#WHY WONT MY UP AND DOWN ARROWS WORK HOW TO#
#WHY WONT MY UP AND DOWN ARROWS WORK MAC OS X#

When I mentioned the solution's', I meant all in the section ' one or more keys on the keyboard do not respond' and the ' how to troubleshoot a software issue'. So, following the instructions that you mention further ahead (to isolate the software bug) I have created a new user account, and ALL keys work in this new account. You seem to have two choices, one simple = abandon your old trusty User Account, one tedious = Find-A-Funky-Fontģ. It could be a Font-Gone-Wild - tedious and tasteless process to find out.īad news is that it may be some other file ( see reference to Super BIG bold sentence above ) so when CREATING a User, it is likely that only Apple fonts are 'accessed'. When we go to this article for information, it details how to disable Fonts - Since the other User Accounts are joyful.

#WHY WONT MY UP AND DOWN ARROWS WORK MAC OS X#

The title of said article is - oddly - Archived - Mac OS X 10.5: Fonts list - totally skips Tiger! See this article for information about using Font Book to enable or disable fonts in Mac OS X v10.3 or later. If the issue persists, there may be an issue with a third-party font file in your home folder. Unfortunately, there is no instruction if that last is the case - or even how to tell for sure!! It would seem that the silence on the subject would indicate a terminally ill User Account !! You probably know what that means.

Other User Accounts = Joy > an issue with a file in the home directory <<= of the original user account.

VPN appearance magically unrelated - even though it was an immediate predecessor.

while I try to figure out my glitch du jour i.e., systematically and progressively remove the VPN from the equation.Īwaiting. If no, in normal boot, you need to try to get back to the state before the sadness. I cannot imagine how the magical resurrection of the VPN could cause this misbehavior, but in my experience, there is always a triggering event for bad doings. The only solution offered was whatyou tried before coming here. This or something very similar has been reported for several years. I have search the communities pretty thoroughly. It's quite anoying specially in excell, because I cannot move from cell to cell, unless I use the trackpad.Ĭlarifying #4 - all arrow functions = check Sorry, I really didn't understand the question, but it affects both the scrolling as in scroll bar and also the text cursor. Yes I have followed ALL steps, even more than once.Ĥ. Yes the VPN started working, as you said, magicallyģ. There apparently is a curse upon this thread from my perspective - not your problem so I will work-aroundīecause when I login here, I cannot see your last post to which I would reply, I will paste the text from the emailġ. I hope you can help me, and once again thank you for your fast response. Also when I press the arrow keys I hear a sound like when you reach the end of a page. I have created another test account and all the keys work as they should. As I said before, if I press command + right/ down/up/left it works fine. No this only happens with the arrow keys alone.

If some or all of the keys on your Apple keyboard don't seem to be working, use these tips to troubleshoot.' From the Ĥ. 'One or more keys on the keyboard do not respond I have tried safe boot with the user in question and the keys work properly in this mode 1.1 the only thing out of the ordinary was that the VPN connection to my university started working again (something that didn't happen for a long time, before that if I turned VPN on, my wifi connection would be lost)ġ.2 no software added but updated AFTER the problem has arisedĢ.

Why wont my up and down arrows work