The easiest way to do that is to install Karabiner-Elements and set it up like this:Īlso note that this keyboard layout is not applied before you log in after a reboot, but it is applied before you log in after logging out. The company determined that a small percentage of keyboards in. Apple has been repairing that with a complete top-case replacement every time. I dont know why it happens - the usage pattern is normal and I dont normally eat over the laptop. You probably want to swap those so that copy/paste shortcuts etc. Apple has launched a Keyboard Service Program to address issues that some MacBook owners have experienced with their keyboards. My Macbook Pro Late-2016 was extremely unlucky that its keyboard is failing third or the fourth time already. That should give you a normal keyboard layout, with one exception - the Ctrl key (the bottom left one) will be mapped to the Mac Control key, which you rarely use, and the Windows key will be mapped to Command. Accept that, and then make sure in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Input Sources you are using the British - PC layout. Do as it asks, and it should detect your keyboard as ISO ( not ANSI). If the laptop keyboard has screw holes, then you now you need to remove screws from the bottom base of your plastic bezel. View the back of your Apple A1278 Keyboard.
When you log in / plug in the keyboard it should show you the Keyboard Setup Assistant and ask you to press the key to the right of the left shift, i.e. Apple » Macbook Pro » A1278 Laptop Keyboard Installation Guide How to Remove Replace and Install Your Apple Macbook Pro A1278 Laptop Keyboard. You need to run the Keyboard Setup Assistant again, and the only reliable way to do that is to delete the files it generated as follows (run this in the terminal): sudo rm /Library/Preferences/ The Mac 'knows' it's ISO, but won't display as that in the Keyboard Input Sources control panel. Test on the El Cap machine, swapping a TextEdit document from British to British PC - even though the control panel still claims it's ANSI & after clearing all keyboard prefs & re-detecting the keyboard. However, testing on El Capitan, I can't persuade it to flip to ISO, no matter what I do - it stays as ANSI. Now I've persuaded it to show like that I can't 'break' it again, it seems to stick so far.
It supports two different types of keymaps for the Apple II: All CAPS. The keyboard has connectors for Apple II/II+ and for the Apple 1. Heres a photo of the keyboard configured for Apple II. Then add British PC & it seems to retain that information. Ive been working on an ASCII keyboard that can be used in general for the Apple II, as well as other retrocomputers. When you first open the panel, it shows as ANSI. The best conclusion I can come to at the moment is "it's a bug" but one that seems to be at least partially fixed in High Sierra & Mojave.
but there is something else going on I'm still trying to hone down. It appears to be controlled by what you actually have connected.