CMD+SPACE not working together but they works separately! Help!

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CMD+SPACE not working together but they works separately! Help!

Hi, this issue is drive me nut. I work a lot with Photoshop, Ilustrator, InDesign, where you use a lot the shortcut for the magnifying glass (CMD+SPACE and CMD+SPACE+OPTION for reduction), this 2 and 3 keys stopped worked as a shortcut, but works individually!?, Those are the left hand side keys, the ones in the right hand side works normally. I thought it was an Adobe issue but I tried this by ticking the "Show Finder Search Window" or "Shot Spotlight Search" in Keyboard System Preferences, but it does the same, it works using the RHS keys but not the ones on the left, but I repeat just in case, they work OK separately, I can close, open, creating a New Folder etc by pressing CMD+etc, but not working with CMD+SPACE. I thought it was a problem with a clash with another application or browser, I started the OSX as Safe Mode etc, but I see there is something with the keyboard or something very strange in case it is a OSX bug? I have High Sierra, iMac 27" and keyboard with calculator, it is important to mention that I have another Apple keyboard and those left keys works ok, it must be something with the keyboard but the strange is that thing that doesn't work combined but works individually. It is It never happened before and probably to anybody else? because I don't even know how to search for this issue. Please help!

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 1, 2024 03:37 PM

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Jan 2, 2024 07:16 AM in response to Gabrielirlanda

Please help! any thoughts?, I discovered that if I tick the Launchpad & Dock (turn on/ff) in Keyboard shortcuts (System Preferences) and press OPT+CMD+D it works! but it doesn't work for instance OPT+CMD+SPACE, this is really strange because they work separately.

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Jan 23, 2024 07:24 AM in response to Gabrielirlanda

Hi, I respond to myself, it is SOLVED.

I found the issue. In New Year I cleaned the magic keyboard, it was dirty, it seems that I pressed too much the keys and the key F18 was flat, I have removed the key trying to "unstick" the key with the contacts, I thought I was successful but I wasn't. The keyboard battery was consuming a lot of energy, about 20% per day, it was insane, also remember the CMD+OPT+Space didn't work properly. The solution was simply removing the F18 key again and with a kind of little stick/knife just trying to unstick the contacts again, and this time it seems I was successful. You don't realise that a key is making contact (pressed) until you unplug and plug the USB charger, you hear a noise when you keep pressing any key, and realised that if you press any key, then press a second key, that noise goes but the first key is still pressed and wasting battery, that is also the reason than that the shortcut didn't work, because the F18 was "clashing" with the shortcut, so that's the reason I would never get the magnifying glass in Photoshop, inDesign etc. Now the keyboard is working excellent again and the battery returned to normal, after charging it 100% is consuming only about 2% to 3% diary. That's another issue I read, that the battery goes quickly, it is because there is probably a key making contact, you have to find out what's the suspicious key.

Mental note: please be carefully when you clean the keys, they are very fragile!!.

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CMD+SPACE not working together but they works separately! Help!

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