I seem to be having keyboard issues
i just start typing and after a while look up at my screen and only half the sentence is there...for some reason its not registering the entire sentence
I'm having the same problem on a 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro. It seems to be happening since I installed the recent EFI firmware update. I also have another issue where my screen just goes black and the machine becomes unresponsive. The only way to bring it back to life is to hold down the power button until it shuts down, then turn it back on again.
Can I just ask why repairing disk permissions might solve the keyboard issue? How is that related?
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Even worse now, i have just restarted my Mac and now i cant even get past the Apple logo page, it just stays stuck there. Im tearing my hair out. I have an appointment booked in a few days for the genius bar, but my local one is about two hours away and id love to save myself the trip (and fortune it would cost me) if one of you guys could make yourselves a hero and get me up and running again.
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