The keyboard keys on your Macbook Air no longer work? There may be several reasons for this problem. You may have performed a cleaning too much of keys on your keyboard or that the latter, if it is wireless, is not recognized through your Macbook Air device. It is also possible that your wireless keyboard is not not compatible with Macbook devices or your wireless keyboard is not sufficiently loaded. This article lists the steps you can take to resolve your keyboard keys that don't work correctly or get stuck.
Some keys on your Macbook Air keyboard get stuck or don't work properly
First of all, please check your keyboard layout on your Macbook Air device. To do so, from the " System preference“, Select the“ Keyboard "Then choose" Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar "
If the keys on your Macbook Air device do not work correctly, get stuck or produce unexpected results (such as writing symbols or numbers for example) then you will find your answers in the following article:
The keys on your Macbook Air only produce numbers
If the keys on your Macbook Air device's keyboard only produce numbers, make sure that the indicator light, which lights up green when active and is located on the Lock key. num. is not activated. If the green light is on, you just need to press the same button once to turn it off.
Caps Lock and Disc Eject keys do not respond
If the Caps Lock and Disc Eject keys do not respond, simply pop them up. hold down for about ten seconds. Note that the Caps Lock and Disk Eject keys require faster response time than other keys on your Macbook Air keyboard. To know if the keys are responding well, a green light will appear on the Caps Lock key after you hold it down and a disc eject icon will appear on your screen after you hold down the disc eject key. .
No keyboard keys work
First of all, please disconnect et reconnect le wireless keyboard. Sometimes it could be a bad contact or improper insertion into the USB port of your Macbook Air. If you have a different Macbook device, try connecting the same keyboard to that new device. If the keyboard works, then the problem is not with the keyboard, but with your Macbook Air device.
If other keys on your Macbook Air keyboard aren't working
The Change Keyboard Operation feature may have been enabled by mistake on your Macbook Air device. In order to check it, please follow the following steps:
- Click on the small apple black which is located at the top left of your screen, then in the " System Preferences". Then click on the " Accessibility"
Now click on the " Keyboard "And finally select" Home". Once you get to this step, you can check if the " Slow touches »Is deactivated. If this is not the case, you will have to press a key and keep it pressed for approx. 10 seconds so that it is recognized by your Macbook Air device.
- Click on the small apple black which is located at the top left of your screen, then in the " System Preferences". Then click on the " Accessibility »Then on the tab« Pointer control"," Other control methods". You can now verify that the " Mouse Keys "Be well disabled. If not, please turn it off, otherwise pressing any keys on your keyboard will move the mouse pointer instead of the expected inscriptions.
- Click on the small apple black which is located at the top left of your screen, then in the " System Preferences". Then click on the " Keyboard »Then on the tab« Input methods". You can now choose the " Display the Input menu in the menu bar "Then select the" Capture To check that you have selected an optimal arrangement of the keys of your Macbook Air keyboard.
How to clean the keyboard of a Macbook Air
It is important to properly clean and disinfect your Macbook keyboard. But not just any old way, at the risk of damaging certain keys on your keyboard. To clean your Macbook Air keyboard, you can start by turning your computer slightly to remove the dirt. Then pass the compressed air over the keys. The use of a specific wipe for cleaning computer keyboards is also recommended in order to disinfect the keys.
Your Macbook Air device doesn't recognize your keyboard
In case your Macbook device does not recognize your keyboard, you will need:
- Make sure the wireless keyboard is turned on
- Make sure the wireless keyboard is fully charged
- Make sure the wireless keyboard is compatible with Macbook devices
- Make sure that the Bluetooth functionality is activated
For more information in the event that your Macbook Air does not recognize your keyboard, we recommend this article to help you solve problems. problems of recognition of external devices.
If your problem is less localized and concerns your entire keyboard, we advise you this article which helps you to solve the problem of keyboard, mouse and trackpad not working.
If, after all these operations, the keys on the keyboard of your Macbook Air device still do not respond, you will have to go to a Apple professional.
