Wired keyboard with/without extension cable?

One realizes that these days the sleek new Apple corded USB keyboards - those with nummeric block - in the unit sale (not as a component of iMac shipment)
are fitted with additional USB cable. It seams to be some sort of extension cable for convenient connection of other USB device.
However the keyboard of the same type delivered with sleek new iMac Late 2013 - the purchase was in February 2014 - was
not delivered with such additional cable. Nor the user manual for keyboard was attached. Instead of this
the Magic Trackpad ordered with that iMac got two hard copies of user manual.
Regarding the additional usb cable attached to corded usb keyboard is this a change conducted by Apple
between February 2014 and these days, or rather an error in shipment those days?

However the keyboard of the same type delivered with sleek new iMac Late 2013 - the purchase was in February 2014 - was not delivered with such additional cable.
Check that keyboard to see if it has a USB port on either side. Mine (ordered with a 2011 iMac) has one on each end. If it doesn't then there's no need for an additional USB cable. I don't remember if it included a USB cable.
According to this Apple product page, Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - English (USA), separately ordered wired keyboards with keypads come with two USB ports and an USB extension cable. However, when ordered with a iMac Call an Apple store or Apple at phone number at the bottom of this page and ask if it should have.

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My wife would like to put her MB Pro on a stand and attach a wired keyboard with built-in trackpad. She wants WIRED, not wireless. Has anyone used a non-Apple keyboard like this that they recommend? I am thinking the key arrangement might be tricky.

There are no keyboards on the market that have built-in trackpads with the capabilities of the MBP's built-in trackpad.
Why does your wife want a wired keyboard? Has she ever used an Apple wireless one?
I recomend the Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Trackpad without reservation or qualification. I've been using mine for a year now with my late-2008 unibody MBP, and haven't had a bit of trouble with them at any time. The Magic Trackpad works exactly the same as the built-in trackpad, so that when I pick up my machine to use away from my office, I don't have any adjustment to make. And the wireless keyboard has exactly the same feel as the MBP's, so there's no adjustment to make there either.
Your wife should really try these things out.

Can i Use The Apple Wired Keyboard With Camera Connector Kit

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People report it is still possible to use a wired USB keyboard with the CCK, if you use a powered USB hub to get around the "not enough power" error message. (I have done this with an older Apple USB keyboard my non-jailbroken iPad1 on iOS 4.3.3.) Normally, powered USB hubs have a AC power adapter so you lose portability unless you can find a battery powered USB hub. At this point, the (in)convinience of the USB hub becomes an issue, depending on what you get.
And wired USB keyboard were never supported for the iPad. So there's no guarantee that it will continue to work with future iPad updates from Apple. So best to go with a Bluetooth keyboard unless you have a specific USB keyboard that you "must" use. If you have all the equipment already, I say give it a try. But I would not recommend trying a USB keyboard if you have to purchase anything.

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Hello!
I have a iBook G4 1 Ghz 256 mb of ram. I want the apple wired keyboard
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I don't care if the launch pad and mission control keys don't work since I have leopard.
However, on the box it says that the minimum requirements
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ok thanks for the tip and yes i admit i didn't see that...
but it seems a little weird to have to upgrade all the OS to Snow Leopard just to use a keyboard.
That kind of new device should be configured through a driver to download...shouldn't it ?
I presume there's no keyboard driver that can solve my problem.. ?
so you confirm that if i pay for Snow Leopard and upgrade my OS, my keyword will definitely work correctly with my Mac Mini ?
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My Iphone 4 is not being recognized with the Apple extension cable in my new Nissan Juke so the phone has to be kept in the glovebox due to the very short cable Nissan provides. This is frustrating since the phone gets noticeably worse reception in the glovebox. Does anyone know of a fix for this so I can run a longer cable extension and run the phone out of the glovebox? Mabye a different extension cable or longer cable that works with Nissan's set up?

I don't think it is the cable. I have tried plugging the cable into the USB cable that came with the phone and the extension cable works fine with it. I guess this really is just some screwy stuff with Nissan.

Connecting A Keyboard With a MIDI Cable

I have connected my keyboard to my laptop with a MIDI cable, and the sustain pedal makes a noise throught the computer whenever I push it down. What to do?

