Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Have you ever popped off the key caps on a mechanical keyboard and wondered what the different color switches underneath mean? Here's what you need to know.

Caps Lock problems Some users are reporting instability to use Caps Lock after this keyboard firmware update. MacFixIt reader Jon Harris writes: "I've just installed the update and now Caps Lock doesn ...

The problem might be with your keyboard. To verify this, connect another keyboard and observe the results. If the problem disappears, it might mean your keyboard is faulty or that its Caps Lock key ...

I have a confession: I hate the caps lock key! I mean it's a crazy holdover from typewriter days and for me at least it's always much more of an annoyance than a help. Fortunately, as we covered in an ...

Those who’ve vainly searched their Mac OS X 10.3 volume for something equivalent to the old Key Caps utility found in earlier versions of Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 — a utility that displays a map of the ...

Time for a mid-week grab-bag of Mac 911 updates—comments and suggestions from readers about past Mac 911 issues. Reader Don Smith wonders about the orange key caps that appear in a screenshot from a ...

Ever since computers like iMac G3 pulled off the trick, transparent computer gear has come in and out of style. And now transparent keyboards are having a bit of a moment. One good example is the ...

Is it time to permanently retire the Caps Lock key? Pieter Hintjens thinks so. Hintjens, the CEO of iMatix, has launched the Capsoff organization in a campaign urging hardware manufacturers to ditch ...