Note: If you are logged on to a user where Mouse Keys is already disabled, but your keyboard is not responding properly, toggle the radio buttons for Mouse Keys "On" then "Off" to restore normal functionality.Additional information provided in this Apple KB Article: "When Mouse Keys is enabled with one of these keyboards, you can use the keys 7,8,9, U, I, O, J, K, L, M, and '.' (period) to control movement of the mouse pointer and mouse clicking, but other numbers, letters, and keys cannot be used. Note: You may also check/uncheck the box for "Press Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on or off".
Click the "Off" radio button next to Mouse Keys. Click the Mouse & Trackpad settings tab.ģ. Open System Preferences and click on the Universal Access preference pane.Ģ. To check your System Preference settings, or to enable/disable Mouse Keys: 1. The setting could have been activated while syncing from a MobileMe account that had the preference enabled, migrating a user from another computer using Migration Assistant that had the preference enabled, or by pressing the Option key five times (if that setting is enabled in System Preferences). Mouse Keys can be enabled a number of different ways. These symptoms may also exist if you log in to a user account on a Mac where a different user account has Mouse Keys enabled.
If you find that you are unable to type letters or numbers on your keyboard, it is very possible the Mouse Keys function has been enabled.
Read further to get a resolution to this issue. Oh, and apparently this seems to be a problem frequently experienced by owners of 2012 13-inch Macbook Pros (my model exactly).Written by Joe AimonettiSome users may experience issues with their keyboards not working as expected-possibly due to the Mouse Keys function being enabled on their Mac. It is in Italian, but what the tech does is pretty clearly demonstrated, and someone in the comments section explains it in detail.īasically, you insert something non-conductive underneath the bottom RAM slot, and that stabilizes the RAM so that the laptop stops this lines, freeze, shut-down, 3 beeps thing.ĭo yourself a favor and watch this video! I followed the instructions yesterday and my laptop is back to its old, reliable self. I was just considering the necessity of purchasing a new laptop that I currently cannot afford AT ALL, when I came across this video: This is REALLY a pain because a laptop is supposed to be portable. If I tried to restart it, yes, that’s right: 3 BEEPS! At first, the 3 beeps would sound if I moved my laptop to another room, but soon, I only had to look at it wrong and then I’d get lines across the screen, everything would freeze, then my laptop would shut down. I tried physically reseating my RAM and that worked for a while, but the problems reappeared and the frequency increased.
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