Brightness buttons no longer work on Apple Wireless Keyboard after Lion

They work fine on my MacBook Pro's keyboard, but the Apple Wireless Keyboard's keys were acting wonky yesterday. Today the brightness keys do not function at all.
Tried rebooting. Restarting/switching batteries in keyboard. I sent a bug report to Apple.
And worse of all, the redesign of these forums make it almost impossible to find anything now. Social and 'attractive' does not automatically make a UI usable.
Anyway... Anyone else having this brightness key issue?

chris123343 wrote:
JimHdk wrote: if I were an Apple manager, I would not have my skilled technical people wading through these anonymous forums.
While you have a point wrt the tech staff, I'd expect some acknowledgment of the problem, and perhaps an indication of a schedule/priority. For the formal bug report systems I am familiar with ( I'm a professional engineer/scientist, PhD in EE ) there is feedback to the reporter, and a mapping of priorities. IMHO, there is a lot of quiet from apple over this.
But, thanks for your response, I guess I will wait patiently ( or at least until an android PDA shows up )
Yes, the "no response to problem reports" does give the not-so-warm feeling of shoving something into a black hole. Occasionally, Apple will contact a problem reporter if they need more technical detail.
I did see a comment from someone once where they reported that someone at Apple told them that Apple was looking at a way for users to request updates/corrections to the database. Lots of "someones" in there so take that for what it's worth.
An automatic update mechanism isn't so easy since it could be maliciously abused. The Skyhook update mechanism was quite slow to take effect perhaps for this reason.

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I have Macbook Air (Mid 2013) connected to a Cinema Display and Apple Wireless Keyboard. MBA is running the latest Yosemite (10.10).
I tried using FN + Delete on the wireless keyboard to forward delete but it didn't work, it just deleted. I tried other keyboard shortcuts that require the use of FN key, and none of them work either. But when I try these directly on the MBA's keyboard, the FN key works perfectly there, just not on the wireless keyboard.
I've removed the bluetooth keyboard and tried reconnecting, restarting computer, login out and back in. Nothing works. Anyone have any ideas?
Message was edited by: Isko Salminen

I disabled "Any Keyboard, Any Application" and "Any Other, Any Application" but I still could not use my Fn key on my Apple Wireless Keyboard. Uninstalling (removing the driver) restored Fn key functionality. In addition downgrading from 3.1 to 3.0.2 on Yosemite also solved this issue.
Did you actually try what you wrote?
I should also note that the Fn key on my rMBP's internal keyboard works with 3.1, oddly enough, but the Apple Wireless Keyboard's Fn key does not.

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Hello,
I want to user the WIndows Key DEL. However, the apple wireless keyboard dosn't have such a key. I read, that FN + Backspace will solve this. It does not work on my apple wireless keyboard. I'm using BootCamp 3.2 and WIndows XP, running on a Mac Mini 2010.
In addition, I also read, that FN + Cursor Left sould work like POS1. But this doesn't work, too.
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Regards Dirk

Hi mate,
This worked for me:
http://code.google.com/p/uawks/
Cheers,
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Does the iPhone 4 work with the Apple wireless keyboard?

The original wireless keyboard is not compatible:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4112

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Nothing about any computer ever slows down with age - your cpu, RAM and storage all function at the same speed as they always did. New software may add features that tax your system more than a newer system would be taxed, but nothing about your system changes just because the device ages.
At some point, our system simply is unable to update or run newer software because that newer or updated software requires hardware features that yours simply does not have. But your exisiting software on your existing hardware will continue to run just as it always has.
As to when your system becomse unable to handle new software or iOS features, that is purely a matter of how quickly newer hardware comes out and how quickly software developers move to new features that your system cannot handle.
There is no inherent reason to believe that an iPad 4 will not be compatible with the next release of iOS - it might not be, but it may very well be. Depends entirely on what changes the next release (whenever that may be) introduces, and what new device hardware Apple may be working on.

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My ipad settings have auto-cap on. When using the on-screen keyboard the auto-cap works. When I switch to the wireless apple keyboard auto capitalization fails to work.
Any suggestions?
Does anyone have the wireless apple keyboard working with auto cap on iPad?

Did you ever find a solution to your problem? I have the same issue but mine also includes the period shortcut.
If I am hooked up to my keyboard the auto stuff doesn't work even if I manually tap the screen to type.
The fact that this does not work is the issue - not laziness in relying on shortcuts. This needs to be fixed.

