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MBA keyboard issues

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off in the wood

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Sep 12, 2007
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So I've had my MBA for a little over a week and a half, and I like it a lot. However, just recently the F1 through F12 keys don't work anymore.

Well I shouldn't say they don't work, they do, but they do not do what they are supposed to do.

for instance, if I press F12 the widgets pop up. its supposed to increase the volume. all of the F keys are this way. Like they are all random.

Is this something that I amble to fix...in settings possibly?

Thanks for the help in advance
 
Fuzzbear

Fuzzbear

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Jan 28, 2008
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off in the wood said:
So I've had my MBA for a little over a week and a half, and I like it a lot. However, just recently the F1 through F12 keys don't work anymore.

Well I shouldn't say they don't work, they do, but they do not do what they are supposed to do.

for instance, if I press F12 the widgets pop up. its supposed to increase the volume. all of the F keys are this way. Like they are all random.

Is this something that I amble to fix...in settings possibly?

Thanks for the help in advance
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what happens if you hit fn then F12?
 
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snej

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Apr 15, 2003
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off in the wood said:
for instance, if I press F12 the widgets pop up. its supposed to increase the volume. all of the F keys are this way. Like they are all random.
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Check System Preferences: Keyboard and Mouse, the Keyboard tab:
Is "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys" selected?
If it is, then the behavior of your keyboard is as expected.
Deselect that option to reenable the special features without pressing Fn
 
dahcheet

dahcheet

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Feb 7, 2008
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Harrisburg, PA
snej said:
Check System Preferences: Keyboard and Mouse, the Keyboard tab:
Is "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys" selected?
If it is, then the behavior of your keyboard is as expected.
Deselect that option to reenable the special features without pressing Fn
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If you do this and the F9-F12 keys still do the shortcuts for Expose (window move/change focus) and Dashboard (widgets) then go into the Keyboard Shortcuts menu also (in the Keyboard and Mouse settings in System Preferences) and scroll down. There should be section for Expose/Dashboard that allows you to turn off their F key shortcuts. Apple now has them mapped to specific Fn + F keys now anyway so there's no need for two keyboard shortcuts.

Hope that helps.
 
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off in the wood

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Sep 12, 2007
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Unchecking the "F" box in keyboard and mouse settings worked. Thanks for everyone's help

except for you steve31

steve31 said:
I have had no problems yet with any of those keys.
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How was that supposed to help me???

FYI-Next time if someone has a question try focusing on a way to help them, rather than posting a response to add to your total posts
 
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