New keyboard software...

We just installed a new keyboard and it is WONDERFUL!! the manual says that there is software that needs to be installed. So I dutifully went to apple.com/support/downloads and found several.. I clicked on the one that was called KeyboardSoftwareUpdate12 ... after downloading it said that there is a new version on this volume already.
So maybe I don't need to do anything? it seems to work fine - did it auto update somehow?

ZBurnett wrote:
We just installed a new keyboard and it is WONDERFUL!! the manual says that there is software that needs to be installed. So I dutifully went to apple.com/support/downloads and found several.. I clicked on the one that was called KeyboardSoftwareUpdate12 ... after downloading it said that there is a new version on this volume already.
So maybe I don't need to do anything? it seems to work fine - did it auto update somehow?
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
You can check about that update by opening the software update in system preferences.
Open Software Update and click on "Installed Updates" and see if it's there. You may have to scroll down or click "Date Installed" to see the latest updates.

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