Suddenly my macbook pro is typing gibberish

we've restarted it and updated Word software, and nothing is helping

We figured it out - we took out the option key and now it's fine (except that we don't have an option key). Thanks for your help...

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Suddenly my macbook pro 10.9.1 is slow and has this message in disc utility: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.

suddenly my macbook pro 10.9.1 is slow and has this message in disc utility: Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired.

See this Apple Discussion https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5785712

HELP! macbook pro started typing in russian

Hi, my macbook pro started typing in Russian or someting last night on his own...tried to restart and checked the language and keeboard on system preference but it says that English is the language...not sure whats happening!
Thank you

Use the camera icon to post a screenshot here of what you are seeing.
Check system prefs/keyboard/input sources to make sure only US or British is showing.

Macbook Pro keyboard typing in random letters and symbols with certain keys

My mother is not a very tech savvy person. We recently upgraded her Windows PC to a Macbook Pro. A few days ago she went to some website about working from home. I'm pretty sure it was a scam website. Anyway after that the keyboard started acting weird.
Certain keys will either not work or just type random keystrokes. The keys that I know of are
7= 123477
U= IOTUYw
J= adfgjs
M= Will sometimes minimize the active window and other times will type out random symbols (æ∆¬)
:; key= 0 - Esc, and changes the volume
' key= Tab, random symbols, enables caps lock
Eject Key= § changes volume
I had Sophos Anti Virus installed on it, and after running a full scan it didn't come up with anything. To be safe i decided to completely wipe her Macbook. I also did the 7-pass DOD Standard erase.
After that i resinstalled Lion on her computer. After restarting the same issue persists. I tried seeing if there was an OSX update that needed to be installed, and that didnt fix anything. I also ran the Apple hardware test. It came up with no issues.
I also checked to see if foriegn keyboards were turned on, etc.
I have no idea what to do now. Using my bluetooth keyboard works fine. The keys type what they should. She says he hasn't spilt anything on it, but she works as a daycare provider and sometimes the little kids watch movies or youtube videos on it.
Any help would be appreciated!

I just spent hour trying to fix tihs on my iMac and could find the answer so I wanted to post it for someone else. Mine was typing in crazy symbols (åß∂ƒ©).
Also I could not Command + Tab (shoot me), and when I clicked on a window in another app it hid the windows I was working in.
I tried new keyboards. And the system preferences stuff - system preferences - language & text - input sources. then select US. This didn't fix it.
Then I tried to change the keyboard shortcuts in the same window - spotlight (on left), unclick the show spotlight search field and the other one bellow. Then hit the com + Spacebar. This didn't fix it.
Then i did it and double check that i did it right and still didn't fix it.
So I called apple support and they gave me the magical key to fix this.
Turn off your computer. Unplug for 30 sec, and everything attached. Then power it back on and hurry and hold Command + Option + P + R. I held Command + Option + P with one hand and then after I hit power I added the R.
The computer will make one chime. Keep holding it. I will then shut down and make one more chime and you can let go.
Taa daa!!
I have a 27" iMac 2.93Ghz i7 with 10.8.2 (FYI).

Suddenly slow macbook pro

My macbook pro suddenly became very slow ,I've tried few tricks with no joy
Can anyone help please?
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CleanMyMac2 is the problem here.
Remove CleanMyMac.
http://macpaw.com/support/cleanmymac/knowledgebase/how-to-uninstall-cleanmymac-2

Safari 6.1 Suddenly Slowing MacBook Pro to a Crawl

I know that it's risky to blame system problems on particular programs, but here I really fee like it's Safari.
In the past month or so I've been getting the spinning beach ball more and more often, and I can't tell you how many times I've had to Force Quit Safari.
Very rarely, it hangs the computer completely and won't even let me Force Quit anything.
I've repaired Permissions several time and verified my HD -- no problems.
Is there some particularly evil combination of some program interacting with Safari that's causing this? I really have not installed anything weird in the past few months but that spinning ball has become my nemesis!
Oh for the days of DiskWarrior or even good old Norton Utilities . . . I used to be able to defragment my drive with Classic but now it seems that you can't defragment your drive.
Here is a typical list of programs that will all be opened at the same time -- worst case scenario -- as Safari 6.1:
Photoshop CS 3
Mail
SpamSieve
Sometimes Preview
Some times TexEdit Pro
Sometimes iTunes
I'm running OS 10.8.5 on a standard Mid-2012 MacBook Pro bought refurbished from the Apple Store Canada.
Any ideas greatly appreciated!
Nick

Whatever you do, don't waste money on "Disk Warrior." It's completely useless if you have adequate backups, which you must have. If you don't have a current backup, back up immediately, before you do anything else. Ask if you need guidance.
When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.
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Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
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Suddenly my macbook pro got slow

Recently, my macbook pro got extremely slow and it's not charging it stays on 0%.
Plus, when i take out my charger laptop shuts off automatically.
This happened all of sudden.

