1FinickyOne Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I have a five year old Mac desktop computer with the original keyboard... all keys are working fine but the numerical keys. It is as if they are locked. I have pressed fn and f-six... Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 f you tried Clear and Shift+Clear to no avail, you probably have a setting enabled in the accessibility options of OS X that is preventing the numeric keypad from acting exclusively as a means of typing numbers. This setting is called Mouse Keys, which allows a user to control the onscreen cursor using the number pad on an extended keyboard. Please see: http://osxdaily.com/2014/12/01/number-keys-not-working-mac-keyboard-fix/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 I don't have anything that says "clear" ?? Thanks for trying to help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, kenk24 said: I don't have anything that says "clear" ?? Thanks for trying to help... Have you read the text? Have you tried Mouse keys,etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Yes. Thanks - my keyboard does not have that extended area as in the photo above... so, no "clear" key... The enable mouse was unchecked - I picked up an inexpensive keyboard... will have to use that. The local Apple dealer was also no help but may try there again when they have a more senior assistant... Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 12/31/2017 at 1:32 PM, kenk24 said: I don't have anything that says "clear" ?? Thanks for trying to help... Try hitting the numbers lock key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, stereolab said: Try hitting the numbers lock key. thanks - but there isn't one - - or not that I recognize... caps lock, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) OP, why don't you try a new keyboard? Or one from a friend? Edited January 2, 2018 by jenny2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 yes, thanks, Just now, jenny2017 said: OP, why don't you try a new keyboard? Or one from a friend? yes, Thanks, I have a new keyboard... to replace the mac keyboard was 3500 baht - I have a logitech for 350 baht,... [note those ##s] only problem with this one is I am not sure if there is a way to adjust the volume??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny2017 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 1 hour ago, kenk24 said: yes, thanks, yes, Thanks, I have a new keyboard... to replace the mac keyboard was 3500 baht - I have a logitech for 350 baht,... [note those ##s] only problem with this one is I am not sure if there is a way to adjust the volume??? Please read here: https://superuser.com/questions/319396/how-do-i-control-the-volume-with-a-non-mac-keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 19 hours ago, kenk24 said: thanks - but there isn't one - - or not that I recognize... caps lock, yes. Sorry. I missed the fact it was a MAC keyboard referred to in the initial post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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