Mid 2007 Macbook and Apple Wired Keyboard.

I have a Mid 2007 white Macbook running Leopard 10.5.8. For a while, I used to use my Macbook with an external monitor and the apple wired aluminum keyboard, but stopped for some time.
I wanted to use my macbook this way again, but my wired aluminum keyboard is not working at all with my macbook. None of of the keys work, it isn't being recognized at all by my computer. Any suggestions on how I could get it to work again? Thanks.

If it doesn't work with any other computer, the keyboard is most likely dead. The wires inside can get damaged over time, causing the keyboard to quit functioning. You'll have to invest in a replacement.
~Lyssa

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Why only up to 2gigs??
Anyone experimented around with more ram to the Mid 2007 Macbooks and Ram
let me know
thanks!

jtotin wrote:
Why only up to 2gigs??
Anyone experimented around with more ram to the Mid 2007 Macbooks and Ram
Yes this was done at OWC. You can see the different speeds achievable with the different RAM configurations at MacBook Memory Benchmark Test.

I have a mid 2007 MacBook Pro with 2GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M graphics. Is it possible to upgrade the RAM and the graphics card?

I have a mid 2007 MacBook Pro with 2GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M graphics card. Is it possible to upgrade the RAM and the graphics card?

The RAM can be upgraded as indicated below. The Graphics card can not be upgraded.
Maximum Memory
6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

IPod, iTunes Syncing on Leopard + Apple Wired Keyboard = Hang and problems

Sorry for the cryptic topic title but I search liked crazy and through several different sites I managed to hobble together a configuration that reproduces my problem. Maybe those terms will helps others...
Anyway, I have Mac Pro with OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and a 5G video iPod. Just recently during iTunes syncing it began to randomly hang quite early on in the process. No itunes is still responsive but it just stays on the same song forever, never making any progress. I did restore, auto vs. manual, disk space enable/disable every combination of iTunes and iPod settings I could try.
The crazy part is that I HAVE fixed the problem but I wanted Apple and others to know what to do and that is needs to be fixed correctly
Recently (same time iTunes started failing) I got the new Apple wired keyboard (love it!) but it IS the problem (or rather the combination of stuff). If I just unplug that keyboard during the iTunes sync it works every time, plug it back in and it hangs again next time iTunes syncs.
So maybe someone else is having this problem, I hope you find this forum and I hope Apple already knows about this glitch.
Thanks!

I'm only going to tackle one of your issues; that of "recently added" playlists being whacked out when added to iPhones/iPods.
Here's the issue: You set up a smart playlist with a "recently added" criterion. The playlist looks fine in iTunes, and it displays all the recent music you've added to your library properly.
You then sync to your iPhone, and low and behold, all the tracks in that playlist do not match anything that had shown in iTunes. Believe it or not, this is a really old iTune bug. If memory serves me, it goes back to iTunes 6 or maybe earlier.
There are two known work arounds:
1) you turn off "live updating." This is very poor work around, because most people use a recently added playlist to automagically add their newest music to their device. Turning live updating off defeats the point.
2)create a second smart playlist that points to the first one. What I mean is, if you have a playlist called "Newest 250 tracks" and that is the smart playlist that shows up incorrectly on your iphone, then set up a second smart playlist called "Newest 250 tracks iPhone" and the only criterion in it, is that is populates from playlist "Newest 250 tracks." It will then look identical to your first playlist, but because it doesn't contain a "recently added" criterion in itself, it will avoid the bug. So sync to that second tiered playlist, and all is well.
Yes it's stupid to have to make a second "meta" playlist for every recently added playlist, but c'est la vie.

HT1338 I have an apple wired keyboard hooked up to my Mac mini. A while ago, the keyboard stopped working. I tried re plugging it in, and nothing's working. The "Bluetooth settings" keeps popping up, but I don't have Bluetooth, it's wired. Please help!

I have an apple wired keyboard hooked up to my Mac mini. A while ago, the keyboard stopped working. I tried re plugging it in, and nothing's working. The "Bluetooth settings" keeps popping up, but I don't have Bluetooth, it's wired. Please help!

System Preferences->BlueTooth and turn it off. Restart and see if that fixes the problem.