Take it into your nearest Apple Store for diagnosis/repair.
Pete

All of a sudden, my MacBook Pro is running very slow?!?

I have had my MacBook Pro for a about a year and a half and have had NO problems with it. A few weeks ago, my MacBook has become very slow, to the point where I have to restart the computer. Most of the time the dreaded beach ball appears and my MacBook just freezes. This occurs with the simpilest tasks such as opening Safari.
This is becoming very frustrating and I am losing my patience, I am hoping it is something that I can fix on my own to avoid going into Apple.
PLEASE HELP!

Since someone suggested it, I ran Etre Check Results below
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Dear Community - Please Help. iPod Touch 4th Generation Not Recognized Suddenly on Macbook Pro

Hello all,
Just today my iPod Touch is not being recognized by my macbook pro - OSX Mountain Lion. Literally was working yesterday.
I have tried all the suggestions and trouble shooting and have scoured these community pages for an answer trying everything...
     - Restart and Shutdown the Macbook
     - Reset iPod - even did a full reset (didn't have a ton of content on there - no biggie)
     - Checked the five cords i have with my iPad and the USB ports on the macbook and all work with the iPad no problem
     - etc...
The iPod DOES charge no problem with the wall adaptor, so the input on the iPod itself is fine... and the iPod functions and Apps are working perfectly, it just won't be recognized by the computer.
What can I do here????
Very puzzled and stressed as I need to load it up with music for tomorrow!

There was a reply here that I have been trying and now the reply is not in this discussion...
Is there anything else that anyone could suggest...
This is what was suggested:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Greetings everyone, I am knew to this, but all of a sudden my Macbook Pro 13" stopped sending iMessages and claims that my iContacts are not registered with iMessage. HELP PLEASE!

O I guess my question was too long. To reiterate, my Macbook stopped sending iMessages and states that my fellow iContacts are not registered with imessages. My phone is dead and I need to get a hold of a couple of people, but can't due to this problem. HELP!

You always do better with the forum for the type of mac or service or programs
MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro
http://www.apple.com/support/
http://www.apple.com/support/iphonehttp://www.apple.com/support/iphone
the TITLE is just for a brief catch all like iMessages. The real part is the body of the question you created for this thread.
Mac OS X Help
Isolating Issues in Mac OS
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https://www.apple.com/support/osx/
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/tour/
Get Help with your Product
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TimeMachine 101
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
Mac OS X & Mountain Lion Community
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/os_x_mountain_lion?view=discussio ns

HT1338 all of a sudden my macbook pro won't back up

My Macbook pro won't back up my files. I was using a portable seagate external hard drive and thought that was the problem. Bought a new on 2 TB seagate drive and I still get the same error :

My Macbook pro won't back up my files. I was using a portable seagate external hard drive and thought that was the problem. Bought a new on 2 TB seagate drive and I still get the same error :

Suddenly my Macbook Pro got very slow/started freezing

I opened Logic Pro 9 and found that it was really slow, so I restarted the Macbook. When I got logged in again, I noticed that the icons for battery and Airport and clock took several minutes to load. I tried starting Safari, and the machine froze for a few seconds, then opened Safari, but very slowly. The same happens in all applications.
What's wrong???
Look at my signature for Macbook specs.

Could be the hard drive. Open Disk Utility and check to see that the SMART Status is verified. Verify the disk. Check to see that your hard drive is not too full--it should have 15%-20% free.
Also, download and run SMART Utility:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/smartutility.html
You can download the demo and run it several times for free.
If all this looks OK, then you might try reinstalling the OS by doing an Archive and Install.
Be sure to make a good up to date backup as your first priority. If your hard drive is headed south, you want everything backed up just in case.
Good luck!

