Aluminium wired keyboard problem with iMac

Just bought an Aluminium wired keyboard for my 2.66ghz iMac 20". When I press shift 3 for the £ sign, I get a #
If I press alt and 3, I get the £. How can I get this working as it shows on the keyboard?
Allan

Ah, got it working properly, changed the input language from US to British. If only that would work with Google!
But, any idea where on the keyboard I got a smiley face from when i was checking which keys produced which symbols with the alt then shift keys.
Allan

Similar Messages

I have a problem with Imac mid 2010 graphics card (ATI Radeon 5670 512MB)

I have a problem with Imac mid 2010 graphics card (ATI Radeon 5670 512MB). When I play video formats like xvid, mkv, avi iMac freezes and emits horrible sound,in service said the problem is not overheating. Not a problem with memory or hard disk because I placed second correct parts.The same problem is with OSX 10.6.8 and 10.8.4 and other players.Apple hardware test found no problem and tech tool pro found no fault.
After five days of testing in the service they can not found fault and it was decided to change the graphics card.
New graphics have been tested for two days but it is not reproduced divx ... but their test software which did not find any fault on the old graphics...
Do I have the right to complain if repair does not fix the problem because I use non apple softwere and video formats.

You could look at the System Profile for the info it presents for the card. But why wouldn't you think it's not up to date if you have the latest install (according to your sig above)?
What program are you trying to run? Is there anything in the system log?
I think it's the program that's having the problem and not anything with your video software.

Keyboard problems with Enter, delete, backspace, and right/left arrows

In some applications, such as Yahoo and this message block right now !!, when composing a message, the arrow keys and delete, backspace keys become non responsive. Various ones will work on a random basis.
I am getting double "carriage returns" also. Maybe this is why in Omegle when I press ENTER, it will not post a chat message; it will bring up a scroll box and for me to post the comment, I have to use the mouse to click ENTER.
I have changed batteries in my keyboard, uninstalled /reinstalled Firefox. I have checked the above websites in Chrome and other browsers, and there are no problems.
This has happened before, I don't recall what the solution was or if it just went away.'''
Affected sites -- at least these
http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?ncrumb=Fx5R4O7ccqb&.rand=1041364415&nmig=yes#
http://omegle.com/
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/new?product=beta&category=b2&search=Keyboard+problems+with+Enter%2C+delete%2C+backspace%2C+and+right%2Fleft+arrows&showform=1

PROBLEM SOLVED: http://forum.archlinux-br.org/viewtopic.php?id=1257
Solution posted on Brazilian Archlinux forum. Credits to user "920608".
[cache]
/etc/xorg.conf
Section "Files"
#RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
C'ya

Problems with iMac retina 5K (artifacts, glitches and etc.)

Hello dear Apple.
I have bought new iMac with retina 5K display and I have found lot of problem with it. It was December 2014 when I got my first iMac. And after then I have found few real problems with it.
The first problem is I can't open high resolution image with standard Preview.app. I mean 'high resolution' - more then 30-40 megapixels. When I open them, I can see image, but only 2-3 seconds, and after that I see horizontal artifacts only. I can't open images, like this Rembrandt.jpg; Carpaccio.jpg; Holbein.jpg
The second problem, when I change resolution in to scaled mode (System Preferences/Display) for increase image on display. I found when select some area on background of desktop it has left some lines after itself. It is particularly unpleasant if you have plain colour desktop background. You can view, how does it look here.
The next problem with animation in different parts of interface, e.g. sometimes when I open Time Machine some parts of windows are freezing or appear some artifacts or glitches near borders of window. And I have the same situation, when I open Mission Control, or any Adobe app or other, or simply rename a files. I have found few discussions with problems like mine, but in the separate places
5K iMac - bad GPUs?
Graphic Problems with Retina iMac
iMac 5K and indesign glitch
And after that I want to tell you that I have this problems on four (4) iMacs. It was really difficult to arrange four replace. I have lost a lot of time an spent a lot of nerves for discuss and resolve my problems with Apple support. Finally, they told me that they do not know about problems with iMacs, and they could offer give my money back. I glad to get my funds, but now in my country price for iMacs has doubled. And if they refund my money, I can buy half new iMac only.
I am sorry for my language and style, but I do not know what I should doing with that. And should I hope, that my problem resolve with OS X updates? Or it is hardware problem of the whole iMacs 5K...

Yes Ralph, absolutely correct, 4 times. Do you have the graphic card the same as me, or m290? Could I ask you check your iMac for few things, please?
For the first, can you enlarge scale in System preference/Display and install plain dark color desktop background. Are there any footprints after rectangular selection like in my video https://youtu.be/dBglFvjJx1Q?
And for the second, could you download this image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn _-_Nachtwacht_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg and open in plain Preview.app, and zoom it? Are there any glitches?
Thank forward.

