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People make a lot of noise about the missing function keys. But the keys that I miss the most on my 2018 Macbook Pro are the "E" and "SHIFT" keys.
by saintx 7y ago
People make a lot of noise about the missing function keys. But the keys that I miss the most on my 2018 Macbook Pro are the "E" and "SHIFT" keys.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- scrumbledober 7y agoIs this a broken keyboard joke?
- DeusExMachina 7y agoIt's probably referring to the fact that the keyboards with butterfly keys fail a lot, with dust rendering some keys unresponsive.
- mbjorkegren 7y agoys
- mengledowl 7y agoFor others who have the annoying keyboard issue being hinted at here (double key-press) and who, like me, can't be without their machine for weeks on end while they ship it off to get a new keyboard, I've been able to fix the issue by using Unshaky: https://github.com/aahung/Unshaky https://github.com/aahung/Unshaky
- heartbreak 7y agoThe repair program in the US is currently on a <48 hour door-to-door turnaround. Still unworkable for some people, but you can get your laptop repaired in two days of PTO.
- geekrax 7y agoFor m, it's "" ad "" kys.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- Communitivity 7y agoI once saw a heat map of the Macbook Pro keyboard after a while in use. Heat spiked around WEASD location. Maybe it's where the CPU is located, but the extra heat could be why those keys always seem to be the ones that go (mine were s and d, and e sometimes). But you never know..this other Macbook Pro is from Mid-2014, and keys work fine.
- zelos 7y agoOr lots of people playing FPSs on their MBPs?
- pdpi 7y agoI think the OP meant literal heat, as generated by the CPU or other internals.
- askmike 7y agoYes, but zelos suggests that the reason these keys are problematic might not be related to heat but due to them being used more.
- Communitivity 7y agoI did mean actual heat, but the commenter's observation about WASD also probably contributes to why those keys in particular go bad. I don't know whether the heat source underneath them or the WASD gaming use is more of a factor though.
- EpicEng 7y ago
- skrause 7y agoI donn't miss any keeys, somee eeveenn work twice as eefficieennt.
- jakedub4d2 7y agoDudeee, samee!!!
- topicseed 7y agoAgreeed
- beshur 7y agoThis freaks me out soo much
- theturtletalks 7y agoWait til the CMD key loses responsiveness. Hate having to CMD+V multiple times to paste something. Maybe I should just reprogram the option key or go back to my old Mac where all the keys work flawlessly.
- partisan 7y agoThis is the most annoying part of their keyboards. Didn't copy or didn't paste. Or both.
- leevlad 7y agoHow do you like pasting a TAB into your text editor/terminal every time you want to switch windows?
- ogre_codes 7y agoJust switch to vim keybindings
- leevlad 7y agoI have lost responsiveness in both my CMD key and the E key. Apple agreed to replace the front panel of my MBP for free, so at least there's that.
- ebg13 7y agoYeah. My "F" key broke in a way that isn't fixable without replacing the whole thing (one of the ultra tiny pins that keeps the keycap in place snapped off). At least you get two shift keys.
- dangoor 7y agoF for your F key. https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/612924-five-years-ago-call-of-duty-press-f-to-pay-respects-meme-born https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/612924-five-years-ago-ca...
- thrwn_frthr_awy 7y agoThe arrow keys are the biggest pain point from me.
- guyzero 7y agoT and N went first for me It's like a global monte carlo letter frequency measurement experiment