairly dim. You can definitely see a bit of light through the keys, so it's functional, but it's uniformly more dim than it was when I first bought it and definitely more dim ...
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The keyboard and trackpad on my MacBook Pro 3,1 stopped working. How to solve this problem?
The keyboard and trackpad on my macbook pro 3.1 stopped working after having frozen the operating system and reboot.
On my Mac I have Windows installed BootCamp and neither does the keyboard and ...
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Comparing MacBook keyboards
Might sound like a subjective question, but it doesn't have to be:
How does the keyboard keypress-action (the feel of the keyboard) differ between all model-years of MacBooks (the entire line ...
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How can I disable Safe Boot or the Shift Key?
After a spill on the keyboard of my unibody MBP 17", the ⇧ key reports as always on.
Under Windows (BootCamp) and Linux (LiveDVD) I can easily get around the problem by using an external ...
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Half of keyboard backlight dim after soda mishap
I somehow managed yesterday to spill some soda over part of my 2010 MacBook Pro's keyboard - it stayed mostly in the keyboard area, touching the F8-F12 and 8 through equals keys. I shut down the Mac, ...
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Custom keyboard layout problem with some apps
I have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with Lion. I used Ukelele and KeyRemap4Macbook to customize my keyboard layout, because I wasn't satisfied with the default one.
Namely I switched right Cmd with ...
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How do you change the behavior of the power button in Lion?
On my Macbook Pro, whenever you press the power button it goes into sleep mode. How do I change this to do nothing?
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Use Apple Wireless Keyboard for PC and Mac
I need a wireless keyboard and mouse that I can switch between my MacBook Pro and PC.
I was looking at the Apple Wireless Keyboard, but I'm not sure if I can change from PC to Mac usage easily ...
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Unplanned repeated key presses
Repeated key presses are being registered by the Macbook Pro (running OSX 10.6.8) that I'm using.
For example, if this had happened in the above sentence, on pressing 'k' it would keep pressing 'k' ...
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macbook pro out of warranty, two keys not working in built in keyboard. Options?
I have a 2007 macbook pro and two keys are not working on the built in keyboard.
I tried cleaning the keys by removing the keys and the plastic under it but that didn't help.
After removing the ...
