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Schaufelmann

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Jan 1, 2018
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After I had three MacBooks with faulty Butterfly keyboards, I was relieved when Apple finally announced their new MacBook "Magic" Keyboards. I ordered a new MacBook Pro in early May. A few days ago I noticed that the MacBook behaves strangely: It appears as if the system receives random keystrokes although I didn't press any key. Today I found out what happens:

(1) If I just rest my hand on the keyboard and one finger touches the Return key, the Return key starts sending keystrokes as if the key was being held down. A tiny little weight on the key is enough. I'm definitely not "clicking" it.

(2) Every time I release the backslash key "\", the Return key fires. That is, if I tap "\" I get "\" + "Return"

Wow, I hope this is not another 5 year Odyssee of faulty keyboards.

I will get this MacBook repaired as soon as I can, but would like to know: Has anybody else had similar issues? Are your Magic Keyboards reliable?
 
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