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MacBook and MacBookPro get keyboard update

by Cory Bohon Feb 19th 2008 at 5:15PM

Today Apple released a keyboard update for both the MacBook and the MacBook Pro notebooks. In regular Apple style, their release notes are not extremely profuse, "This MacBook and MacBook Pro firmware update addresses an issue where the first key press may be ignored if the computer has been sitting idle. It also addresses some other issues."

Please note, this is a firmware upgrade that will install an application in the utilities folder that you will then, in turn, need to open and follow the on-screen instructions. For a list of MacBooks that may need the update, you can look at the Apple support note.

If you computer has been affect by these issues, or if you are just inclined to installing all Apple updates, you can get this update by opening Software Update (Apple Menu > Software Update) or by downloading the installer package from the Apple Support downloads site.


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agent

I have had this problem a lot. I installed the update, and I'm still having the problem, albeit less frequently.

February 25 2008 at 10:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jeff Hochberg

Umm...since when does a keyboard have firmware??? LOL

I've never heard of such a thing. The cool part is...no reboot required after patching! :-)

February 20 2008 at 2:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

I thought I was crazy. This is my first Mac and I thought that's just how it works. Nice.

February 20 2008 at 11:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rex Anderson

hank God! his seams to have fixed the issue. ow maybe I can get some work done:)

February 20 2008 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
philster

Hey Apple!

How about an update to disable the irritating "tap" resistant Caps Lock key on the new (lame) slim keyboards. It's VERY annoying.

Thanks, but I don't need any help saving from myself from accidental caps lock!


February 20 2008 at 9:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
emil

I've never had any trouble with the keyboard of my MB, do I still have to update?

February 20 2008 at 9:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
webmaster

Yes, my MacBook Pro does that quite frequently, I thought that my old carpel tunnel wrists were going limp! I guess I will do the update, but it is only a very slight annoyance.

February 20 2008 at 8:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
taoprophet420

I been having this problem on my G4 Powermac Quicksilver since the 10.4.10 update. Any other non macbook users that been having this issue?

February 20 2008 at 3:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alpay

No fix for Tiger users yet... This update is Leopard only.

February 20 2008 at 2:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bneyman

I hope to heaven this works. This initial keystroke problem has been driving me crazy for months, and Apple's tech note isn't quite accurate. Not only does the problem affect Macs that have gone to sleep -- if you even pause in the middle of a sentence, the next keystroke is often ignored.

February 20 2008 at 2:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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