I don't know much about sequencers. But maybe a concept from the "raw audio" world would help. Riven's comment in this thread is what is most pertinent:
http://www.java-gaming.org/topics/reliable-sound-playing/26104/view.html
How are MIDI sounds launched? Are you doing them singly? Or can they be placed in the context of a running sequence, running timeline? If the latter can be done, then you have a better chance of accuracy.
There's also a link, in that thread, to a good article about timing issues for audio, in my first post there.
It might be helpful to enqueue the MIDI events as they arrive, with a timestamp, and use the timestamps when calculating when to feed them to the Sequencer. But as I said, I could be way off, as I haven't worked with MIDI in Java yet, and don't know if that even fits the model of how things are done.
But it's not like you've gotten a lot of help here from anyone else, yet...
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Wired keyboard with wireless mouse

I just got a new iMac with wireless keyboard and mouse. I hate the new compact keyboard. If I buy a plugged in keyboard would I be able to use my wireless mouse?
Sure lost a lot of capability with this "baby" keyboard.

Yes, you can use your wireless Mighty Mouse with a wired keyboard.
Joe

Will any usb extender work with my apple wired keyboard?

I'm about to buy a apple wired keyboard with the numeric keypad on ebay. I don't have an apple USB extender but I do have a normal usb extender that came with my old pc wifi dongle. Will this work with the apple keyboard? I've tried googleing but I've gotten many mixed answers, some saying yes some saying no.

Yes, a USB extension cable with a male and female end will work.
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Keyboard extension cable help

My desk is set up in such a way I have always needed a keyboard ext cable. I had an iMac (2006) with which I used a USB 2.0 ext cable. That same cable will not work with my brand new iMac. I am guessing I need to buy a USB 3.0 ext cable?

Roger, think it through. The connector at the end of the keyboard's cable has a groove, not a tongue. The keyboard's Type A connector will plug into any USB type A receptor. If it had a tongue then that would be a different story, you would only be able to plug a connector with a tongue into a receptor with a matching groove.
Now I just went to find the Apple USB extension cable that came with the aluminum keyboard that I never took out of the box and it has a tongue in the Type A receptor, which limits the use of the cable to a USB Type A connector with a matching groove. So it is the reverse of what you said above. You can use the keyboard with any USB Type A extension cable or port. But Apple seems to be limiting the use of their USB Type A extension cable to their own keyboards and mice that have a matching groove.
From the Wikipedia article about USB - (emphasis mine)
Apple has shipped non-standard USB extension cables with some of their computers, for use with the included Apple USB keyboards. The extension cable's socket is keyed with a small protrusion to prevent the insertion of a standard USB plug, while the Apple USB keyboard's plug has a matching indentation. The indentation on the keyboard's plug does not interfere with insertion into a standard USB socket. Despite the keying, it is still possible to insert standard USB plugs into the extension cord. The protrusion can also be shaved off with an appropriate blade, or crushed with locking pliers.

Using new wired keyboard (w/o numeric keypad) with Windows Vista

I have a 2008 Mac Pro and a Windows PC. They share the same monitor, keyboard and mouse via a KVM switch (I use the Belkin Flip DVI-D KVM Switch, model F1DG102D). My keyboard is the Apple wired keyboard with numeric keypad, which works fine with my Windows Vista PC, even with no Apple-specific Windows driver installed. My keyboard tray is pretty small, so I would like to get the new Apple wired keyboard which doesn't have a numeric keypad. I don't need the numeric keypad anyway. However, I will miss the home, end, page up, page down, and forward delete buttons. The Mac Pro has a way of simulating these keys. However, the key combinations to simulate these keys don't work in Windows Vista. My question is: how do I simulate these keys from Windows Vista? My guess is that possible options are:
1. Use some Vista keyboard mapping software. If so, any idea what might work?
OR
2. Use Apple's keyboard driver for Windows Vista (32-bit). The keyboard comes with boot camp, but I don't use boot camp (since I have a separate Windows PC). How do I go about getting a standalone Apple keyboard driver without having to install boot camp?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi randman.
I have a similar problem but it seems there is no solution. The new wired keyboard is not event working properly with BOOTCAMP. Vista doesn't recognize the keyboard as Apple keyboard and even forcing the device manager to use the Apple keyboard driver is not working.

