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Accidentally deleted keyboardtype.plist. Can someone with MBA M2 share theirs?
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The system will write this new when you for example set a different keyboard type, switch between different ones, etc.
Most people do not and should not need this file.
Do you have a third-party keyboard attached? This file keeps track of the layout for the keyboard that’s connected, if it’s not known. Your internal one should be recognized already, and won’t need the file.
If you do have a third-party external keyboard, and it’s set up incorrectly, delete the plist file if it’s there, and when you restart and login, the Keyboard Assistant should pop up right away. (It’s also hanging out in /System/Library/CoreServices. I think the app does nothing unless you have an unrecognized keyboard attached.)
Do you have a third-party keyboard attached? This file keeps track of the layout for the keyboard that’s connected, if it’s not known. Your internal one should be recognized already, and won’t need the file.
If you do have a third-party external keyboard, and it’s set up incorrectly, delete the plist file if it’s there, and when you restart and login, the Keyboard Assistant should pop up right away. (It’s also hanging out in /System/Library/CoreServices. I think the app does nothing unless you have an unrecognized keyboard attached.)
Thanks for the insight. Yeah, it seems like there was something strange with the bluetooth mouse I was using -- which MacOS thought was a keyboard.
Relatedly, does anyone know why I might have seen this Function Key area on the keyboard preferences but it has now disappeared? All of my plist fooling around started when I tried to restore this section to the Shortcuts tab but so far I have not been able to.
