Space bar is over sensitive

anyone else noticing that they're hitting the space bar a lot more accidentally since the iOS5 update? feels like anytime I get near the bottom row I hit it and accidentally insert a period, just me?

Yes, they changed the keyboard a bit. Most of my accidental keyboard hits come from almost accidentally hitting the Siri icon, so I'm kinda glad its a bit more sensitive.

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2 - the space bar is extremely sensitive, often requiring only a feather touch to register a press. Not only that, but if I put any pressure on the middle of the base, I can feel it flex slightly and this usually causes the space bar to be activated. As a result, holding the laptop or even putting it on a non-even surface suc h as my lap can be pretty much impossible.

I had the exact same problem. For me the problem was the user groups. Apparently usergroups is not necessary for most use cases with systemd. And my user was in a lot of groups :-) . So I backed up my /etc/group and removed my username from almost every group.
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How can I make double clicking the space bar to make a period less sensitive

Hi! When I double click the space bar, it makes a period, which I love. What drives me crazy is that it thinks I'm double clicking the space bar quite frequently, so it'll insert a period in the middle of the sentence. How can I make my space bar less sensitive? I know that I can turn off the period shortcut, but I would prefer to leave it on, just with a less sensitive keyboard setting. Help!

It sounds like the space key is getting worn out. You may need to get the device exchanged under warranty if it's less than a year old.
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Sensitive space bar

I get double spaces often and have found that I can cause it to space even when lightly rubbing my finger across the space bar. How might I fix this problem other than have the entire keyboard replaced?

John:
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse. Select the Keyboard tab. Check the Key Repeat Rate. Try a lower setting and see how it works.
Good luck.
cornelius

Mac Book Pro space bar issue...

I just received my MBP and the space bar is very difficult to engage. This small thing makes typing an extreme test of patience.
I got it at Future Shop Canada two days ago. Should I call Apple Support or deal with Future Shop? It has taken a while to get here and I need it bad in the coming days. (I am a photography student and it is coming into portfolio time.)

Hi, Thanks for the reply. The space bar works, I have to press down hard on it for it to input. It seems really bad on the left side of it, to the point where it needs to be pressed firmly. I thought it was a mac thing (being a long time pc user) but my gf is a graphics designer and works on them all day, she said that it wasn't right.
The space bar doesn't seem to be mounted improperly, it is just not very sensitive. The fact that it has very little sensitivity on the left side as apposed to the right leads me to believe that it isn't just a software problem.
I hope that explains it. I am going to call apple in the morning. How long do these things usually take? I would hope to get it back fast after blowing $3300 on it.

Space Bar not responding during editting

Under normal circumstances when editting in the timeline, my reporters use the spacebar to play and pause/stop the timeline. There has been some issues of late where the space bar seems to not be working, and requires two or three pushes before it plays or pauses the video in the timeline. The video being rendered does not affect it one way or the other, and it is not constant. It can happen at any time, and often doesn't affect a reporter, or will affect a reporter non-stop (both occured today). For the record, yes I have checked the keyboard and it is not the problem. The spacebar works fine for normal use, its just PPro that has the problem.
Specs: I have four identical edit bays. Each has a Dual Core 2.5 Ghz Pentium processor, 3.0 gbs of ram, a single sata drive split into two partitions (system 30 gb and video 470 gb). I am running up to date PPro 5.0.2, freshly installed on virgin drives. I have two of the bays with the most up to date 64 bit manufacturer video and audio drivers, and two bays with Windows 7 automatically installed video and audio drivers. The problem is the same in all four bays.
Help?

Your problem is that your systems are below minimum requirements, with some serious setup faults.
This is harsh:
1. A single disk is below minimum requirements. You need at least two physical 7200 RPM SATA disks
2. Never partition a disk. It will only increase wear and tear and slow down performance.
3. You likely never tuned your system. Look here: Adobe Forums: Guide for installing and tuning a Vista... This also applies to Win7.
4. Your dual core CPU is absolutely bare minimum for DV material, but anything more will grind to a halt.
5. 3 GB RAM is not enough.
You are in for a serious upgrade of your systems.
First Harm, I do want to say thank you and that I realize you are trying to help. But, budget is a major issue, and the likelyhood of upgrading soon is non-existant. So what can we do to work within the specs I have? I had not done all of the steps in the tune up, but yes most of them I had, specifically I had not installed Ccleaner, and I had not turned off all of the windows add ons as yet - both will be fixed soon. Our editting needs are pretty minimal to be honest, which is part of why its so frustrating that PPro is being so cantankerous. Cut in and out of five or ten clips, add in a voice over track, and once in a great while a cross fade between two clips or fade out audio (using the pen tool), export to mpeg, and we're done. Our longest package is 4 minutes and that's most of a news block (segment between commercials - we have a 30 minutes news show, so you can imagine most are in the 1:30 to 2 minute range).
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Someone is sure to comment on that. I wanted to jump in first and say that while the idea of using a single partitioned hard drive isn't a good one, doing so is highly unlikely to be the cause of this particular issue.
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I knew about someone would say something eventually, but given that it works most of the time, and only freezes up occasionally, like you I find it unlikely that this is the issue. I'm not saying it won't contribute to it (I know it can). The sad part of all this is I can't get it to replicate the space bar freeze up for me, and while I experience it when I go into the bays for the reporters, I have no idea what they have done up until that point in order to troubleshoot what they are doing wrong. I can and have run an install at the same time as editting video and not had a single slow down whatsoever, while several reporters have issues running PPro and notepad. One is running her yahoo mail in IE, and I think that is one of the problems she runs into (given how resource hoggy IE can be - especially on yahoo's webmail interface), but that's one person, not all of them.

