Apple Keyboards: Something just occurred to me. I've had to replace three Apple keyboards, plus one that I dropped. Various keys stopped working, and I was unable to get them going...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Something just occurred to me. I've had to replace three Apple keyboards, plus one that I dropped. Various keys stopped working, and I was unable to get them going again. I don't use my macs nearly as much as my Windows computers, and I've never had a Windows keyboard malfunction. and I go back to the first home computers sold by IBM.

That reminds me of an IBM product intro I went to years ago. It was probably for their PS2 line. One of the IBM guys knocked a keyboard off its stand, and when it hit the floor, all the key caps went flying. It was quite a sight.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I have 3 Macs and never had a problem, I really like the styling of the Mac keyboards.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

I, too, have had two iMacs over the past 15 years, and never a problem here. Of course, I choose the wired keyboard. The 'wireless' one was constantly a problem.

Jerry, on one occasion, I plugged an old PC keyboard into my iMac and it worked just fine. Wouldn't that work for you too?

leftj Loc: Texas

jerryc41 wrote:

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Need to stop spilling yer beer in them. Never a good thing.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

elliott937 wrote:

I, too, have had two iMacs over the past 15 years, and never a problem here. Of course, I choose the wired keyboard. The 'wireless' one was constantly a problem.

Jerry, on one occasion, I plugged an old PC keyboard into my iMac and it worked just fine. Wouldn't that work for you too?

Yes, I prefer wired Macs to wireless. I like the large keyboard with the numeric keypad. I thought of using a Windows keyboard, but the Command/Control conversion seemed like a nuisance.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

elliott937 wrote:

I, too, have had two iMacs over the past 15 years, and never a problem here. Of course, I choose the wired keyboard. The 'wireless' one was constantly a problem.

Jerry, on one occasion, I plugged an old PC keyboard into my iMac and it worked just fine. Wouldn't that work for you too?

I've had Macs for 27 years and have NEVER had a problem. Maybe you shouldn't be drinking martinis while your on the computer, Jerry. LOL

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

We have had six Macs, in all over time and all heavily used, with never one problem with a keyboard. Are you swatting flies with them, Jerry?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

foathog wrote:

I've had Macs for 27 years and have NEVER had a problem. Maybe you shouldn't be drinking martinis while your on the computer, Jerry. LOL

Guinness, not martinis. I thought Mac keyboards were waterproof.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

jaymatt wrote:

Are you swatting flies with them, Jerry?

The small wireless one is perfect for swatting flies, mosquitoes, spiders - anything.

What's happened with my keyboards is one key would stop working, and from what I read, that's the end of it.

Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

I will put in my 2 cents regarding Mac keyboards. I have used Macs going back to the SE 30 along with a few Windows machines. I always loved the Mac keyboards until my MacBook Pro (2017) which apparently has a reputation for temperamental behavior. It seems that mine likes to show "bb" when I click on the B key. Also, often when typing a word, some of the letters in that word jump to another location in the paragraph.

These anomalies are well-documented by others on help sites online. I have tried all the various hacks suggested, but the problems continue. I guess it will have to go back to Apple for repair.
BTW, it took me five corrections on this post to correct the problems discussed.

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LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

jerryc41 wrote:

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I've had an APPLE II+, and APPLE IIe, an APPLE MAC CLASSIC, and APPLE 6116, an APPLE eMac, an APPLE iMAC, and two APPLE MACBOOKS and have never had a keyboard issue.

I've never dropped one, I did share an adult beverage with one about 30 years back, but never a failure.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

My only disappointment with iMac keyboards, and I'll address my comments to the wireless one, are (a) signal gets lost occasionally and (b) no numeric keypad. Give me a wired one WITH numeric keypad, and I'm totally happy.

Now I have to point out that I dearly love the wireless 'mouse'. Not because it's wireless, but because I can 'scratch' the cursor up and down easily, so I do that all the time. Now the downside. The one that came with my iMac (a little more than a year old) came with a mouse with rechargeable battery in it. Problem? Yes, if in the middle of writing a test I see a warning RECHARGE NOW. No ... I always save my prior 'stuff', and that included a wireless mouse that uses regular AA batteries. Problem Solved.

leftj Loc: Texas

elliott937 wrote:

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Apple now has a wireless with number keypad option.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

My most memorable keyboard experience was the day I decided to vacuum a Dell keyboard. I wish I had a photo of the keys flying off the keyboard up the vacuum hose in a ”tornadic” spiral fashion. Can you say stupid? Amazing how hard it is to reattach keys to a dell laptop. 😡

FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA

jerryc41 wrote:

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Do you spank the grand kids with your Apple keyboard ??? I find they are perfect for that. But you need the wireless one for that.