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I've installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp 3.0 drivers on my Mac mini, and I suppose overall, I'm enjoying it. However, I'm getting a blue screen that seems almost random. Keyword is almost.
I've got my Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse paired, and they're both working well, however, I do believe I am getting some blue screens from my wireless keyboard.
It seems, at random intervals (usually when I haven't touched the keyboard and mouse for awhile) I get an IRQL blue screen and no information about what's exactly causing it. For example, if I'm sitting in the other room listening to music for awhile, and I come back and press the "next" media button on my keyboard, it'll crash and give me the blue screen. However, I've also tried pressing another random button (shift) to "wake" the keyboard if it had fallen asleep, which also results in a blue screen. The blue screens ONLY show up when I give input via the wireless keyboard. Or, if I leave the computer on overnight to download a file or something, the screen will sleep (which it should) then I'll press a button on the keyboard, the screen will stay asleep, and the computer will restart. Which is just a hidden blue screen I'm assuming.
I've tried reinstalling Windows (Clean/fresh install of course), installing/uninstalling drivers, pairing and re-pairing. I've also removed unnecessary/non-Windows 7 drivers that were installed with Boot Camp.
Outside of this blue screen, I am quite impressed with Windows 7. I just can't figure out what's going on. Is there any place I can get a description of what's causing this crash? Does anyone know what's happening or know a solution to this?
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Experiencing exactly the same symptoms, bugcheck/bluescreen only when touching the Apple wireless keyboard after a period of inactivity.
I have an 20" iMac, just upgraded Leopard -> Snow Leopard latest minor version and updated to Boot Camp 3.1 hoping they provided a fix, but the driver at fault (keymagic.sys) doesn't look updated and the issue is still there
Hopefully someone from Apple dev support is reading this, here's all the info I could squeeze from the crash dump:
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* Bugcheck Analysis *
IRQLNOT_LESS_OREQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: fffff80002e33440, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000008, bitfield :
bit 0 : value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
bit 3 : value 0 = not an execute operation, 1 = execute operation (only on chips which support this level of status)
Arg4: fffff80002e33440, address which referenced memory
Debugging Details:
READ_ADDRESS: fffff80002e33440
CURRENT_IRQL: 2
FAULTING_IP:
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable+0
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
CUSTOMERCRASHCOUNT: 1
DEFAULTBUCKETID: VISTADRIVERFAULT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0xA
PROCESS_NAME: System
TRAP_FRAME: fffff88002f2f0c0 -- (.trap 0xfffff88002f2f0c0)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=fffff88002f2f100 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000006
rdx=0000000000000000 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff80002e33440 rsp=fffff88002f2f258 rbp=fffff88002f2f2b0
r8=fffff80002a4f000 r9=0000000000000000 r10=fffffa80027f3010
r11=fffff88002f2f208 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na po nc
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable:
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
Resetting default scope
LASTCONTROLTRANSFER: from fffff80002ac0469 to fffff80002ac0f00
FAILEDINSTRUCTIONADDRESS:
nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable+0
fffff800`02e33440 80f906 cmp cl,6
STACK_TEXT:
fffff880`02f2ef78 fffff800`02ac0469 : 00000000`0000000a fffff800`02e33440 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000008 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
fffff880`02f2ef80 fffff800`02abf0e0 : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`03375d90 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69
fffff880`02f2f0c0 fffff800`02e33440 : fffff880`04a02e5d fffffa80`02a3add0 fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 : nt!KiPageFault+0x260
fffff880`02f2f258 fffff880`04a02e5d : fffffa80`02a3add0 fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 : nt!IoIsWdmVersionAvailable
fffff880`02f2f260 fffffa80`02a3add0 : fffffa80`027e8b40 fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc : KeyMagic+0x2e5d
