The backlit keyboard on year old macbook pro is not lighting up.
I recently took it from Lion to Mountain Lion...but honestly don't know for sure if the problem began prior to the update. I have tried different settings but no luck. Ideas before I bring it in to Apple?
Thanks in advance!
Though this is a symptom of a problem that would benefit from an SMC reset, it might help to start with checking that you haven't accidentally adjusted the keyboard backlight brightness. Look at the image of the keyboard here:
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/03/apple-industrial-design-wins -macbook-proair-keyboard-layouts.html
The fifth and sixth buttons from the left in the top row adjust the keyboard brightness. If that doesn;t work, then you should try the SMC reset.
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