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Resetting the macOS Bluetooth Device List and Bluetooth Controller If it is not there, open System Preferences > Bluetooth and enable the option Show Bluetooth in Menu Bar.

IMPORTANT: This will reset all connected Bluetooth devices, including your Apple Magic Mouse, so your wireless keyboard and mouse will need to be reconnected.īefore commencing, you will need to have the Bluetooth icon showing in the menu bar.

Since your built-in keyboard seems to work fine, I'd try to reset both the macOS Bluetooth Device List and Bluetooth Controller. Meaning, in the beginning of this post my S key would append - and SPACE a z when typing, and seconds later I can type a full sentence with no interference. Lately the keyboard's ESC key is working again, and it feels like the keyboard is either working 100% or acting crazy 100%. Seems my P has magically started turning Caps Lock on and off. Then one day I was typing my password, and not being able to log in. Sometimes the Audio Preferences randomly open up. And the Alt modifier was working fine with other keys as well. Nothing happened, but without the Alt modifier, the ' key worked fine. Typing the symbol (on my EU keyboard that's Alt + ') suddenly stopped working.

I have never spilled anything in the keyboard, or done it any harm - other than typing a lot, and hard.

The only other bluetooth device I am using simultaneously is the Apple Magic Mouse - no issues there.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the built-in keyboard, it acts completely normal while the wireless keyboard is freaking out.

However, I have tried switching and removing my custom keyboard layout (so none other than the default layout is enabled), makes no difference.

I do have a custom keyboard layout (made with Ukelele), and the issues started some time after that.

The issue has persisted through the upgrade to macOS High Sierra, but wasn't as bad before.

Remove pairing from MacBook and force re-pair.

Replacing batteries in the keyboard with a fresh pair of Duracells.Changing Input Sources (keyboard layout).Toggling every Accessibility feature on and off again.Now the warranty has expired, and problems are getting worse.Ĭould it be wireless interference? Some internal short circuit? Let me know if you know of anything similar. Maybe I would have done that, if I wasn't on the other side of the world. This was a few weeks before my warranty would expire, so I contacted the retailer, but they didn't want to provide any support, only suggesting I deliver both my keyboard AND MacBook to their repair center. It all started with the ESC key that simply stopped working about a month ago. My keyboard is the Apple Wireless Keyboard, bluetooth with 2x AA batteries. All search results point to the keyboard shortcut settings, but I have been hammering the "Set to Default" button in there, to no effect. As a tech guy, I am really baffled by what's going on with my keyboard.