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16 Février 2021
The keys QAZ and shift keys stopped working my wired keyboard, The apple chat line was a complete waste of time, Apple should be ashamed of themselves for not fixing the problem. It's obviously not a 'User' caused problem but an in built fault. A new key board in Aust. For about two years use. Change the default function key behavior. Apple os 10 6 update. If you want to change the top row of keys to work as standard function keys without holding the Fn key, follow these steps: Choose Apple menu System Preferences. Select 'Use F1, F2, etc. Keys as standard function keys'. Or Apple-Shift-T, if you're using a Mac. Honestly, I'm a little embarrassed to admit I only discovered the shortcut a few months back, but it's changed my life ever since.
Shift–Command–Left Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the beginning of the current line. Shift–Command–Right Arrow: Select the text between the insertion point and the end of the current line. Shift–Up Arrow: Extend text selection to the nearest character at the same horizontal location on the line above. Here's how: Touch and hold. Tap to move the keyboard to the left. Tap to move the keyboard to the right. When you're done, touch and hold. Then tap to bring your keyboard back to its usual setting.
The Shift keys on opposite sides of the keyboard provide the Mac with different raw key codes, so that some programs, especially games, can fool around with the translate tables and perform different actions based on which Shift key you pressed. But they sometimes fail to put them back when they quit, which can leave one or the other dysfunctional.

A restart after gaming is good idea anyway, and can clear up such problems.

https://newlineheritage283.weebly.com/image-map-software-for-mac.html. The 'Keyboard Viewer', available through this torturous process: Super gorilla slot.
System preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources .
. then check [√] show Input Menu in MenuBar
then click the Input Menu icon in the MenuBar, and choose 'Keyboard Viewer' Macbook pro operating system.
. will put up a tiny keyboard on screen. As you press any key, the corresponding key on the Keyboard Viewer will go dark, showing that the KEY is being activated. (This checks for dead keys).
Keyboard input is so slow compared to say, disk input, that the System Management Controller (SMC) can and does do all the work required to read the keyboard. So an SMC reset is called for when a restart does not clear the problem.
