I'm wondering if anyone knows why a relatively new Apple Wired Keyboard should not be recognized on a new M1 MacBookPro18,2 running Monterey 12.3.1. System Report knows it's an Apple Keyboard, and even Keyboard system preferences knows it's an Apple Keyboard, but none of the extended characters are typed when holding the option key (example option-r should be the registered “R” in a circle symbol). When viewing Keyboard preferences "Input Sources", I have U.S. selected. When I hold down the option key while viewing the keyboard displayed, I can see it switch to the extended characters. However in any document whenever I press option-[any key] nothing is typed at all, which I think just started happening? When I go to "Change Keyboard Type" in Keyboard preferences, the Kayboard Setup Assistant starts, and it asks me to "Press the key immediately to the right of the Shift key on the left side of the keyboard".
However when I press the key it says:
Your keyboard cannot be identified.
You have pressed a key on your APPLE KEYBOARD. Please press the keys on the keyboard that can't be identified.
What the what?
Is this an M1 or Monterey thing where wired keyboards are no longer supported?
Obviously I have to use a USB hub to connect the keyboard's USB-A cable. Before I buy a new USB hub I thought I'd ask this great community to see if anyone else has had similar issues and/or if it's a "known thing" that Apple Wired Keyboards are not compatible with M1 Macs/Monterey. Or is there some magic checkbox within Keyboard or Accessibility that I accidentally checked resulting in option-[key] not typing extended characters?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
However when I press the key it says:
Your keyboard cannot be identified.
You have pressed a key on your APPLE KEYBOARD. Please press the keys on the keyboard that can't be identified.
What the what?
Is this an M1 or Monterey thing where wired keyboards are no longer supported?
Obviously I have to use a USB hub to connect the keyboard's USB-A cable. Before I buy a new USB hub I thought I'd ask this great community to see if anyone else has had similar issues and/or if it's a "known thing" that Apple Wired Keyboards are not compatible with M1 Macs/Monterey. Or is there some magic checkbox within Keyboard or Accessibility that I accidentally checked resulting in option-[key] not typing extended characters?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.