I had a problem with imac screen going black. apple store diagnosed prob with video card which they replaced. Brought it home, turned it on (have done this 4 times) it starts up, wheel turns, there is a long bar at bottom which fills up, then it turns off

I had a problem with imac screen going black. apple store diagnosed prob with video card which they replaced. Brought it home, turned it on (have done this 4 times) it starts up, wheel turns, there is a long bar at bottom which fills up, then it turns off

Apple guarantees their work, take it back.

Wired keyboard problem on 27" iMac

27" iMac doesn't find keyboard on startup. I purchased it last August 2013 with a wired keyboard instead of wireless. Since then its happened about 4 times that it will not recognise the keyboard....says theres nothing attached - and its wired!! It seems to fix itself after about an hour (max) but I don't know how?? This is a nightmare as I can't work and its unreliable.

I have this problem also. I unplug it from my USB port and replug it in and that works. But I would like to find a permanent fix.

USB port power management issue on apple aluminium wired keyboard after upgrade to 10.8.5

Hi there,
Since I upgraded my imac (late 2012) from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5 today, i can't plug any usb flash drive, or my iPhone, to the USB port of the wired keyboard anymore; I have a power management message asking to plug the usb device to the imac directly!!
It was working perfectly just before the upgrade, is it a bug, any idea?

FYI...
I tried reporting the bug but so far have had no luck being able to do so.
I went to the developer center as Eric suggested and signed in with my Apple ID.
Once there I clicked on "Bug Reporting".
That took me to a Bug Reporting page with the heading "Submitting Bugs and Feedback".
On the side of that page is a little box that says "Apple Bug Reporter: Sign in with the Apple ID you used to register as an Apple Developer to submit a bug."
(This step seems somewhat ridiculous since I had to sign in with my Apple ID just to get this far. Now it wants me to sign in again.)
When I click the the "Sign in" button I get this:
An error has occurred. Please report the error to Apple Inc. by emailing the error detail to [email protected]
So, it seems the bug reporter doesn't work. This has been going on since the time of my last post here.

MS Wired Keyboard 600 and iMac

On an iMac 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM, I'm using the MicroSoft Wired Keyboard 600. Often on booting/rebooting--or even sometimes after waking from sleep--keyboard won't work. Unplugging USB connector doesn't always work, so I have to shut down and start all over. Not using Intellitype. Suggestions? Thank you.

You downloaded what Microsoft's menu based webpage suggests should be the right drivers. Does it add a system preference to control your keyboard in Apple menu -> System Preferences? Does it add an application or a utility in your Applications folder? If neither, post here to find out if it is compatible with your version of 10.6:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/MacOtherProducts/

Function keys on new wired keyboard for old iMac don't workdon't work

Apple replaced my original wired keyboard when keys had stopped working, but with the new wired keyboard the function keys don't work as the symbols on them indicate. My concern is F10-F12 which are supposed to control volume. F10 shows all open windows; F11 romoves open windowns from screen; F12 shows ttime, date, temperature, etc, like the top button on the mouse. I have tried suggested ways to fix this through System Preferences, Keyboard/Mouse but none works.
Can anyone solve this problem for me?

I have the exact same problem. My old keyboard unfortunately died after spilling fluid onto it.
I purchased the same keyboard today.
Everything works with it except I have the same problem as described here: "
My concern is F10-F12 which are supposed to control volume. F10 shows all open windows; F11 romoves open windowns from screen; F12 shows ttime, date, temperature, etc, like the top button on the mouse. I have tried suggested ways to fix this through System Preferences, Keyboard/Mouse but none works.
Can anyone solve this problem for me?"
Please help. This is frustrating.

Wired Keyboard on 2014 iMac not working

Hi there,
I have a lab containing 25 x 27" 2014 imacs. During a morning start up roughly 6 out of the 25 (and usually different ones each time) will be unable to detect the wired apple keyboard that is attached. All USB ports on every machine are working correctly. To resolve this issue, sometimes it works by just swapping the ports, sometimes a full reboot will do it, other times it comes down to swapping the keyboard with its neighbouring iMac (even if both are not detected) and miraculously they both are now detected.
Resetting SMC and PRAM does not fix the issue.
What is going on? All these keyboards work fine when attached to a 2011 iMac running the same OS (Mavericks.)
Thanks,
Dudley

Reset the SMC and PRAM 2-3 times back to back using the following instructions:
iMac SMC and PRAM reset
If that does not work, try using another wired keyboard.

Aluminium wired keyboard on Leopard

Hey folks,
I recently got an Aluminium keyboard for my Powermac G5 (PowerPC) but I'm having problems with the F keys!
The mute & master volume keys don't seem to be working and I can't find anywhere that I can map them (system pref/keyboard doesn't let me set them!).
Also, the play/pause key (F8) doesn't seem to work yet the Previous & Next keys (F7 & F9) do!
Very frustrating!!
Any help would be braw.
Cheers!

