Niall Flinn, that’s pretty much what happened to me, and I did similar to you, I got on it super fast, had that turned over faster that lightening. And under the key tops, what is in there is sealed, so liqud should not get into the circuit board under that area. The problem was the same issue as everyone else here. What is so odd is that if I have the keyboard unplugged and then plug it in, the keys will work fine, for a minute, maybe 5 minutes, but in short time, they stop working. So, the connections are still working, any parts in there are still working, they just won’t keep working. But what’s more irritating is that I got another of the same keyboard. It was fine for about two months, then the same keys stopped working with the same problem. There was no spill this time. And so many others in this thread are saying the same. This issue is one of more bad Apple engineering, but they take no responsibility for it, they never take responsibility for their failures, and there have been many, unless they...

I think the only solution will be a class action suit against Apple. Apple still sells these and they know this happens, and they have done nothing about it, they have not even acknowledged it, they just keep selling it at truly gouging prices with this major issue and keeping this issue secret. Over the years, Apple has had a lot of equipment failures it has not acknowledged, and even charged users to fix without letting them know it would only break again. Apple is never going to stop this crap until it suffers a big financial hit for it, and a class action could be that.

Yes, Bob, you are exactly right — Apple knows this and has known it for along time and does nothing about it, keeps selling what it knows will break down like this. Maybe they can somehow skirt laws when conducting business like this, but to my mind, it is the definition of a criminal to continue to sell you faulty, expensive devices they know will fail.

Mac’s reputation is way better than it should be. This kind of crap happens all the time with all kinds of Macs, and Apple has NEVER taken responsibility for it, in fact charges you high prices to make repairs — or pushes you to buy a new one it knows also will break down. This Mac crap goes all the way back to PPC Macs. They know these things are not good, they have known it for years, they won’t admit it, and they keep selling them and at prices way over $100. That is my definition of a criminal. And that’s the reputation Apple should have, not a good reputation.

Someone should bring a class action lawsuit against Apple over this. This is not unique for Apple, Apple has had issues of this sort with various of its machine forever, since way back, even the PPC Macs, and it knows it but always keeps it secret, continues to sell the items, and makes you buy a new one or pay a ton to Apple for repairs for the old one. It never does a recall unless there is an actual danger, such as the item will explode in flames. And just from this thread and so many others with so many people having the same issue, it is obviously a faulty design and Apple will not take responsibility for it , it won’t even cut the price of the keyboard to something sane! And it keeps selling them!

I have a similar issue with the same keys on an Apple aluminum keyboard, with the numeral pad on the right side. It is wired. But my issue also includes four keys on the opposite side of the keyboard, 2, w, s, and x. When I type a letter on either side, the letter in the same row on the other side types with it, as in: wi sk x, 28 I have been unable to get it to stop typing two letters when I type one of those keys. But all the other keys on the keyboard work fine. I have tried a NVRAM reset, and SMC reset, used a USB extension cord, and yes, used 99% electronics alcohol to see if it will do something to clean something and solve the problem — taking the key top off and putting a small amount of the alcohol on the board there and swishing it around. And then shaking it out gentle and turning it upside down, letting that dry for a week or more. Oddly, it will work for maybe a minute when I first plug in, whether I have cleaned it with the alcohol first or not, as long as it has been unplugged long enough....