My iMac just started doing the weirdest thing it won't make a capital "O" with the Shift key. I can make a capital O with the Caps Lock key. All the other capital letters work!!that didn't work. Yes I checked it isn't just one program it's all of them (Firefox, Word, textedit, etc).
I googled and found a couple other ppl who had problems with one letter but i couldn't tell if what ppl told them to do worked. There was something about PRAM I haven't tried but I tried blowing on the O key and the Shift key in case there was dust and
My iMac just started doing the weirdest thing it won't make a capital "O" with the Shift key. I can make a capital O with the Caps Lock key. All the other capital letters work!!
My iMac just started doing the weirdest thing it won't make a capital "O" with the Shift key. I can make a capital O with the Caps Lock key. All the other capital letters work!!
I googled and found a couple other ppl who had problems with one letter but i couldn't tell if what ppl told them to do worked. There was something about PRAM I haven't tried but I tried blowing on the O key and the Shift key in case there was dust and that didn't work. Yes I checked it isn't just one program it's all of them (Firefox, Word, textedit, etc).
Probably I need a new keyboard? The iMac is really old (2011) but if I get this one it will work, right? It says MacOS 11 or later.
My iMac just started doing the weirdest thing it won't make a capital
"O" with the Shift key. I can make a capital O with the Caps Lock key.
All the other capital letters work!!
I googled and found a couple other ppl who had problems with one letter
but i couldn't tell if what ppl told them to do worked. There was
something about PRAM I haven't tried but I tried blowing on the O key
and the Shift key in case there was dust and that didn't work. Yes I
checked it isn't just one program it's all of them (Firefox, Word,
textedit, etc).
Probably I need a new keyboard? The iMac is really old (2011) but if I
get this one it will work, right? It says MacOS 11 or later.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK2A3LL/A/magic-keyboard-us-english
You know how when your car has something wrong and then you take it to the shop and it runs fine? Well now my iMac is working okay. I opened the little keyboard image like nospam said and the capital O is working okay. That was yesterday and now so far today its also okay.
Yesterday things got worse first I would start to type and the blinking cursor would start moving on its own! I had to hit ESC to stop it but it kept doing it. It was crazy.
I had already restarted the iMac before that and that hadn't fixed it. My other Mac is a Macbook so I don't have another key board or I would of tried that first.
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode and all the other ideas, thank you!
In article <[email protected]>,
Connor Shannon <[email protected]> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode and
all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode >> and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches
since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely unreasonably suggestion.
In article <ta4png$4bgk$[email protected]>, André G. Isaak <[email protected]d> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode >>>> and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches
since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely
unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
In article <[email protected]>,
Connor Shannon <[email protected]> wrote:
You know how when your car has something wrong and then you take it to the shop and it runs fine? Well now my iMac is working okay. I opened the littleintermittent problems are always 'fun'.
keyboard image like nospam said and the capital O is working okay. That was
yesterday and now so far today its also okay.
Yesterday things got worse first I would start to type and the blinking cursor would start moving on its own! I had to hit ESC to stop it but it keptthat is another indication of a problematic keyboard.
doing it. It was crazy.
I had already restarted the iMac before that and that hadn't fixed it. My other Mac is a Macbook so I don't have another key board or I would of triedyou can try the keyboard on the macbook (and mouse too for that matter).
that first.
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode
and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has >>> no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches
since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely
unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single key
to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down.
Myyou can try the keyboard on the macbook (and mouse too for that matter).
other Mac is a Macbook so I don't have another key board or I would of tried that first.
I didn't know that. I just Googled and it looks like I can do screen sharing?
But then I would just be looking at the Macbook screen on the iMac monitor but what I would need is the iMac computer with a different keyboard. Is there a way to do that with a Macbook??
Thank you everyone for the very good ideas!
You know how when your car has something wrong and then you take it to
the shop and it runs fine? Well now my iMac is working okay. I opened
the little keyboard image like nospam said and the capital O is working
okay. That was yesterday and now so far today its also okay.
Yesterday things got worse first I would start to type and the blinking cursor would start moving on its own! I had to hit ESC to stop it but
it kept doing it. It was crazy.
I had already restarted the iMac before that and that hadn't fixed it.
My other Mac is a Macbook so I don't have another key board or I would
of tried that first.
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe
Mode and all the other ideas, thank you!
In article <ta4slf$4lvu$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe Mode
and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has >>>>> no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches >>>> since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely
unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single key
to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down.
it does, along with the random cursor movements, strongly suggest a
defective keyboard and not a cache issue. it's also intermittent, which
is further evidence it's hardware.
On 2022-07-06 14:56, nospam wrote:
In article <ta4slf$4lvu$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe >>>>>>> Mode and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has >>>>>> no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches >>>>> since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely >>>>> unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single key >>> to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down.
it does, along with the random cursor movements, strongly suggest a
defective keyboard and not a cache issue. it's also intermittent, which
is further evidence it's hardware.
Except where would the hardware defect BE exactly.
The shift key works... ...except with the "o" key.
On 2022-07-06 12:02, nospam wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Connor Shannon <[email protected]> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe
Mode and
all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches
since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely unreasonably suggestion.
André
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches >>>> since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely >>>> unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single key >> to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down.
it does, along with the random cursor movements, strongly suggest a defective keyboard and not a cache issue. it's also intermittent, which
is further evidence it's hardware.
Except where would the hardware defect BE exactly.
The shift key works... ...except with the "o" key.
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts
up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and
fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue
that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving
any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
Thank you everyone for the very good ideas!