fffff880`02f2f268 fffffa80`027e8b40 : fffffa80`02a3add0 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 : 0xfffffa80`02a3add0
fffff880`02f2f270 fffffa80`02a3add0 : 0000057f`fd5c5228 fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 : 0xfffffa80`027e8b40
fffff880`02f2f278 0000057f`fd5c5228 : fffff880`04a02dfc fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 : 0xfffffa80`02a3add0
fffff880`02f2f280 fffff880`04a02dfc : fffff880`00e5a2a7 fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fd9d0 : 0x57f`fd5c5228
fffff880`02f2f288 fffff880`00e5a2a7 : fffffa80`02a3add0 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fd9d0 00000000`00000010 : KeyMagic+0x2dfc
fffff880`02f2f290 fffff880`00e30c9b : fffffa80`027fd9d0 fffffa80`027fd9d0 fffffa80`027fd9e0 fffffa80`027fdc01 : Wdf01000!FxRequestBase::CompleteSubmitted+0x1f3
fffff880`02f2f310 fffff880`00e30dc4 : 00000000`00000002 fffff880`04bbcff7 00000000`00000000 fffff880`04bbcff7 : Wdf01000!FxIoTarget::RequestCompletionRoutine+0x1cb
fffff880`02f2f380 fffff800`02aab935 : 0d780da4`0da40dd4 fffff880`02f2f420 0d440d78`0d780da4 fffff880`04bbeb52 : Wdf01000!FxIoTarget::_RequestCompletionRoutine+0x3c
fffff880`02f2f3b0 fffff800`02ac3516 : fffffa80`027e8f2b 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`027fdc70 fffffa80`027e8b40 : nt!IopUnloadSafeCompletion+0x55
fffff880`02f2f3e0 fffff880`04b62323 : fffffa80`027e8b40 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`02655c10 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopfCompleteRequest+0x3a6
fffff880`02f2f4c0 fffff880`04ba24be : fffff880`02f2f590 fffffa80`027e8b40 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0294f600 : bthport!BthCompleteRequestEx+0x5b
fffff880`02f2f4f0 fffff880`04b9c8d4 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 fffffa80`02a50c40 fffff880`02f2f6e0 : bthport!L2Cap_CompleteReadIrpList+0xc2
fffff880`02f2f540 fffff880`04b70732 : fffffa80`03349530 fffffa80`0294f5f0 fffff880`00410001 00000005`00000002 : bthport!L2CapInt_ProcessReadBip+0x430
fffff880`02f2f6d0 fffff880`04b70078 : fffffa80`0267f230 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`029b5402 fffffa80`02670000 : bthport!HCI_ProcessAclReadBip+0x642
fffff880`02f2f7a0 fffff880`04b988d9 : fffffa80`0267f230 fffffa80`03036702 fffffa80`026c0ab0 00000000`00000000 : bthport!HCI_ProcessAclRead+0x214
fffff880`02f2f810 fffff880`04b66201 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000056 fffffa80`026c0ab0 : bthport!HCI_ProcessMpBip+0x61
fffff880`02f2f880 fffff880`04b4d327 : fffffa80`0294f4f0 fffffa80`026c0ab0 00000000`00000000 fffff800`02ac59fa : bthport!BTHPORT_RecvMpBip+0x41
fffff880`02f2f8d0 fffff880`04b5399f : 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`00cd3910 fffff880`04b56388 fffffa80`00cda820 : BTHUSB!BthUsb_ReadTransferComplete+0xf7
fffff880`02f2f930 fffff880`04b53c31 : 00000000`00000003 fffff880`02f2f9f0 fffffa80`00ca2d00 fffffa80`00000012 : BTHUSB!UsbWrapWorkRoutine+0x17b
fffff880`02f2f9b0 fffff800`02ac3516 : fffffa80`00cd3bdb 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : BTHUSB!UsbWrapInterruptReadComplete+0x1dd
fffff880`02f2fa40 fffff880`044135d9 : fffffa80`01e81050 fffffa80`00cda700 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopfCompleteRequest+0x3a6
fffff880`02f2fb20 fffff880`04413ab7 : fffffa80`028ef502 fffffa80`00cd3910 00000000`ffffffff fffffa80`01e81ea8 : USBPORT!USBPORTCoreiCompleteDoneTransfer+0xa15
fffff880`02f2fc00 fffff880`0441164f : fffffa80`01e81ea8 fffffa80`01e811a0 fffffa80`01e82040 00000000`00000000 : USBPORT!USBPORTCoreiIrpCsqCompleteDoneTransfer+0x3a7
fffff880`02f2fc60 fffff880`04402f89 : fffffa80`01e81050 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`01e81e02 fffffa80`01e81ea8 : USBPORT!USBPORTCore_UsbIocDpcWorker+0xf3
fffff880`02f2fca0 fffff800`02acc5dc : fffff880`02f07180 fffffa80`01e81ea8 fffffa80`01e81ec0 00000000`00000000 : USBPORT!USBPORTXdpcWorker+0x1d9
fffff880`02f2fcd0 fffff800`02ac96fa : fffff880`02f07180 fffff880`02f11f40 00000000`00000000 fffff880`04402db0 : nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x1bc
fffff880`02f2fd80 00000000`00000000 : fffff880`02f30000 fffff880`02f2a000 fffff880`02f2fd40 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiIdleLoop+0x5a
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
KeyMagic+2e5d
fffff880`04a02e5d ?? ???
SYMBOLSTACKINDEX: 4
SYMBOL_NAME: KeyMagic+2e5d
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: KeyMagic
IMAGE_NAME: KeyMagic.sys
DEBUGFLR_IMAGETIMESTAMP: 49c160ec
FAILUREBUCKETID: X640xA_CODE_AV_BAD_IPKeyMagic+2e5d
BUCKET_ID: X640xA_CODE_AV_BAD_IPKeyMagic+2e5d
Followup: MachineOwner
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Joe Z in VA wrote:
Does it matter?
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