Hi Jewels, So Daniel's research has highlighted the issue which seems to be causing the problem.
Is your computer PPC or Intel. If it is PPC then you are stuck at Leopard and would probably have to look at one of the third party solutions Daniel mentions, eg Spark. If it is Intel then you can upgrade to Snow Leopard - Apple still sells Snow Leopard for $39 (free shipping) <http://store.apple.com/au/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA> Note that, as I found out when I tried to buy at the Perth AppleStore, you can only buy this from the online store! If you can run Snow Leopard I would definitely recommend it - you won't see big changes (like the SL to Lion transition) but it just works "better". However some of the posts seem to suggest this problem was mainly with PPC macs running Leopard - so maybe you are PPC also. You can always try Spark (it is free) several people seem to report it curing the problem. Good luck. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 15/2/12 1:25 AM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: > Hi Jewels Yes, saw that come in after my forward of the other one. Wasn't > sure if you'd seen it, so just in case,.. All good. After flicking over a few > more forum posts, I would think yes it has to do with 10.5.8 and the mapping > of the keyboard versus the "new keyboard" layout. >From some of the posts here, > it seems to suggest similar > things. <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3233475?start=0&tstart=0> <http: > //www.motherboardpoint.com/re-aluminum-keyboard-screwy-mapping-t233096.html> < > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3365609?start=0&tstart=0> <https://discus > sions.apple.com/thread/3440453?start=0&tstart=0> They do seem to suggest that > on some machines with Leopard (10.5.8) the key mapping doesn't always "match" > and gives differing results. One solution was to download a free program > called Spark and remap the > keys <http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14352/spark> (Amongst other programs, > plus that one does more as well) Apparently when the machine was upgraded to > 10.6.8 the keyboard did what it was meant to do in relation to the keys. So, > not sure if that really helps or "solves" the problem as such, but gives a bit > more idea. I would have read more, but the eyes are tiring after a long day > and I'll start seeing double soon...lol. Better finish the other work, before > I fall asleep at the desk,...lol. Then Ronni will tell me off :) LOL. Kind > regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel > AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