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Walloon,
I have an A1048 here w/ the spacebar off and it's identical to the A1044.
I have tried poking at the silicone activator with the end of a pen and with the end of a letter opener,
So if you feel that silicone dome go all the way down and bottom out and nothing happens then indeed some water must have gotten in there.
I thought I was being careful when cleaning the base board with a soapy cotton swab,
Ah hah!
Here's some pics I took of corrosion on an iBook actuator membrane. The A1048 works exactly the same way:
http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll306/spudnuty/?action=view&current=iBookkeyb oardtracecorrosion.jpg&newest=1
This was a beer spill as I remember. So see the part I call the "overlay mask" it's thin plastic over another thin plastic sheet that has those conductive traces painted on it. Liquid instantly wicks between the two sheets and takes forever to dry out.
It is possible to take the entire keyboard apart and repair the damaged trace w/ rear window heater paint but it's a massive pain. Every one of those keys has a tiny silicone dome underneath it and when you take it apart they go flying everywhere. I'm still finding them on the floor of my shop.
It might just dry out and start working after a few days. Otherwise new/ used keyboard.
Richard
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Space Bar Issues

For the last several months I've noticed that my space bar when pressed won't respond unless I almost bang on it. I've tried cleaning under the key, and increading keyboard sensitivity via the system preferences. Does anyone have any other ideas that would help? It drives me crazy to have to double back and put spaces between words when I've done a substantial amount of typing. PLEASE HELP!!!
Shakira
P.S. I'm not 100% sure my iBook has Mac OSX (10.4), it may be a little higher or lower. Unfortunately I'm not at my home computer right now to check.

hi Shakira-
this could be caused by a software problem. when you get to your computer again find your install disks for the current operating system (make sure it is whatever it says in the system profiler) and run a disk repair. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214. if this isn't helpful, then create a new user in system preferences > accounts by clicking the plus sign above the lock. test the keyboard in the new user to see if there is any difference. as well, try resetting the pmu on your ibook. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449. [ 8 ) ]

Space bar won't type a space

I have had this problem for a few years, over several versions of Photoshop in several Mac operating systems. Currently I am using CS4 on a Mac 10.6.8. My space bar randomly stops typing a space when I am typing a line of text. I can type every letter except a space. Sometimes the space bar starts working properly if I save the file and start typing again. Sometimes I have to quit Photoshop to make the space bar start working properly. The problem doesn't happen often, but when it shows up it is annoying for awhile. Any thoughts as to where I might look to solve the issue?

When you post for help, please state which OS X is installed.
If you aren't sure, click About this Mac from your Apple menu .
Try restarting your Mac then try the keyboard and mouse.
If you can't restart from the Apple menu , hold the power button down until the screen turns black. Wait about ten seconds then restart.

Space bar scrolling in safari is slow and laggy

Been searching this for a few days, and while I know some people are having "jaggy" scrolling issues in Safari (caused - or not - by the new Flash install), my experience is slightly different, and appeared at some point over the last week or so.
In short, it's just a lot slower to scroll via space bar. It used to snap right down to the next part of the page almost instantaneously, but now it sorta "slides" down. Scanning long web pages is a drag.
Chrome and Firefox still jump instantly to the next page via space bar, so it's a Safari-based issue. Curiously, the two-finger scroll is still fairly instant on Safari, but it's not a natural movement for me.
Anyone else having this issue, or possible fixes?

Ok...
Some users with a similar issue found a solution by uninstalling the Flash plugin, then reinstall new, then repair permissions. See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11691898&#11691898
Uninstall Flash
Install the most recent version of Flash here.
Now repair permissions.
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Space bar no longer opens folders in finder

After upgrading to Mavericks, the space bar no longer opens folders...but it SHOULD according to the footnote on this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13872
This is a problem for me, as I have the "spring-loaded folders and windows" unchecked in the Finder preferences, and I just use the spacebar to open folders.

I use spring-loaded folders the same way you do (delay off, space bar only), and I'm seeing the same issue on my end. It would be one thing if the feature just didn't work at all; however, I'm actually seeing four different behaviors depending on the window's view mode.
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Cover Flow view: The behavior is similar to the list view, except that there is no zoom animation when the new window opens.
This really strips away some polish from the Finder's user experience, and hampers the flow of power users. I've submitted a Radar bug with my findings, and I hope they address the issue soon.

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Hey ead, I had the same problem too, couldn't add songs to my Itouch.
So I suspected the fact that I smashed up my Ipod pretty good might've done something to the syncing mechanism or something... but either way a quick fix I used was:
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not sure if this is a common issue or just my x61 is not properlly assembled. both ends of my space bar are higher than the rest of the keyboard, and over time they left two white spots on the screen (LCD top layer scratched off), which are quite visible sometimes.
my X61 is two years old, can i get any LCD replacement for this? thanks guys..

you could call Lenovo and find out. But i don't think you will get it fixed under warranty in China.
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