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Keyboard ~ Number Pad Disabled

On my Mac G5 with OS X 10.4.10 my keyboard’s number pad stopped working in most applications, like Firefox for one. As annoying as it is to lose your number pad, I finally found the solution.

In short I pulled up spotlight and searched for the following 2 files:

Both are located: /Users/Library/Preferences/

  • com.apple.systempreferences.plist
  • com.apple.universalaccess.plist

.. then I renamed them, respectively:

  • com.apple.systempreferences.plist.BAK
  • com.apple.universalaccess.plist.BAK

.. and then rebooted the machine.

One other suggestion, although it did not work for me, but may work for you, is to hold down cmd + clear button for 5 seconds. Another thought is to check your accessibility settings for your keyboard.

Posted in My Mac Findings.


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