I've about come to the end of ideas, anyone out there have a similar experience and managed to find a solution? Grateful for any help received. Compatible with Different Systems Boosts Comfort Improves Productivity Wireless Connection Quiet Typing Experience Low Energy Device Perfect for Mac and. That button only appears sporadically, but when it has I've tried to 'press the button that appears to the left of the shift key' to identify the keyboard, but this doesn't work either. I've also tried - and failed- to use the 'set up a new keyboard' function in Bluetooth preferences. It then asked me to enter a code, I've tried the generic 0000 as well as 1234, and even 00-00-00-00-00, but it continually fails to connect. It occasionally recognises a new device, although the MacBook picked up immediately that it was an 'ergonomic keyboard,' when the iMac recognises it it identifies it as unknown device with a serial number 00-00-00-00-00. However, when I try to pair it with my mid 2011 iMac (also running High Sierra) it just won't pair. It paired with my mid 2011 MacBook Air running High Sierra straight away. It was more than I needed.I recently bought a Microsoft Surface Ergonomic keyboard. Karabiner is a powerful utility for the Mac that allows a wide variety of keyboard mapping. If you need other keys mapped differently on this keyboard, there is another option.

This saved the day with properly mapping the command key. Click OK and everything should work as expected. Option becomes Command and Command switches to Option. The easy fix is to swap the two keys in the modifier. The Mac is recognizing the Alt key as the Option key. Notice the Option Key and Command Key defaults. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys… The Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard has the Alt key in that location. This means the Command key is not to the left of the space bar as Mac people expect. One annoyance when using many keyboards is the fact that they are setup for Windows operation system and not macOS. I’ve seen some other customizable keyboards in the range of $350 but I haven’t found the large price tag necessary. Why? Because it’s a tradeoff between being ergonomic and being inexpensive. I keep coming back to the Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard to on macOS. I still love this keyboard but I was starting to have pain in my forearms after a long day of typing. One of my favorites is still the CODE Keyboard, which I wrote about before.

I’ve been through a fair number of keyboards over the years, some expensive and some not.

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