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Apple Fixes Keyboard Freezing on MacBook and MacBook Pros
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took about 3 minutes to download, install and restart. I haven't had this problem yet (only had the macbook 3 weeks!) but it sounds like one I don't want to have.
took about 3 minutes to download, install and restart. I haven't had this problem yet (only had the macbook 3 weeks!) but it sounds like one I don't want to have.
I've never had a problem with any delay in typing, but I do have the problem of Bluetooth not working after waking from sleep. The problem occured after connecting the aluminum wireless keyboard. I've been shutting my MacBook down at night instead of sleeping because of this problem.
I installed this on my 2.2 GHz MBP a few minutes ago. I already saw the problem, still, while working in Excel. Maybe that means this doesn't fix it, maybe it means my problem is with Excel, but it did only start after I went to 10.5.
My temporary fix has been, and unfortunately may have to remain, pressing control and then the right and left arrow keys (kb shortcut for switching between Spaces)-- for some reason, these keys usually aren't affected, and switching to Space #2 brings the kb back to life in Space 1. Command-tab, for example, doesn't work, but control and the arrow keys do! It's weird, I've tried control with other keys, only this combo seems to work.
I've also experienced the dead kb problem on a Core Duo MBP, in Firefox, haven't tested that yet.
My temporary fix has been, and unfortunately may have to remain, pressing control and then the right and left arrow keys (kb shortcut for switching between Spaces)-- for some reason, these keys usually aren't affected, and switching to Space #2 brings the kb back to life in Space 1. Command-tab, for example, doesn't work, but control and the arrow keys do! It's weird, I've tried control with other keys, only this combo seems to work.
I've also experienced the dead kb problem on a Core Duo MBP, in Firefox, haven't tested that yet.
I too wonder. I have a first generation Macbook and I've NEVER experienced this problem (but I did have a faulty magsafe adapter and a firmware update DID brick my DVD/CD drive
). So I'm not inclined to update it.
Fear of this issue is what's holding me back from upgrading my MBP to Leopard. Well that and all the other initial bugs which need ironing out. I know OS releases are never bug free, but Apple only has a comparatively small number of hardware devices to test functionality for, so power life on a battery for flagship laptop range is a bit p1ss poor if it only lasts 1 hour with the new OS!
3rd party applications and hardware issues I can forgive and understand, but Apple's having a lot of compatibility issues with their OWN products of late. I mean it is not as it they have a lot to test against is it they only have a few of dozen line items!
No. As it is mentioned in the post, you need to have 10.5.1 downloaded on your Mac first. That's why it won't work for Tiger
Update May Not Fix Issues For Some MacBook (Pro) Users
Hey, if you've been reading along on Apple Discussions, I'm kohlmannj.
After installing the update on my 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, I still had issues related to a non-responsive keyboard and trackpad after waking from sleep and even after logging in from the login window at system startup. I also have been getting sporadic disconnects/reconnects (since I'm running HardwareGrowler, I see pairs of notifications like "USB Device Disconnected - Apple Internal Keyboard/Trackpad" and then a similar "Device Connected" message. The gap between what's actually going on is long enough to notice a "skip" or "stutter" in keyboard input or cursor movement.
Maybe there's something of a placebo effect happening here, but the "skips" during normal use may have decreased in frequency. The critical moments of system boot and system wake still present problems for my machine.
Conclusion: My experience is that tonight's software update has not resolved the issue for my specific MacBook Pro. For all I know it could now be a hardware issue, but crap, I've only had this thing since August!
Hey, if you've been reading along on Apple Discussions, I'm kohlmannj.
After installing the update on my 15" MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, I still had issues related to a non-responsive keyboard and trackpad after waking from sleep and even after logging in from the login window at system startup. I also have been getting sporadic disconnects/reconnects (since I'm running HardwareGrowler, I see pairs of notifications like "USB Device Disconnected - Apple Internal Keyboard/Trackpad" and then a similar "Device Connected" message. The gap between what's actually going on is long enough to notice a "skip" or "stutter" in keyboard input or cursor movement.
Maybe there's something of a placebo effect happening here, but the "skips" during normal use may have decreased in frequency. The critical moments of system boot and system wake still present problems for my machine.
Conclusion: My experience is that tonight's software update has not resolved the issue for my specific MacBook Pro. For all I know it could now be a hardware issue, but crap, I've only had this thing since August!
Re-named Hard Drive & Slow Restarts
I was looking forward to this fix as my 2.4GHz MacBook Pro was affected by the keyboard issue. After installing the updates and restarting, I found the hard disk renamed itself to a very odd string of characters: > QA {]C
The system has also been very slow when starting up -- specifically, from the point where the mouse pointer appears to when the dock, menu bar, and desktop appear. I was able to launch activity monitor and saw an update process using 1.7gb of virtual memory each restart. This has happened multiple times including after an SMC reset. The process eventually goes away and the system returns to normal.
Really though, I'm more nervous about the auto-rename of the hard disk. Never seen something like this in all my years of MacOS.
UPDATE: I should note that this system also has problems with Time Machine - it beach-balls at 8% every time I connect an external drive.
I was looking forward to this fix as my 2.4GHz MacBook Pro was affected by the keyboard issue. After installing the updates and restarting, I found the hard disk renamed itself to a very odd string of characters: > QA {]C
The system has also been very slow when starting up -- specifically, from the point where the mouse pointer appears to when the dock, menu bar, and desktop appear. I was able to launch activity monitor and saw an update process using 1.7gb of virtual memory each restart. This has happened multiple times including after an SMC reset. The process eventually goes away and the system returns to normal.
Really though, I'm more nervous about the auto-rename of the hard disk. Never seen something like this in all my years of MacOS.
UPDATE: I should note that this system also has problems with Time Machine - it beach-balls at 8% every time I connect an external drive.
hehe yea, glad to see Apple's patching things left and right. Makes me feel great about getting my MBP soon!
No problems here but I installed it anyways.
That was a long restart for some kernel extension updates.
That was a long restart for some kernel extension updates.
Installed on a 17" MBP (pre-SR) even though I didn't have this problem. Everything seems fi... ^%Ssa6... 78as71.... ~~~~ dropped carrier....
Wow
This has made my month. I had all but thrown my Macbook out the window due to this bug. I seemed to have had it worse than anyone had described, as my entire keyboard would shut off within 5 seconds, every time I stopped typing, and would not come back unless I held down a key for AT LEAST 30 seconds. It was mind numbing. It made work almost impossible. THANKS APPLE! All seems groovy after the update (so far...).
Wouldn't it be great if there were bug fixes for all aspects of life? Overeating bug fixes, balding bug fixes, injury bug fixes, bad credit bug fixes...
Apple?
This has made my month. I had all but thrown my Macbook out the window due to this bug. I seemed to have had it worse than anyone had described, as my entire keyboard would shut off within 5 seconds, every time I stopped typing, and would not come back unless I held down a key for AT LEAST 30 seconds. It was mind numbing. It made work almost impossible. THANKS APPLE! All seems groovy after the update (so far...).
Wouldn't it be great if there were bug fixes for all aspects of life? Overeating bug fixes, balding bug fixes, injury bug fixes, bad credit bug fixes...
Apple?
Any idea if this fixes the "missing first key" issue?
I only recently found out about input going down for up to a minute. I've never had that. But the first-key thing has been plaguing me since around July with my LED MBP.
For all I know they are related. But I don't know enough about the outage issue to say if they're the same.
I only recently found out about input going down for up to a minute. I've never had that. But the first-key thing has been plaguing me since around July with my LED MBP.
For all I know they are related. But I don't know enough about the outage issue to say if they're the same.