I can only run Windows on my Mid 2007 MacBook Pro :(

So, a weird thing happened recently. A friend of mine was trying to get his old PowerMac G4 working, but his DVD drive wasn't working, so I booted my computer into Target Disk mode so that we could restore his computer using my DVD drive. After we were able to get it installed, I tried to reboot my computer back into Mountain Lion. Upon restarting the computer, I noticed that the OS wouldn't boot. After playing with that for a little while, I backed up my files onto another iMac (again, using Target Disk mode) and tried to reinstall the OS. When I put in the Mountain Lion DVD and tried to boot from it, it didn't work. So I tried my Lion disk, also didn't work. Tried Snow Leopard and was able to get it to install, but I wasn't able to use my keyboard and mouse upon getting to the "Select Language" screen. I finally thought "screw this" and made an appointment with an Apple Genius (who was quite helpful) at the Apple Store near me. I showed up and we tried a bunch of things to no avail. He ran the Apple Hardware Test and that nothing was wrong with the computer. I did have non-apple RAM in my computer, so we tried switching that out. No luck. I also told him that I switched Hard Drives to another 320 GB to try and see if that was the problem. That wasn't the fix either. After trying all of that stuff, I tried installing Windows 7, and ironically enough (since its an Mac), and it worked. I am now using my Mid 2007 MacBook Pro with Windows 7 only and I still can't install MacOS (which I miss big time!). The Genius said that he had never seen this before and was at a loss (couldn't think of another thing to try). Instead of leaving it with them, I took it home with me as I needed a computer for School as I am a High School Teacher. I also am a bit of a Computer Engineering guy (built my own computers, been installing OSes for 10 - 15 years, etc) and while I like to consider myself a modest person, I will call myself a self proclaimed expert.
Has anyone heard / seen this happen?
I've searched high and low on the internet for this and haven't found anything. ****, even the Genius has never heard of anything and gave me his business card and told me to drop him a line if I am able to figure out the problem.
I'm really hoping someone can help me shed some light on this subject as I feel like I have tried completely everything.
Thanks in advance,
Todd

Take your MBP to an Apple store genius bar for a free diagnostic examination. Since these symptoms are 'regular' and not intermittent, they should be able to determine what the problem is and the cure.
ciao.

Apple Wired Keyboard Gibberish

I guess this problem has never been solved but i thought i would let people know I'm having this problem to see if anybody has found a fix for it. I am using a MacBook Pro Retina (mid 2012) running Yosemite 10.10. When i use the wired keyboard a s d f g h j k l looks like å ß ∂ ƒ ˙ ∆ ˚ ¬ . I have tried just about everything i can think of besides buying a new keyboard and seeing if it is the keyboard itself. Anybody else have a similar problem or possibly a fix. DO NOT tell me to try another computer, make sure the USB ports are working, try a windows PC, try a different Mac, reset the SMC or PRAM, check fonts for duplicates. It does the same thing on a mac mini, and in windows it acts like control or alt is being held down. One would think that would make it like the keyboard is at fault, but at one point in time tonight during my adventures on learning how to troubleshoot a APPLE keyboard on an APPLE computer it worked about 80% except for several keys would type two letters when one was pressed. b = bn . Im out of ideas besides buying a new keyboard and crossing my fingers.

work special functions keys on apple wired keyboard with windows 7?

Mid 2010 MacBook pro took a keyboard spill. It still works but display is sooo dark - like no backlight. I think this is an LED screen. Does anyone know the fix for this?

Hi all... My mid 2010 MacBook Pro took a keyboard spill. It still works but the display is very very dark. A faint image can only be seen at an angle in very bright light. I think this model has an LED screen. Can anyone please tell me what the fix for this is? Thank you sooooo much!
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Spill Cleaning
Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
Do
Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
Don't
Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
Don't shake the computer (this will only spread the liquid around).
Don't use a hair dryer on it (even at a low setting a hair dryer will damage sensitive components).

Mid 2007 macbook no chime dark screen.

my mid 2007 macbook will not chime on startup and I am getting no picture.
already tried resetting pram, SMC or whatever and removed and replaced the battery.
Tried booting from a disk and got nothing, tried booting from my backup and got nothing. It's still getting power as the optical drive is spinning but otherwise I'm getting nothing (and my SL boot disc is in the optical drive.
Any thoughts?

This happened to my MacBook when the hard drive crashed. I did not get the usual question mark screen like you often get when the Hard drive crashes. I got a black screen and I could hear the fan whirr but nothing else. So Apple replaced it. There is a repair extension program for harddrives on macbooks http://www.apple.com/support/macbook/hd/repairextension/ So if this is your issue this may help.
Cheers,
Rachyl

Yostemite kills Apple wired keyboard

After upgrading our school iMac suite to Yosemite I've discovered several stations no longer detect the Apple wired keyboard. 10.10.1 is installed on every machine. We have 5 Mid 2011 models and 15 Late 2012 models. The issue seems pretty random, appearing on any model, and seems to happen after the device goes to sleep but fails to wake up (instead a black backlight screen is visible). I've repaired disk permissions and verified the disk, using another USB keyboard to boot into Recovery mode on troublesome machines. I've noticed a few other complaints within the community about the same thing but their fixes don't work. Has anybody else experienced this this and figured out a fix? I've attempted swapping keyboards with different machines but it makes no difference.

