Hardware :: F Buttons Stopped Working In My System?
Apr 12, 2008The F buttons on my Macbook have stopped working (e.g the volume change/brightness/track skip... etc). I cant find anything in the system preferences about it..
View 1 RepliesThe F buttons on my Macbook have stopped working (e.g the volume change/brightness/track skip... etc). I cant find anything in the system preferences about it..
View 1 RepliesI have a macbook pro 13" and i recently got some kind of software update from apple and I didn't think twice of it but I just noticed the fwd, play, rwd buttons have stopped working and I went to my preferences > keyboard > keyboard short cut to look for f8 and it said "move focus to status menu" what should i do to fix this? should i bring it in to apple?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Mac Pro
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Pro 2.93 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
My volume buttons aren't working, the icons appear on screen but don't control the volume at all. The only way I can control the volume is by using the output volume scroller in system preferences. How can I get the buttons to control volume again?
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MacBook Pro 2.93 Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), With Windowns 7 :)
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MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
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Powerbook G4
1.67 GHz PowerPC
512 DDR SDRAM
v. 10.4.11
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