You know how when your car has something wrong and then you take it to
the shop and it runs fine? Well now my iMac is working okay. I opened
the little keyboard image like nospam said and the capital O is working okay. That was yesterday and now so far today its also okay.
Yesterday things got worse first I would start to type and the blinking cursor would start moving on its own! I had to hit ESC to stop it but
it kept doing it. It was crazy.
Almost certainly the Space Bar getting stuck.
Could be ...
- dirt and fluff under the keys (including a lost staple from paperwork)
- if it's a wired keyboard: a broken cable/socket
- if it's a wireless keyboard: battery running low, interferrence in
the signal, or broken antenna
On 2022-07-06 22:21:44 +0000, Alan said:
On 2022-07-06 14:56, nospam wrote:
In article <ta4slf$4lvu$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
If this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and >>>>>>>> Safe Mode and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested
that has no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system
caches
since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely >>>>>> unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single
key
to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down.
it does, along with the random cursor movements, strongly suggest a
defective keyboard and not a cache issue. it's also intermittent, which
is further evidence it's hardware.
Except where would the hardware defect BE exactly.
The shift key works... ...except with the "o" key.
One possibility, if it's a crack in the circuit board inside the
keboard, then pressing those two keys together might be enough to open
the crack and break the connection, while pressing them individually or
using the other Shift key or tapping Caps Lock is not.
On 2022-07-06 18:10, Your Name wrote:
On 2022-07-06 22:21:44 +0000, Alan said:
On 2022-07-06 14:56, nospam wrote:
In article <ta4slf$4lvu$[email protected]>, Alan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>
it does, along with the random cursor movements, strongly suggest aIf this happens again I am going to try the other Shift key and Safe >>>>>>>>> Mode and all the other ideas, thank you!
safe mode will not make a difference. the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Booting in safe mode can solve problems involving corrupt system caches >>>>>>> since it forces all caches to be cleared. So this wasn't an entirely >>>>>>> unreasonably suggestion.
it won't fix what appears to be a defective keyboard.
safe mode is useful for some issues, but this isn't one of them.
It doesn't track with the keyboard being defective for only a single >>>>> key to fail to produce a capital letter when the shift key is held down. >>>>
defective keyboard and not a cache issue. it's also intermittent, which >>>> is further evidence it's hardware.
Except where would the hardware defect BE exactly.
The shift key works... ...except with the "o" key.
One possibility, if it's a crack in the circuit board inside the
keboard, then pressing those two keys together might be enough to open
the crack and break the connection, while pressing them individually or
using the other Shift key or tapping Caps Lock is not.
That seems pretty far-fetched.
A crack that only opens when the combination of the shift key and one particular other key is pressed? The same crack wouldn't open when
pressing at least one of the "9", "0", "I", "P", or "L" keys that are
in closest proximity to the "O"?
Really?
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts
up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and
fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue
that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving
any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts
up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and
fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup
disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be
created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue
that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving
any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes
back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts >>> up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and
fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup >>> disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be >>> created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue
that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving >>> any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes
back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
On 2022-07-18 07:10:22 +0000, David Brooks said:
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it
starts
up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and >>>> fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your
startup
disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which
will be
created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue >>>> that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for
resolving
any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes >>> back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
Not everyone can afford nor wants to keep buying the new toys simply for
the sake of it, especially if their current devices do everything they
need.
Not everyone can afford nor wants to keep buying the new toys simply for
the sake of it, especially if their current devices do everything they
need.
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts >>> up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and
fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup >>> disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be >>> created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue
that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving >>> any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes
back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
On 7/18/22 3:10 AM, David Brooks wrote:
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts >>> up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and >>> fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup >>> disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be >>> created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue >>> that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving >>> any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes >> back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
What's "odd"?
Why do you care? We all have our reasons for using what we use.
In article <tb45sj$fl9$[email protected]>, YK <[email protected]>
wrote:
On 7/18/22 3:10 AM, David Brooks wrote:
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by >>>>> software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it starts >>>>> up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and >>>>> fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your startup >>>>> disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some >>>>> system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which will be >>>>> created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue >>>>> that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for resolving >>>>> any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes >>>> back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run >>>> El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
What's "odd"?
Why do you care? We all have our reasons for using what we use.
Guess I should have known better to bring up older equipment in here in
the first place.
He'd really freak if he found out I'm posting this on a Power Mac G4
running Tiger, lol.
On 7/18/22 3:10 AM, David Brooks wrote:
On 18/07/2022 06:03, super70s wrote:
In article <SlxxK.264003$[email protected]>,
David Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
On 06/07/2022 19:02, nospam *LIED*!
the person who suggested that has
no idea what safe mode is even for.
Safe mode can help you determine whether an issue is being caused by
software that loads when your Mac starts up.
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading certain software when it
starts
up, including login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and >>>> fonts not installed by macOS. It also does a basic check of your
startup
disk, similar to using First Aid in Disk Utility. And it deletes some
system caches, including font caches and the kernel cache, which
will be
created again automatically as needed.
Safe mode is particularly useful when you're trying to resolve an issue >>>> that doesn't seem to be associated with using a particular app. As
always, keeping your software up to date is the first step for
resolving
any software issues.
Full details here:- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201262
It seems about once every six months my 2009 A1125 will boot up very
very slowly, the progress bar finally stalls and it restarts and goes
into Recovery Disk mode. I just run First Aid on everything, and it goes >>> back to normal. Any ideas why this happens?
FWIW I have Snow Leopard installed on the iMac's HD, and I normally run
El Capitan on an external SDD (actually I have two of them connected).
Why are you using such out-of-date hardware and software?
Seems odd.
What's "odd"?
Why do you care? We all have our reasons for using what we use.
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