Shift Button On Macbook Pro

Learn how to fix sticky MacBook keyboard keys. Actually it's really not clear. If the key carriers come off and you don't see how they were originally in the keyboard then there's a huge amount of possible combinations as to which way around they could go. Your Mac and OS X have a variety of startup keys and key combinations you can use to affect how the device starts up. Shift key, for instance, starts your Mac in Safe mode, and C (or c) starts up.

• Power Button On Macbook Pro
• Power Button On Macbook Air
• Refresh Button On Macbook Pro

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• In System Preferences, choose Keyboard. Click Shortcuts. From the left sidebar, select Function Keys. Click the '+' symbol, then navigate to the app and select it. Now when you open or switch to this app, Touch Bar always displays the function keys.
• In my case, I found out that it was only my left shift key. Disable the left/right shift key on KeyRemap4MacBook and click on the 'Reload XML' button to make that take effect. If only one shift key was the problem, then you are done. If both shift keys were shorted, then its likely other keys are too.

The Touch Bar of your MacBook Pro changes to show the function keys for you to select, and then it returns to its previous state when you release the Function key.

For some apps, you can make the function keys display permanently in Touch Bar:

1. In System Preferences, choose Keyboard.
2. Click Shortcuts.
3. From the left sidebar, select Function Keys.
4. Click the '+' symbol, then navigate to the app and select it.

Now when you open or switch to this app, Touch Bar always displays the function keys.

You can also use an on-screen keyboard to access function keys:

1. From System Preferences, select Keyboard.
2. Check 'Show Keyboard, Emoji and symbol viewers in menu bar'.
3. Choose the viewer icon in the menu bar, then choose Show Keyboard Viewer.
   

An on-screen keyboard appears with function keys that you can click.

Using function keys in Windows

When you use Boot Camp to run Windows on your MacBook Pro, the function keys work the same as they do in macOS. Hold down the Function key on your keyboard, and the function keys appear.

You can also use the Windows on-screen keyboard to access function keys:

1. From the Windows menu, select the Windows Ease of Access menu item.
2. Click On-Screen Keyboard.
3. Click the fn key. The function keys appear in the on-screen keyboard.

You can also make the function keys appear continuously in the Touch Bar while using Windows, without having to hold down the Function key:

1. In the Windows System Tray, click the up arrow to show additional icons.
   
2. Click on the dark grey diamond-shaped Boot Camp icon.
3. Select Boot Camp Control Panel from the menu that appears.
4. Click Yes to allow the Control Panel to run.
5. Click the Keyboard tab.
6. Select 'Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys' to make the function keys appear continuously in the Touch Bar all the time. Deselect the checkbox to return the function keys to standard behavior.

In this guide I explain how to repair damaged keys on a MacBook Pro keyboard (unibody style).

In this particular case I'm fixing a MacBook Pro 13-inch laptop keyboard with two damaged keys but same steps will apply to MacBook Pro 15-inch and MacBook Pro 17-inch models.

I'll take spare parts for repair from a damaged keyboard I have laying around. You can buy spare keys here: https://ebay.to/2vkvcTS

If you have a few keys missing or damaged, it might take sense to buy the entire new keyboard instead of individual keys and use it as a donor.

By the way, in one of the following posts I will show how to replace the entire keyboard on a MacBook Pro 13″, 15″, 17″ unibody.

As you see, I have two damaged keys on the MacBook Pro keyboard.

The left arrow key missing just the cap.

The bottom arrow key missing the cap, key retainer (hinge) and silicone plunger.

You will need needle nose tweezers to handle small parts.

Let's fix them!

STEP 1.

Remove the key cap from the damaged (donor) keyboard.

In order to do that insert a sharp object between the key cap and key retainer and lift it up.

The key will unsnap from the retainer.

STEP 2.

The left arrow key cap removed.

STEP 3.

Turn the key cap over and inspect small plastic key holders on the bottom side of the key. Make sure they are not damaged.

These holders secure the key cap to the retainer (hinge).

When you install the key cap on the retainer, make sure to seat the side with holders on the edges of the key fist.

In my case the left side of the key cap should be seated properly.

Power Button On Macbook Pro

STEP 4.

Seat the side with holders on the edges of the key fist. Macbook pro os versions. Make sure the holders engage with the retainer.

STEP 5.

Push on the button until it snaps on the retainer.

STEP 6.

The left arrow key has been repaired.

Make sure it moves freely.

Now let's fix the bottom arrow key.

STEP 7.

Remove the bottom key from the donor keyboard.

Inspect the bottom side of the key, make sure that holders are not damaged.

STEP 8.

Carefully remove the key retainer from the donor keyboard.

STEP 9.

Inspect the retainer. Make sure it's not damaged.

STEP 10.

Here's the tricky part.

Very carefully separate the silicone plunger from the donor keyboard.

Try to remove it from the keyboard as clean as possible, so the bottom side of the plunger remains as flat as possible.

You can use a very small knife to separate the plunger from the keyboard. Apple sftp client.

STEP 11.

On my target MacBook Pro one of the metal hooks was bent so I corrected the problem.

STEP 12.

Turn the silicon plunger upside down.

Apply a small amount of super glue on the plunger edges. You need the glue just on the edges.

The first time I wasn't careful enough and the glue filled up the plunger. I had to use another one.

STEP 13.

Power Button On Macbook Air

Seat the plunger in the right position on the target keyboard and let the glue dry.

At first, I tried applying some pressure on the plunger but it didn't work, because the plunger just kept moving around.

Finally, I just reapplied the glue and let the plunger to seat by itself for about 10 minutes without applying any pressure on it.

STEP 14.

Install the key retainer on the target keyboard.

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STEP 15.

Install the bottom arrow key as we did in steps 3-5.

Make sure the key moves freely.

The keyboard has been fixed!

If you have multiple damaged keys, it might sense to replace the entire top case assembly with the keyboard. Replacement top cases available here: https://ebay.to/37cRuEg

This is quite the mystery. Every couple of days it seems, a key -- any key -- can fall victim to the stiff key syndrome.
For example, about a week ago my shift key went stiff, and I couldn't press it down, as though there were something stuck underneath. A few days later it was my square bracket ('[') key. Tonight it was the tab key. It only ever seems to effect 1 key at a time, and only ever for an hour or less.
When it's stiff, I just can't seem to fix it. I try shaking the MBP, pressing down hard, blowing it, etc, but it won't budge.
Is this a common problem? I recently got my optical drive changed and I wonder if they left something inside. I don't hear anything rattling around though.
Any ideas what it could be? I'm more curious than anything else.
Cheers!