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Are wireless keyboards and Mice a known cause of freezing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1841491" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>NON-APPLE keyboards can, in my experience, be a cause of instability. It's rare these days, but I still occasionally see it.</p><p></p><p>To diagnose it, simply un-attach all non-Apple peripherals, including the keyboard and mouse, and replace them with the OEM ones that came with your Mac. Restart your Mac and see if the problem is gone. If it is you can re-attach your third party peripherals one at a time and restart your Mac until the problem re-occurs, which will tell you the precise peripheral that is causing the problem.</p><p></p><p>You can also run:</p><p></p><p>Apple Diagnostics</p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731" target="_blank">How to use Apple Diagnostics on your Mac - Apple Support</a></p><p></p><p>OR</p><p></p><p>Hardware Test</p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257" target="_blank">How to use Apple Hardware Test on your Mac - Apple Support</a></p><p></p><p>Hardware Test is for June 2013 and earlier Macs; Apple Diagnostics is for more recent Macs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1841491, member: 190607"] NON-APPLE keyboards can, in my experience, be a cause of instability. It's rare these days, but I still occasionally see it. To diagnose it, simply un-attach all non-Apple peripherals, including the keyboard and mouse, and replace them with the OEM ones that came with your Mac. Restart your Mac and see if the problem is gone. If it is you can re-attach your third party peripherals one at a time and restart your Mac until the problem re-occurs, which will tell you the precise peripheral that is causing the problem. You can also run: Apple Diagnostics [url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731]How to use Apple Diagnostics on your Mac - Apple Support[/url] OR Hardware Test [url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257]How to use Apple Hardware Test on your Mac - Apple Support[/url] Hardware Test is for June 2013 and earlier Macs; Apple Diagnostics is for more recent Macs. [/QUOTE]
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