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MBP "fn" Keys Not Working
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Bloomington, IN, USA
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I no longer can use the top row of keys to adjust audio, backlight, etc., and I don't know why. I do have it set so I press the fn button to activate the Fkeys, which work, but when I don't have the fn key depressed, nothing happens when I hit any key. Does anyone know what might be the problem? Thanks!
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Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Jose, CA
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Maybe I'm missing something or not understanding, but if the hardware functions are set to work while the fn key is pressed (Keyboard tab of Keyboard & Mouse preferences), then of course they wouldn't do anything when it is not pressed. It's either with the fn key or without, not both.
Steve
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Bloomington, IN, USA
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I guess it is a misunderstanding.
1. I have the keyboard set to operate the F1-F12 keys only while pressing the fn button
2. While I am not holding the fn button, the hardware functions/F1-F12 keys do absolutely nothing
3. Before yesterday (and a few restarts) pressing the F1 key would turn down display brightness, etc.
4. If I click the toggle in the keyboard prefpane, I still cannot access the hardware functions, and now the fn key does not need to be pressed to enable the F1-F12 keypress.
Thoughts?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Go to control panel
click on Keyboard and Mouse
click on keyboard
uncheck the middle box "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software...."
that should do it
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Bloomington, IN, USA
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Yeah, I think that's what we were discussing earlier. That didn't help. It seems that after the last security update they just started working again. Thanks for the thoughts!
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