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Keyboard not working in Safari

I have a hard wired keyboard. When I first bring up Safari, I can type with the keyboard. However, if I try a second search, the keyboard is not recognized. The mouse continues to operate normally. I can regain keyboard function if I restart Safari, but this is obviously very annoying. I am running Safari 13.0.1 on High Sierra 10.13.6

Does anyone have a fix?

Posted on Sep 29, 2019 10:11 AM

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Sep 29, 2019 10:25 AM in response to Harry @ Charon

Restart the computer holding down the command - option/alt - P - R keys before the gray screen appears. Continue to hold until you hear the startup chime for the second time. You may need to do this 2-3 times.


 Reset NVRAM/PRAM


Try a SMC reset. The article covers when this is required, but doing this will not affect anything. 


Reset SMC


Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?


Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Please post back on whether or not this worked. Also try the Safe Mode. Please post back on whether or not this worked.


Isolating an issue by using another user account 


Safe Mode - About


If it works in the Safe Mode, try running this program when booted normally and then copy and paste the output in a reply. The program was created by Etresoft, a frequent contributor.  Please use copy and paste as screen shots can be hard to read. Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy to Clipboard” and then paste into a reply. This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. If the log won’t post, try posting it in Pastebin and provide a link in a reply. After pasting the report in a PasteBin page, go to the top of the page, and copy the address in the URL bar. Paste that in a new reply.        Pastebin


Etrecheck – System Information

Keyboard not working in Safari

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