Apple Fixes Keyboard Freezing on MacBook and MacBook Pros

[Bern]

This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension of keyboard input which can last a minute or longer. The Mac OS X 10.5.1 update is required before installing the MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1.


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[psychofreak]

I'm not gonna install this one...my first ignored update

[MichaelThomas]

My girlfriend shall be EXTREMELY happy about this.

[MacRumors]

Apple has released MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1 today which addresses a keyboard-freezing issue seen by many MacBook and MacBook Pro users under Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard:

This update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers. Some MacBook and MacBook Pro systems may occasionally experience a temporary suspension of keyboard input which can last a minute or longer. The Mac OS X 10.5.1 update is required before installing the MacBook, MacBook Pro Software Update 1.1.

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[psychofreak]

A bit of a premature headline, we don't know if it works...like the iMac freezing original fix...

[Renko31]

Hi. I use Microsoft RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) to connect to my work laptop (I have to use Windows for work, but I might as well display it on my Mac and keep all my Mac stuff handy - plus I can use all the Mac shortcuts which helps stop my brain getting confuddled). If I am in the command line interface - which isn't often but a few times tonight) the keyboard seems to behave very oddly - no '\' and I had to have caps lock on to press shift and get a capital letter. This could of course be any of the following:-
a) Windows is useless
b) RDC is still Beta
c) for some reason the MacBook keyboard just isn't compatible with Windows/command line interface
d) something I haven't thought of
e) all of the above

Just felt like sharing .... !

Renko

[ariza910]

so does this fix the non-responsive keyboard after waking from deep sleep? or the issue where the first few key strokes are not recognized?

[SimonTheSoundMa]

My poor MBP no longer suffers from dyslexia!


ariza, first key press seems to be fixed here, rare I get the unresponsive keyboard though so I can't test right now.


Safari is snappier after update.

[ArmyKnight12]

What about the screen freezing issues that Tiger users like myself are experiencing with MBP's?

[killydoon]

Installed the keyboard update without problems. It took about 2 minutes after it finished the install before the system came back up but have had no problems since. Had some intermittent keyboard problems before but none so far with the upgrade.

[bmcgrath]

eh.... Were santa rosa users the only people having this issue or was it all Macbooks/ Pro from core duo up to core duo2?
Because I have a Core Duo MBP with the update yet I've never had an issue with the keyboard.

Just curios

[macinfojunkie]

Originally Posted by Renko31

Hi. I use Microsoft RDC .....Renko

Seeing as RDC is still in beta, have you tried submitting a bug report to Microsoft? Since Mac OS has substantial keyboard differences with the remote Windows OS, I'd be inclined to think that this is an issue with the way the RDC application is translating Mac commands to windows commands.

• Have you tried connecting via RDC from another Windows PC? If that works then we can probably conclude that Windows is not useless.
• Have you tried connecting with the older version of RDC that was not in beta?
• Have you tried connecting from a different Mac?
• Are the language settings of both machines the same?

All of the above might yield a clue as to the issue, but I'd be surprised if it is going to be fixed by an Apple patch. I've experienced similar quirks when connecting Mac-Pc or PC-Mac using various remote connection tools like VNC etc. and usually the issues have been down to a bug in the application or a config setting affecting the way that keyboard commands are translated.

[dswoodley]

Still installing 15 minutes later...

[macinfojunkie]

Originally Posted by ariza910

so does this fix the non-responsive keyboard after waking from deep sleep? or the issue where the first few key strokes are not recognized?

I've had that same issue on my 2.33 Ghz C2D MBP since I got it. I never let the machine sleep because of that as I always have to cold power down which I don't like doing. How hard can it be for Apple to make that feature work? I have a Dell machine for work which cost a quarter of the cash and that seems much more reliable in this regard. Come on Apple! [puts on fireproof vest]

[psychofreak]

Try using LogMeIn instead of RDC

[ltldrummerboy]

I haven't installed yet, but I have had this problem on my month old macbook. Closing the lid and opening it back up has worked every time so far, but is still annoying. I hope this update works.

[tiagocarraro]

I only experienced this problem once in my santa rosa macbook, and it didn't last more than a few seconds! After the first leopard update, it never happened again. People are still having this problem?
It seems to happen quite randomly, right?

[MidiMonk]

WTF!!!

wheres the fix for 10.4 users, Apple this is beyond belief that a top flight laptop will not always register the first key typed.Plus, cannot stay connected via wireless for more than a few minutes on a good day

[WhySoSerious]

wtf...? i click on software update and it's not detecting anything for me to update. it says i'm already up to date on everything.

am i missing something here? why is it not picking up this "update" apple released. can someone pls post an image of what is to be updated...?


edit: ahh....i'm on tiger...maybe it's because it's only for leopard. ghey as ghey can get. stick a peppermint candy cane up my @zz and shove me on my way.

[arn]

Originally Posted by box33

wtf...? i click on software update and it's not detecting anything for me to update. it says i'm already up to date on everything.

am i missing something here? why is it not picking up this "update" apple released. can someone pls post an image of what is to be updated...?

Direct download link to update:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...eupdate11.html

arn

[philgilder]

I didnt even realise I had this issue
I knew about the unresponsivness from sleep, but I thought the first key not being picked up was just typing badly
hopefully thisll fit it!

[sixth]

Now if they only fixed that stupid Quicktime update.

[abrooks]

Originally Posted by psychofreak

A bit of a premature headline, we don't know if it works...like the iMac freezing original fix...

To my memory the initial iMac update didn't openly advertise that it fixed the problem, it was just assumed.

[Sandpiper]

The colors of my screen (MBP) seem to be changed a bit after i installed the update. anyone else has this?
also the mouse pointer can be moved a pixel too far left and up, but maybe it was already like this before the update and i'm just noticing it now..

[big_malk]

Recently I've been having an issue on my Mac Pro which sounds similar. For no apparent reason my BlueTooth Apple keyboard and mighty mouse stop working for up to a minute, is this issue exclusively MacBook and MacBook Pros?
Before I go off looking to track down the source of this annoyance