Standard cmd key combinations stop working after upgrade to Monterey 12.1

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Standard cmd key combinations stop working after upgrade to Monterey 12.1

I have a M1 Mac mini which I just upgraded to Monterey 12.1. It has a Logitech bluetooth ergonomic keyboard connected via standard bluetooth (rather than via a logi receiver). It's always worked flawlessly.

After upgrading, most of the standard key sequences have stopped working. For example, typing Cmd-C enters ç instead of copy. None of the standard combinations seem to work... e.g. Cmd-P, X, S enter odd characters instead of Paste, Cut, or Save respectively.

I even tried creating App shortcuts, but no help.

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Jan 17, 2022 1:12 PM

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lllaass

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Jan 18, 2022 6:29 AM in response to mgincnj

Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.

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Tom Gewecke

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Jan 18, 2022 4:43 AM in response to mgincnj

Your cmd key is acting like option/alt instead of cmd. Check you modifier keys settings in system preferences > keyboard

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mgincnj Author

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Jan 18, 2022 6:14 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Hi Tom, thanks for the suggestion. I checked as you suggested and all of the keys were set to act like themselves. For the heck of it, I did click on "restore defaults", but nothing changed.

Weirdly, last night, briefly, this all resolved itself. But when I booted up this morning it was back to the same behavior. Since I ALWAYS used the standard edit shortcuts, it's incrediblly disruptive to my work.

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mgincnj Author

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Jan 20, 2022 7:21 AM in response to mgincnj

Sorry, actually the problem is not resolved. The problem is related to Bluetooth and my Logi keyboard. I was using an old wired USB keyboard. I had plugged in the old keyboard to make sure I got into Safe Mode. When I use the Logi keyboard now I have a problem. If I type using the wired keyboard (both working simultaneously), the command keys work normally. Sigh.

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mgincnj Author

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Jan 18, 2022 2:30 PM in response to lllaass

Hi, IIIaass. Thanks.

This seems to have solved the issue. We'll see, as I did experience this once before, only to have it revert to prior behavior. But so far, so good.

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mgincnj Author

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Jan 20, 2022 7:40 AM in response to mgincnj

OK, so I told bluetooth to forget the keyboard, and reconnected it. At least for now, it seems to be working properly. If this stands up for a day or two I will mark this as solved.

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Standard cmd key combinations stop working after upgrade to Monterey 12.1

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