MacBook Pro keyboard and power button malfunctioning

My keyboard just randomly stopped working. The first issue was the Keys becoming sticky, Pressing them once would cause them to press over and over until a new key was Pressed, after about 3 minutes the keyboard fully gave up. Restaring the laptop didn't help, only made the issue more annoying with the Power Button malfunctioning as well. Now every time I even quickly Touch it the computer restarts, even during the Bootup sequence with the loading bar. I have been able to trigger safe bootup once however I was unable to replicate it. Holding the Power Button no longer works, just causes the computer to either freeze on the "off" screen or restart. I am able to access the accessibility keyboard by spam clicking the powerbutton, and after a few consecutive restarts it stops responding and powers up to login, with the accessibility settings on. Trackpad works fine, and it seems the os is also fine as I am still able to use everything fine as long as I use the accessibility keyboard and stay away from the Power Button.


This issue occured on an M1 Mac Pro. I have attempted a few of the anwsers such as checking the accessibility settings for keyboard options, clearing the whatever it is called, havent been able to Reinstall the os due to the issue mentioned previously, and havent been able to check with an Extertal keyboard as im on holiday.


The issue occured while I was listening to an Audio book on a bumpy road, unsure if its related or not, maybe some contact got loose...


Any help would be welcome, even of its just telling me to go to a aprooved service point. Thank you for replying!


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Original Title: Keyboard stopped working

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.4

Posted on Jul 14, 2025 06:56 AM

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MacBook Pro keyboard and power button malfunctioning

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