January 31, 2012

Panic! Green Light and MacBook Pro Keyboard is Half Dead!

MacBook Pro Series
That green light means Num Lock is on

That green light just means that Num Lock is on

A brief moment of panic today: I open up my MacBook Pro and can’t log in. The left half of the keyboard doesn’t seem to work, and there’s an odd green light on under the function keys.

Turns out, it’s just Num Lock, which I’ve never used.

Thanks, Apple, for making an entirely inscrutable Num Lock indicator and darkening an otherwise bright day of travel!