She would rather buy a new laptop or use my Dell than get a $200 keyboard replacement.Īny ideas on how to fix this? Would be much appreciated. Either way, replacing a Macbook keyboard seems impossible, and having Apple do it is, of course, an insane price since it is out of warranty. I don't think the affected keys were the only ones she cleaned. I can't tell if this is a physical issue, or a software issue. She had to change her password, since it involved those keys and she was unable to log in (Does Mac OS X not have something equivalent to Windows Key + U?). It stopped again while she was in school and she borrowed a USB keyboard from the library.Īfter that, it had been on and off. Suddenly, when she connected it, the built-in keyboard worked again.

I then gave her an old Dell USB keyboard from the XP days to use for a while. The affected keys were (from my memory): F, G, H, J, K, L, and. Then, when she did turn it on, a bunch of the keys did not work.

I know for sure that the Tom's Hardware guys are smarterĪnyway, in April she tried to clean some of her keys with a toothpick, since over the years it got really dirty in there. The following issue confused the Apple tech that I asked about this to. It's had numerous problems in the past, such as the battery inflating and breaking the case (And Apple expects this, apparently). (11) 11 product ratings - Genuine Apple MacBook Pro 13 A1278 Unibody Laptop Keyboard UK ENGLISH (2009-2012) 18.02. In this guide I explain how to remove and replace failed or damaged keyboard on a MacBook Pro 13, 15 or 17 unibody laptop. This is about my sister's Macbook, I believe from 2010. Genuine Apple MacBook Pro 13 A1278 Unibody Laptop Keyboard UK ENGLISH (2009-2012) 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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