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bibbo118 · Mar 1, 2006, 06:58 PM

I have an iMac G5. I installed a Logitech wireless keyboard (for Mac) and all of a sudden, the numbers on the keypad (on the right next to the arrow keys) are doing weird things ... but not typing in numbers. I thought maybe it was the Logitech keyboard but I put my original keyboard back on and the keypad numbers still don't work.

Did I hit something by accident or is this a more serious problem?

Thanks!

Gordio · Mar 1, 2006, 09:21 PM

Number lock? Maybe it's off (so it becomes a D-pad)

bibbo118 · Mar 2, 2006, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Gordio

Number lock? Maybe it's off (so it becomes a D-pad)

Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie with Macs ... but neither keyboard seems to have a number lock key. Is it called something else???

bibbo118 · Mar 3, 2006, 03:23 PM

Just wanted to know if anyone knows if there is a number lock key on a Mac keyboard.

Thanks

Macola · Mar 3, 2006, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by bibbo118

Just wanted to know if anyone knows if there is a number lock key on a Mac keyboard.

Thanks

Yes, on most keyboards it's also the "Clear" key.

JKT · Mar 4, 2006, 05:21 AM

Another alternative is that you switched Mouse Keys on which converts the number pad into a mouse. Go to System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad and check to see if you have "Mouse Keys" activated.

bibbo118 · Mar 4, 2006, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by JKT

Another alternative is that you switched Mouse Keys on which converts the number pad into a mouse. Go to System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad and check to see if you have "Mouse Keys" activated.

HOLY CRAP! That was it! 3 weeks and 4 different Mac forums ... someone FINALLY gave me the right answer! Thanks very much JKT!

Being a Windows user for nearly 10 years and getting a Mac now creates a whole new set of quirks for me. Hopefully, they'll all be this simple.

JKT · Mar 5, 2006, 08:02 AM

We aim to please. I await the moment you accidentally turn on Voiceover and can't work out what all the black boxes are...

toddtmw · Mar 6, 2006, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by JKT

We aim to please. I await the moment you accidentally turn on Voiceover and can't work out what all the black boxes are...

Or inverted display. I was using Chicken of the VNC to access a Mac remotely and I hit the ctrl-cmd-option grave quote to go to full screen and then typed in some numbers. I was having some lag and it kind of got hung up. I disconnected and reconnected and everything looked like a photographic negative. I went down and looked at the real screen and it was messed up there too. Thinking I had caused some sort of display glitch with remote access, I rebooted. The screen was fine until right after I logged in, then everything went negative again. I did a google search and eventually discovered that I had turned on inverted display. The hot key to do this was ctrl-cmd-option 8. One of the numbers I was trying to enter was an 8. Apparently, COTVnc got confused and sent the 8 as if I'd held down all the modifiers and that caused it to go inverted.

That was a weird one...

-Todd

mzimmer · Mar 13, 2006, 03:00 PM

Now that one numbers pad problem has been solved, how about this one?
If my mouse (pointer) hovers above a number or function in Calculator application, the number or function is entered when I key in 5. I also can use the mouse to enter my numbers on the Calculator. Those are the only ways I can use the numbers key pad. I have tried everything I can think of, restart, change mouse and keyboard, previous suggestions, etc. with no changes in wacky behavior, which is causing me to act wacky.

Thanks

thasha · Oct 22, 2007, 12:10 PM

hi there...Im having a desktop and im having a prob with my keyboard...the number key on top of the alphabets are not working but the right side is working...can anyone help me out..

thank you...