Spinning beach ball suddenly? MacBook Pro slowed to a *crawl*

Was updated to 10.6.2 - All of a sudden last night, I started getting the spinning beach ball for like minutes at a time. No better today after multiple reboots - when the system starts up the ball spins and it takes over 10 minutes for my desktop to fully load up and look normal. Then...if I try and open Finder, Mail, Safari, 8-10 minutes of spinning ball, ultimately it WILL respond, but on the next mouse click back to 8-10 minutes of spinning ball and no work getting done When Safari opens after the 10 minutes or so, it works somewhat OK.
Nothing in the system monitor is an obvious probelm - and the CPU usage graphics completely stop working when the ball is spinning a long time.
Here's what I've tried:
verify disk - both from install disk and desktop
verify/repair permissions - same as above - one warning keeps popping up "SUID File.....ARDAGENT has been modified and will not be repaired"??
(verify/repair log at bottom of message)
Reinstalled 10.6 from DVD
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Reset SMC
Used Font Book to resolve duplicates (only a few)
Still no go - everything runs SO SLOW, ten minutes to reboot and ten minutes if I click on finder at a time of the spinning ball? I have not tried software update yet - frankly haven't had time to wait out the spinning ball!! Time machine seems to still be backing up, mail comes in (mail takes ten minutes to open as well), etc.
Some things done in the last few days - uninstalled some old printers a few days ago - and installed a Lexmark pro905 with 10.6 drivers - all of that has been working fine for a few days. Yesterday one thing I did was relocate a VmFusion "Virtual Machines" folder from "Documents" up to my \Users\tomscal\Virtual Machines. Again, that didn't seem at the time to cause any troubles, I worked late into the afternoon after making that change.
Any suggestions??
Tom
2009-12-19 12:47:05 -0800: Disk Utility started.
2009-12-19 12:47:16 -0800: Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
2009-12-19 12:47:16 -0800: Starting verification tool:
2009-12-19 12:47:28 -0800: Performing live verification.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking extents overflow file.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking catalog file.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking multi-linked files.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking extended attributes file.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking volume bitmap.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: Checking volume information.
2009-12-19 12:48:37 -0800: The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
2009-12-19 12:48:38 -0800: Repair tool completed:
2009-12-19 12:48:38 -0800:
2009-12-19 12:48:38 -0800:
2009-12-19 12:51:04 -0800: Verify permissions for “Macintosh HD”
2009-12-19 12:54:14 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/apache2/users".
2009-12-19 12:54:14 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/postfix/main.cf".
2009-12-19 12:54:14 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default".
2009-12-19 12:54:43 -0800: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-12-19 12:55:01 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors".
2009-12-19 12:55:39 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/hostconfig".
2009-12-19 12:55:42 -0800:
2009-12-19 12:55:42 -0800: Permissions verification complete
2009-12-19 12:55:42 -0800:
2009-12-19 12:55:43 -0800:
2009-12-19 12:59:07 -0800: Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/apache2/users".
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: Repaired "private/etc/apache2/users".
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/postfix/main.cf".
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: Repaired "private/etc/postfix/main.cf".
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default".
2009-12-19 13:01:47 -0800: Repaired "private/etc/postfix/main.cf.default".
2009-12-19 13:02:16 -0800: Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
2009-12-19 13:02:33 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors".
2009-12-19 13:02:33 -0800: Repaired "System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors".
2009-12-19 13:03:12 -0800: ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/hostconfig".
2009-12-19 13:03:12 -0800: Repaired "private/etc/hostconfig".
2009-12-19 13:03:16 -0800:
2009-12-19 13:03:16 -0800: Permissions repair complete
2009-12-19 13:03:16 -0800:
2009-12-19 13:03:17 -0800:

Well, I tried most of the tips suggested above, and tip/tricks found elsewhere. Nothing worked, I continued to have 10-15 minute hangs with the beach ball spinning. If I clicked on a folder in like Finder, ten minutes would go by then the folder would open. Rebooting took 10-15 minutes.
Finally out of frustration I erased the hard disk using the Disk Utility on the Snow Leopard 10.6 disc, and used migration assistant to restore.
Much to my surprise it worked - the clean install/restore is working OK at the moment.
Hard/long way to fix the problem though.....

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Suddenly my MacBook Pro is very very slow. Please help

Recently everything on my system is extremely very slow to run..! Its the same thing from start up to web browsing to basically running any application. Could it be the system has developed a virus or is there anything i could to to rectify the problem? Thanks

If your Mac runs slowly:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19031?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1564
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Repair Disk
Steps 1 through 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Remove unnecessary software like CleanMyMac2.
Run EtreCheck: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6173
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