Waiting to submit your assignment before the deadline, but the MacBook Pro/Air keyboard isn’t working? Well, there isn’t anything more frustrating than a frozen keyboard.
A lot of MacBook owners experience issues with the keyboard, but fortunately you can fix the issue without visiting Apple’s service center.
This article rounds up some quick tips to fix MacBook Pro or Air keyboard not working issue.
How To Fix MacBook Pro/Air Keyboard Not Working Issue
Manual Solution (Temporary Fixes)
Apart from relying on the professional, here are the two temporary fixes that you can perform by yourself.
Compressed Air Cleaning
The primary problem for the Apple keyboard was the presence of dust particles. It prevented butterfly keyboards from pressing thoroughly. As a result, the key wouldn’t be functional.
To solve this problem, blowing the keyboard by using compressed air seems to work. So, before you go to get repairs, you could try this method and see if it could make the keyboard work.
Hard-Pressing The Keyboards
If you push the keys a little harder, dust particles would eventually come out of them.
This is a slightly risky endeavor, but if you hadn’t gotten the keyboard replaced, you could give it a try, as well.
However, it would be better to troubleshoot according to the guide given below.
Solving The Issues For Macbook Keyboard
There has been a massive controversy regarding Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, and post-2015 Macbook laptops. The butterfly keyboard system proved to be quite delicate. As a result, even a speck of dust particles could render it useless.
Therefore, you need to check the model you have. If it is any of the models given below, you’d have to visit the Apple store. After three lawsuit class-action against it, Apple has decided to roll out free fixes for the keyboard for these models:
- MacBook Retina 12-Inch, Early 2015 to 2017 Models.
- MacBook Air Retina 13-Inch 2018 models.
- MacBook Pro 13-Inch with two or four Thunderbolt 3 ports from 2016 to 2017.
- MacBook Pro 15-Inch from 2016 to 2017.
- MacBook Pro 13-Inch with Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports from 2018 to 2019.
- MacBook Pro 15-Inch 2016 to 2019.
MacBook Keyboard Fixes For Other Models
If you aren’t facing the above-given problem, then you can check the battery of your MacBook. Sometimes, a low battery makes the keyboard inactive to save the battery.
Make sure that your device is adequately charged. Other than that, here are some secondary problems that you can troubleshoot for your MacBook keyboard issues:
Delayed Eject Or CapsLock Key
Apple MacBooks come with a safeguard against accidental presses of CapsLock, Eject key, and other similar function (or shortcut) keys.
Therefore, you might want to press them for a bit longer than other keys. Pressing them for one to two seconds should do the job. If it starts working like that, then you don’t have any problem. It’s just the hardware update.
Slow Keys Problem
Similar to the Eject and Capslock, slow keys settings also force the users to long-press the keys before the work. It’s possible that the settings are active. Hence, you might face a delayed response from the key. To fix it, follow these steps:
- Go to the Apple Menu
- Find System Preferences
- Go to ‘Accessibility’ settings.
- There, find the Keyboard option.
- In Keyboard settings, click on Hardware. There you will find the Slow Keys toggle.
- Make sure that the Slow Keys is toggled off.
Mouse Key Settings
Apple decided that it would be a great idea to have some traditional technology still working for Macbook.
Mouse Key settings turn your number pad and other arrow keys into a cursor moving option. If you’re having this problem, or if your keyboard is not working while the mouse seems to be working when you press a key, follow these steps:
- Once again to Accessibility settings from System Preferences in Apple Menu
- Find Pointer Control settings, and there you can browse for ‘Alternative Control Methods.’
- Find the Mouse Keys option and ensure it is toggled off.
That should fix the issue.
Choose The Correct Keyboard Layout
Sometimes, a MacBook would select a different keyboard layout. For instance, it might activate the built-in keyboard while you’re using external, and vice-versa. Therefore, you might want to check for the system preferences on the layout settings.
- Once again, go to the Keyboard settings in System Preferences of Apple Menu.
- Find the Input Sources.
- Select ‘Show Input Menu In Menu Bar
- Then open the Input menu and check which Keyboard is enabled.
- If it is the wrong layout selection, swap it accordingly.
Restoring to Older macOS May Help!
Each update of the macOS comes with security patches. There’s no doubt that Apple is unparalleled in user security.
However, sometimes, some hardware would stop functioning. Minor bugs might’ve led to the keyboard not working. As a last attempt, you can try to restore your MacBook to an older version.
Conclusion – Opt For Dr PC Center Service Help
If none of the above-given methods seem to work, you should visit Dr PC Center or call us on 91-7066540486. Our professional technicians can fix any type of keyboard-related issue at reasonable rates.
Next time when you have any issues with the MacBook keyboard, simply get in touch with us, and we will fix the keyboard and other such issues for you. Click on the Contact Us button to schedule your appointment today.