Mac doesn’t recognize Apple keyboard

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bayswater
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Mac doesn’t recognize Apple keyboard

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A couple of my keyboard shortcuts stopped working so I went in to the page where they are set up, and was not able to set the commands as they had been (I had F14 and F15 set to move the start of the transport loop forward and backward). Entering either key to set a command added nothing to the screen.

Going to macOS keyboard set up, it told me I had to set up my Logitech keyboard. I’ve never had one. I use an Apple USB keyboard. It told me to hit the key to the right of the lest shift key (Z), and told me it did not recognize the key. After a lot more mucking around it seems all the F keys after F13 are ignored.

I’m stumped. Anyone have any ideas about what to try? Would be nice to get my shortcuts back.
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Re: Mac doesn’t recognize Apple keyboard

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Shut down, then reboot. If that doesn’t reset things, call Apple and get someone looking at your screen.
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