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Apple Makes Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Available for Purchase

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Re: Apple Makes Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Available for Purchase

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Post by carl_dr »

smoldesu wrote: post #3
carl_dr wrote: post #2

Only for Apple silicon Macs. Shame.

Of course, it's not like older Macs had access to some kind of security coprocessor to secure this... oh wait

Yeah, indeed. My 2019 MacBook Pro has a touchbar, but 90% of the time, I use it in clamshell mode with two external monitors.

I can use my Apple Watch to authenticate things like passwords in Safari, but I would MUCH prefer to not have to lift my hands off the keyboard. A lot of the time I just type my password. A million times a day. This would be a quality of life improvement.

Re: Apple Makes Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Available for Purchase

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Post by throwanem »

Not really on point, but perhaps worth noting that having had some wrist stiffness and pain lately, I tried a Magic Keyboard (not this one, the one with the numpad) as an intermediate step between my previous Majestouch 2 and Ergodox/Moonlander/Kinesis esoterica, and over the last few weeks it's actually been pretty good. I don't know if I'll stick with it indefinitely, but I'm glad I decided to give it a try; the low profile and short throw really do seem to make eight- and ten- and twelve-hour workdays significantly easier on my wrists.
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