Oh Noes! Apple Keyboards Malfunctioning

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by Peter Ha on August 22, 2007

his new Apple keyboard, but alas he is not, so we’ll look elsewhere for answers. It seems as though a fair amount of folks are experiencing issues with the F3 and F4 function keys. The Expose and Dashboard functions don’t seem to work although a few commenters claim to have found a work around with Pacifist, but have any of you, CG faithful, been experiencing issues with your new Apple keyboard?

New iMac keyboard features don’t work [via TUAW]

Gonzague - August 22nd, 2007 at 10:15 am GMT+5

Is it me or the link to the thread points to an error page?

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Peter Ha - August 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 am GMT+5

Hmmm. The links don’t seem to work at all. I’d use the headline to search in Apple for now. I’ll try and find a link that doesn’t crap out.

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aj batac - August 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am GMT+5

@Peter: There’s a ? at the end of the URL. Try this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5132145

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Peter Ha - August 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 am GMT+5

@aj
Yeah I see that, but it’s not actually in the link I embedded. In any case you’ve provided us with a working link. Thanks!

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Jace R - August 23rd, 2007 at 10:34 am GMT+5

I’ve purchased two of these keyboards and have noticed a few things with them.

One one keyboard, my thumb drive only works in the right side USB port. I haven’t tested the second keyboard.

The new Expose keys (F3, F4) work fine AFTER the software update (this is required) but there’s a lack of keys for Expose’s traditional F10 and F11 mapped features (Expose Application Specific Windows and Expose to see desktop).

Also I was required to download the 16MB “Update” to use the new keyboard features but there is a complete lack of any preference pane to control/remap them. The standard Expose pref pane still shows my F9-F12 keys mapped to it’s various features.

I love the new keyboard and I won’t be returning it but this seems like something another software update could adequately address.

Is anyone else having inconsistent issues with the USB ports?

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xztheericzx - November 8th, 2007 at 10:31 am GMT+5

i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!

eric

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