My setup.
Oh, how I thought I had the perfect setup. This iPad Pro and its Apple keyboard seemed made for each other.
Out of the box from the Apple store they’d come. Snap! Together they went with that magnetic pull. Tap, tap, tap went my fingers.
But now, in the next calendar year and several IOS loads later, we have a disconnect.
Sometimes it works, sometimes I get a very annoying message on my screen.
This accessory is not supported by this device.
What? And why not?
And so I fiddle with the connections.
Even as I type this entry, the first few strokes had to be accomplished with the on-screen keyboard. Thankfully, a half-sentence in, the power of the big keyboard kicked in. But sometimes halfway through a thought, it halts as I continue to type. Then it catches up to my work.
That’s if I’m lucky. A few times, it’s not worked at all.
Searching for the what-the.
I searched the problem.
I am not alone.
But there are no real answers, even on the Apple board. Hardware? Software?
Yes, I cleaned the connections.
So I’m left with my questions.
Has my expensive other-half to the dream online team reached its limit?
A trip to the Genius Bar seems to be on my plate.
What month did I buy the pair? Did I go for the Apple Care extension? Where is that receipt?
Anybody else out there go or is going through this particular Apple keyboard problem?
Mark Bialczak 
It was a bug which was resolved after an update. I think Apple is always ahead to fix problems pretty fast.
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I hope you have some sort of warranty that covers this. Apple makes good stuff but in their quest to stay competitive their bleeding edge tech seems to be problematic.
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Yeah, it does every now and then.
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Sorry to hear about your keyboard problem, Mark! I have been using a Macbook OS X 10 since 2009 with no problems at all until recently. My keyboard is acting up and now the keys – FGHJKL do not work anymore. I have to use the keyboard viewer to type these alphabets and it’s really annoying. I guess we both lost our keys, Mark! (=･ｪ･=?
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I think time will tell if my keys come back to me, Patricia. Yours, I think, are lost because of the march of time. 😮
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Oh I hate going to the Genius Bar, and waiting….and waiting…and I spend that time waiting thinkingabout how all these other people waiting with me can afford all their Apple products, because I am still using an I-Phone 5, and secondly why are all these people not at work? Perhaps they are thinking the same things about me!
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It is quite the place, SD. You sure got that right! Even making the appointment ahead of time, it’s a wait-and-see situation in every sense.
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But once you get to talk to them, they are always very helpful. So, I suppose it all works out!
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Yes, they try very hard, SD!
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No…..and though for different reasons I am using Apple products. I am NOT a fan.
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I still like them better than Microsoft products, though, MBC.
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Sigh. I just struggle with the “have to” use them, and then not being able to fight a big company when their product is bad.
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I get that, MBC.
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Apple! The darkside! 💜
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So the tech war divides us, Willow. ;-o
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Yes I love my Android, and my Asus laptop, as does hubby and middle son ! Oldest and youngest son converted to the darkside due to the jobs they do! Though eldest son held out for a long time but eventually had to go kicking and screaming… He is totally on the darkside now!!😱😱😱😱
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Currently annoyed with Apple as a brand. The new phone looks awful.
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They want to stay so here and now they operate on the bleeding edge of things.
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I get what you’re saying, Tony.
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True. Such show offs. Did you see the iPhone x and the little bump that houses the camera on top of the screen!? So annoying.
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I have yet to pony up for the new phone, LR. Oy, more troubles ahead.
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Giant fat dollops of trouble.
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Sorry to hear that for you, LR. I know you love your phone!
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I do *sigh*
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I used to write on a portable typewriter…sometimes, I miss those days, Mark.
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I used to write on an old manual my father found for me somewhere, an old black Underwood, and I truly loved my first typewriter for junior high school and high school papers, Van.
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I hate it when you have the perfect set up and then an upgrade comes a long and it never works the same again. It’s so frustrating!!
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And you don’t know if it’s the update or something else, Jen. So frustrating.
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i may be the worst tech troubleshooting person on the planet so i am clueless on this one, but good luck, mark -)
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Thank you, Beth, I type from the touch screen pad this morning, dagnabbit.
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