Hello limavadyhigh,
It may help to reset the SMC and PRAM of the affected machines.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Reset your computer’s PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Cheers,
Allen

Problems under Windows USB Drivers (Apple Wired Keyboard)

Hello guys,
somehow I have some issues after installing Windows 7 regarding the USB Drivers: if I install the "Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Installation Disk - 1E31"-drivers, doesn't matter if I do it from Intel's or Apple's webpage, the USB Ports of my Apple Wired Keyboard (A1243) don't work anymore; it says "Not enough power". I have already tried that workaround found on the web, by increasing the output mAh through regedit, but the point is that after installing these drivers, the section "Power Management" isn't shown anymore in the device manager.
I'm having a Macbook Pro Late 2012 with Retina display

Just an idea for you. There is an entire Apple Discussion forum dedicated to Boot Camp and Windows.
Whereas, not everyone here with an Intel iMac has installed, tried to install or has experience with BC & Windows, everyone there has or at least has an interest. You may attract help more quickly there.
The Forums are at the bottom of the main Apple Discussions page under Windows Compatible Technology. Here is a link;
Boot Camp: Installation and Storage

I have a 2007 MacBook and I want to install the latest possible version of OS X. What version is that?

Like I said, I have a mid-2007 MacBook (note that it is NOT a MacBook Pro) and I want to install the latest possible version of OS X on it. I would like to know what the latest version that it can handle is. I know that the latest version of OS X is Mavericks, but I'm pretty sure that won't work on it, so will Lion or Snow Leopard?

System requirements for OS X Lion
OS X Lion (10.7) - Apple Store

Apple wired keyboard not identified by new mac mini running mavericks

Ayone having this problem? Started when I upgraded to Mavericks.

I've experiened this exact problem with two different MBA mid-2011 (one 11", one 13"), both of them upgraded to Mavericks. We use Apple Thunderbolt displays, which are supposed to attach all your USB devices attached to the monitor hub on reattachment of the power (1st) and thunderbolt cable (2nd). This all worked as-designed until the upgrade to Mavericks. since then, the Apple wired keyboard will NOT detect on the USB host when attachments are wired up. Instead, we must reach around the back of the monitor and unplug the keyboard, wait a few seconds, then reinsert it back to the same (or different) port.
Of interest, both the wired mouse and the wired superdrive have no issues whatsoever, even though they're plugged into the same hub (the Thunderbolt monitor) as the keyboard.
There are numerous open discussions about this on these forums, both with Thunderbolt monitor-to-laptop rigs and iMacs, and none of them have one iota of input from any Apple representative in some official capacity, leading me to believe only one plausible conclusion (a) They know about this problem, and (b) they have absolutely no idea how to fix it.

Odd Macbook Charging Problem - Mid-2007 Macbook 13"

Just bought a 13" mid-2007 macbook, MB062LL/A. I also bought an 85W NEW OEM Magsafe charger. I put a new logic board, battery, and magsafe connector in the laptop and let it charge overnight. Its now green, but the battery isnt charged (15%). Now that I'm watching it, it will occasionally switch to orange and say 'charging', then go back to green. It occured to me that maybe the Charger is the problem ... Do I need to use the original 60W charger ? or does it matter?. I have reset the SMC, but have not performed calibration yet as battery is not fully charged.
Any suggestions? ... and 'No' the laptop has no warranty thru apple, I have done all the work myself.
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Profiler says 17 cycles, but I just relaced this battery with a new OEM Genuine Apple battery.
I tried the SMC Reset, but that didnt help.
Also, I just noticed something else ... Everytime I turn it on I get the message "System Date/Time is earlier than 2008 ..." So I went in and unchecked the auto update opton and manually set the date time. Shut down and power up and Date/Time is reset back at 12/31/2000. It does this evertime I shutdown and turn back on.
Not sure if this is related, but it probably is somehow ...
Thanks for the reply

What are the dimensions of the Apple wired keyboard?

What are the dimensions of the Apple wired keyboard?

K1
I am constantly amazed at our beloved Apple!
Not only lack of info, but SysReqs seem a bit restrictive? How can a plain ol' USB keyboard require OSX10.6 or better, yet NOT support USB3.0 AND require some Apple software driver update? [sound of exasperation -> sigh]
best as always
CCC

Mid 2007 Macbook and Apple Wired Keyboard.

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