Among Apple ’s Accessibility features in macOS , Mouse Keys may be the most maligned by those who did n’t entail to turn it on . It ’s leisurely to turn on while idly playing with the keyboard or when a child or cat is swat at it without design . When enabled , Mouse Keys enables part of the keyboard ’s use or a turn inkpad on an extensive keyboard to allow Spanish pointer front .
With macOS Ventura , Apple moved the setting necessary to prevent Mouse Keys from ever unintentionally trigger . Here ’s how to adjust it .
Accessibility System Settings
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Go to > System preferences > approachability > Pointer Control .
Pointer Control > Mouse Keys
snap the i ( info ) button to the right wing of Mouse Keys . ( Clicking Mouse Options just above bring up a speed control setting for an actual black eye . )
Toggle Mouse Keys
Disable “ Press the Option winder five times to toggle Mouse Keys ” if enabled . Then clickOK .
With that configurations turned off , no accidental Option fundamental presses will make your keyboard behave unexpectedly .
One terminal piece of advice : In testing out the above step , it ferment as documented . However , not long after , I idly campaign the choice cay five time . I went back to the mise en scene above and find it enabled , even though I ’d turned it off . Turning it offagainthis time seemed to stuff Mouse Keys from recognize the five presses of the Option tonality .
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