Oh Noes! Apple Keyboards Malfunctioning
- August 22nd, 2007
- 6 Comments
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?










Gonzague (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Is it me or the link to the thread points to an error page?
Peter Ha (Who am I?)
1 year ago
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.
aj batac (Who am I?)
1 year ago
@Peter: There’s a ? at the end of the URL. Try this:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5132145
Peter Ha (Who am I?)
1 year ago
@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!
Jace R (Who am I?)
1 year ago
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?
xztheericzx (Who am I?)
11 months ago
i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!
eric