OK, sorry, didn't see that!
Others that I hope are 10.5 compatible...
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/6746/ikey
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14352/spark
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/6134/quickeys-x

USB Problem with iMac

I have a USB problem with a 2007 iMac.
It appears that 1 of the usb ports is faulty, when in OS X 10.6.2 I constantly get "because a usb device is drawing too much power" popup. Usually 3-5 popup eventually.
I used Boot Camp to boot into Windows 7 and Device Manager can see the ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832 as a problem. I can disable it without an problems.
The question is: Is there any way to either disable that pop-up warning in Os X or disable that specific port so I don't get the pop-ups.
I performed all updates and things like PRAM reset and SMC reset.
Its not under Apple Care if your wondering.
Thanks,
Message was edited by: DrWickman

So does that mean all the ports work properly, even after getting that message?
If you start up from your Mac OS X installation disc (a different Mac OS X system), do you still get this error message? You can do so by inserting the disc and restarting with the C key held down. When you get to the Installer screen, you can do things like run Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Does that message still appear?
Also, you said you reset PRAM and SMC, but make sure you followed these procedures
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Apple recently changed the procedure a bit. While going through it disconnect ALL cables. If you have been connecting the iMac to a crowded or old power strip, connect to directly to a wall outlet, at least during this test. Power it up initially with nothing connected, except the power cord. Note if that message appears. If it does not, connect just your keyboard/mouse, use it that way for a while, and note if that message appears. If all is well, connect the remaining peripheral devices.
I don't know of a way to disable that message without disabling all the USB ports.

Display problems with iMacs

I have read several posts on problems with some displays on the iMacs,some with white screens etc. I found a firmware update
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3207. found it by reading some posts at Mac Rumors. I hope this may help with some of the problems.

There's a long thread covering the yellow tinge problem. Worth looking here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2218213&tstart=0
With regard to the no capital letters light on the keyboard have a look here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10735566&#10735566

Problem with iMac quality

I own a 27" iMac that is just less than 4 years old, and where after sending it for repair with Apple in Denmark was told that it needed a new graphics card for DKK 2899 - approx. USD 490.00.
I found out that the iMac is produced at a factory in Shanghai called W8 where Apple have had problems with exact same issue in the past, and it seems had agreed to extended warranty replacement to fix these problems.
Nevertheless I do believe that Apple customers buy Apple products because we expect superior quality and no Apple customer would expect to have problems with a major component especially on such an expensive products and certainly not within 4 years.
And if there were a seldom problem with a unit that Apple would rather step up to the plate and stand behind their products quality.
In my case it seems Apple - or at least Apple in Denmark - is unwilling to do so even though they acknowledge that it very seldom happen

Do you have a support system in Denmark to protect customers from problems with products and services. If so advance your complaint there. Irrespective of the warranty, here in the UK you can get official help against any supplier of goods that are faulty up to six years from purchase. But you must be reasonable in your approach. Apple's warranty promise specifically allows for this when it says ...
Coverage is estimated. Learn about Apple’s coverage information for your product. Your warranty is the same whether or not you register.  Important: Apple’s 1-year limited warranty and AppleCare Protection Plan benefits are in addition to rights provided by consumer law (see details). If you believe you have a valid consumer law claim, please contact us.

MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 Problems with iMac 27" Late 2009 TDM

Hi,
I just got problems with my iMac 27" Late 2009 (Mini-DisplayPort) and my MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 (Thunderbolt).
When I try to use my iMac as external monitor for my MacBook, there are massive glitches and graphical bugs on my second screen.
I bought a MDP-to-MDP wire from Belkin which works perfect on other computers.
I tried these things:
- Disconnected MagSafe from MacBook + unplugged all USB devices + switched graphics to discrete.
- Shut down all computers ... then booted MBP, iMac and triggered CMD+F2
- SMC, PRAM reset on both devices
The cable works, because:
17" MacBook Pro Late 2011 works perfectly on my iMac screen with my Belkin wire!
I connected my MacBook Pro 15" to a 27" Cinema Display and it works flawless.
After that I plugged it out and tested it again with my iMac screen -> suddenly it works.
Retriggering CMD+F2 or replugging breaks it again with massive bugs.
The MacBook Pro 17" is on 10.7.2, 15" is on 10.7.3, but I also tried to trigger dual screen in 10.7.0 setup with the same issue.
Maybe its a problem with the internal 6750M of my MacBook Pro 15"?
The 6770M of the 17" is working well.
Sample Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_pgc52syes
All updates/firmware updates of iMac and MacBook Pro are installed.
Any solutions?
Greets,
Kai

Since this is a user to user forum with no employees participation, your plea is a good a screaming into the wilderness. I suggest that you post your thoughts here:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Aluminium wired keyboard problem with iMac

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for