STEP 3: Wipe up the surface of the keys, and swing the keyboard a few times until no water drops out. STEP 2: Put your keyboard upside down and let the water flow out. STEP 1: T urn off wireless keyboard or pull out the wired keyboard in 30 seconds to cut off the power, in case that the keyboard is burnt out. Thus you should stop the penetration as quickly as you can by: When water is spilt on keyboard, it will penetrate along keys and damage circuit. Press and hold Command + Alt / Option + P key + D key until you can hear Mac restart. Reset PRAM/NVRAM to reset hardware settings. Also you can try to log out your Apple account by clicking the Apple logo on the top left, and log in another account to see if the Apple keyboard works again.
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Make sure you turn on the keyboard and the battery is full of charge.
Plug your keyboard in other USB ports, and plug other devices (like U-disk) to troubleshoot keyboard and USB port. Make sure the keyboard is connected with Mac via USB port firmly.
Ways to Fix Apple Wired/Wireless Keyboard
Try out the following methods to make keyboard work properly again before you send it to Apple Store for a repair. Whichever the situation is, it is not neccessary to throw away the problematic keyboard of your Mac.