A lot of typos on MacBook Pro

Since switching to a MacBook Pro about a year ago, I have experienced that the number of typos I make seem to have exploaded beyond that point where I can't think it is just me typing wrong. Missing letters which I am very sure I have indeed pressed, and also characters that are reversed in order. Sure, this can happen from time to time, but there are just too many too often just to think it is only my fault. Anyone else experienced this? Any idea why? Does the keyboard suck? Or are there some driver issues? I know there have been several reported issues with MBP keyboards and that I am not alone to have problems with them.

/pJ

 

I haven't ever typed on a macbook pro keyboard. My guess is that its a bad keyboard. But I suggest you wait for more replies.

 

My father had the very same issue with his MBP. Turns out it had a faulty keyboard that would have to be replaced (he ended up returning the whole MBP, that wasn't the only issue).

I recommend you contact Apple and ask for a replacement keyboard (assuming you're still on warranty time).

 

The only common issue that I'm aware of is missing letters when you begin typing. Like Herrkaputt said, call Apple.

 

never had this issue

 

the problem i face while typing on a lot of occasions is that my right wrist ends up touching the touch pad on occasions while i'm typing and it ends up playing havoc with what i'm writing ... either a whole lot of text suddenly gets selected, or some text gets selected and deleted .. or the cursor goes and gets placed to another portion of the document, and it becomes a li'll frustrating. With the MBP, I have to make a really concerted effort to keep my my right wrist skewed and out of the way of the trackpad. I've gotten used to it but it's still frustrating at times!

 

go into system preferences, and check the "avoid accidental trackpad input" button. it only works in osx, but it might solve all your problems.

 

I've been using my new MBP for almost a week. I have seen it skip characters a couple of times, too early to say it is a hardware issue. What IS causing me grief is the rearranged ctrl/alt/cmd buttons and screwing up keyboard shortcuts I've been using for 15+ years. That and the fact that delete is backspace and there is no delete key....grrrr. Also, not having pageup/pagedown/end makes Excel a pain.

Other than that the keyboard is pretty nice, I haven't figured out how it knows when to turn on the backlights though.

 

I think that it is okay to use the mbp keyboard. I like it even more than my thinkpad. The keyboard are pretty responsive and I really like it. I do not have problem with delete button, and you can use your figures to scroll if you know what I am talking about.

 

Light sensors in the speakers.

 

I don't really have any problems with my MBP keyboard. In the past I used mainly Logitect keyboards btw. The main issue I have is that my Caps Lock key has to be pressed harder than the rest of my keys to register, but it's not at all a big thing. Other than that would be the Fn, Ctrl, Alt, Command keys being swapped around.

 

I've been running into this quite a bit lately, but what happens to me is that I'll be typing and the mouse cursor will jump to another part of my text. Since I just enabled "tap to click" in the system preferences, I determined that it was my accidental taping of the trackpad that was causing the problem and disabled this option again. Seems like that fixed it because it's not happening any more.

Check out the system preferences because that are a lot of settings that could be causing this problem - especially those related to the trackpad.

 

I experience more typos and keys not registering with my MBP as well. I think that it's just the keyboard layout and key sensitivity and not a hardware problem. I personally preferred the Dell notebook keyboard.. oh well.. guess nothing is perfect

 

I haven't noticed too many typos. (Then again, I type fairly fast and make plenty of mistakes normally anyway so this is about my baseline)

If you are having a significant problem, I'd recommend taking it to the Apple Store and getting it checked out.

 

Yup... I hate that. It's like, you accidently click the mouse by putting pressure on the palm rests.

They really should reinforce the palm rest :-/

 

essential in my opinion...

 

Yeah... but that doesn't fix the issue of the clicks.

Accidental trackpad input will take care of moving the cursor... maybe accidental tap clicks (i have that turned off).

but it will not help when you put a bit too much pressure on the palm rest and it clicks the mouse.

 

Yea the 17" hi res mbp I had some keys wont register.. but for some reason the 15" mbp I have no problems with the keyboard and types very well.

 

For some commands it just requires using a keyboard shortcut instead of a single key. For delete hit Command + Delete.

 

I don't even see the option. Where is it at?

 

System Prefs -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Trackpad

check box at bottom

 

You'd seriously have to be handicapped not to have gotten used to a keyboard in a year. So I'd say it might be the keyboard.

 

Eerily similar sentinment.

I've been using a Logitech keyboard for the past 5 years now and have noticed no significant change in typing thus far. (You know, besides the fact that my m and z keys now have the letters m and z on them )

I do have to push down a bit harder on the caps lock key but haven't noticed similar issues with other keys.

 

I have a similar experience too but not with the caps lock key but rather with some other keys, namely "a". It's not too bad but I do on occasion get a word typed with a missing letter. It seems as though some keys are less sensitive than others. I may contact apple about it in the future but it's certainly not pressing, no pun intended.