Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
I want to like this keyboard, but it is decidedly not Mac compatible. I typed this post with it, so it works, nominally, but the OS doesn't even think it's a keyboard. I suppose I could sell it...
But the problem with this is that it doesn't support complex bindings yet, like how in current Karabiner you can make mappings specific by hardware ID. This is important because if you swap super and alt in Karabiner Elements, you do it for all keyboards... including keyboards where you don't want to swap it, like a Macbook Pro built-in keyboard. I'm sure they'll add support eventually, but who knows when.
If you're on a desktop one of the troubleshooting steps I came across (but can't test) is to: 1. Ensure "Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if no keyboard is detected" 2. Disconnect all USB devices and then power down all BT devices. 3. Shutdown the Mac, wait 3 minutes and power back on. 4. The Mac should detect no devices and open the BT Setup assistant. Power on your keyboard at that point and it should be able to pair.
This came from: http://www.cultofmac.com/247979/whoops-reconnect-your-bluetooth-keyboard-and-mac-after-logging-out-os-x-tips/
If you're not running Sierra there are a lot of articles who give steps to troubleshoot BT devices. Here are a few I came across that may help:
https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-bluetooth-menu-reset-devices http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-how-to-troubleshoot-bluetooth-issues-in-os-x-yosemite/
Let's hope it holds.