Baffling Apple Wired Keyboard Issue

I have a new iMac (2012, 27"), which I elected to get a wired keyboard with, as I use the numeric keypad a lot. I have an old iMac (2007) that has a similar keyboard.
Today, my new iMac crashed. I have no idea what happened, but I plan on blaming Oracle's VirtualBox for sucking. I had to do a hard reset (hold power button down until system turns off, then turn back on). Everything came back OK (thankfully), except the brand new keyboard. The iMac wouldn't detect it, got the message "No keyboard found" on the main screen and it started looking for a Bluetooth keyboard (which I don't have - I have the Bluetooth Magic Mouse, just not the keyboard).
Fortunately, my old iMac is right across the room, so I grabbed the wired keyboard from there, and plugged it in to the same USB port that the new keyboard was plugged in to, and everything is fine.
Here's the baffling part: I plugged the new keyboard into the old iMac and it works fine. So, I swapped them back, no dice, keyboard AWOL again.
I've tried other USB ports on the new iMac, the new keyboard doesn't register anywhere.
The new keyboard works fine on the old iMac.
The old keyboard works fine on the new iMac.
I've tried rebooting the new iMac, still nothing.
The USB port on the new iMac clearly works, as I can run the old keyboard from it, and even other hardware like a hub, iPhone sync cable, etc.
What in the name of Jobs is going on?
Fundamentally, I'm fine, the old keyboard is in find condition, everything works, blah blah blah, I'm just stumped. Stumped, I tell you!

Replying to myself with a bit more info.
On the left, the new keyboard attached to the old iMac (thanks, Remote Desktop), on the right, the old keyboard attached to the new iMac. Clearly minor version changes between the two, but . . . what the heck?
I've now tried an SMC reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964) based on an old suggestion in another thread, and resetting the permissions (dunno why, it was part of the recommendation). That hasn't worked. The new keyboard doesn't even register in System Information when it's plugged in to the new iMac.
Yes, yes, First World Problems and all that, I just want to make sure there isn't some other issue I'm missing here.

Wired keyboard up arrow not working in finder

My keyboard has all of a sudden decided to, for lack of a better word, spaz out!
I have a 2011/2012 21.5 inch iMac (intel), with a wired keyboard (with numerical pad) and mouse. When I'm on the desktop (finder) and i select a folder, the up button on the keyboard moves 'down' (one folder) and then won't move again. The down button and sideways buttons work fine, and it appears all the other keys do to. When I go into a program like safari the up arrow works fine, I can scroll pages up and down without a problem.
The issue first began when i was working in indesign, and I went to the text palette and tried to manually tap up the point size, but instead it opened the swatches palette, and I couldn't understand why the up key wasn't working. I quit indesign and as this was happening I was doing something in the finder and noticed the problem there too.
I shut down all the program's and restarted. This didn't work, so I came exploring on apple discussions. I rebooted the computer in safe mode but that didn't work either. I searched in library > preferences for a com.apple.finder.plist (as I saw this mentioned in some discussions) but there was no such file living in the preferences.
I'm really not sure what to do to rectify this.. If anyone could help that would be super awesome! Thanks in advance!
Penny

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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.

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Spilt on Apple Wired Keyboard

I spilled juice on my Apple Wired keyboard with numpad, it was fine afterwards for a while but then suddenly the 456, rty, ghj,bnm and navigational buttons type the surrounding chars! For example, 5 types 56, down goes down & left.
I really love this keyboard so I'd rather not stick with the smaller one I got with my iMac.
Any help would be great. So far I've already tried removing the defect keys, cleaning them and underneath them, applying water then drying, leaving to dry on a sill etc...
Thanks, Dan

For a third opinion, be cautious of using a dishwasher as the temperature can get pretty high. If the spill is on the 456 on the number pad, you can try holding the keyboard vertically, soak just that part in distilled water for several minutes to disolve the spill material. Run some denatured (rubbing) alcohol over the numpad, then dry with a hair dryer.
You could also try to remove the key caps...slip dental floss under the key caps in two loops, one from the top one from the bottom. Pull the key caps off one at a time, the wipe the area clean...see if there is any material sticking that needs to be cleaned off.
I do not know what keyboard you have or how it does the switching, but most keyboards today do not use mechanical switches. The switches are sealed capacitance switches so if you clean all the material from the keyboard it may work again.
Or, if you don't feel like going to this much trouble, a visit to your friendly Apple Retailer to purchase a new one may be a good idea.

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