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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 Andrew_nenakhov »

I wonder if keys in this keyboard can be rearranged to Dvorak layout?

I once bought to their keyboard with numpad only to discover that for some silly reason they rotated the keypress mechanism letters F and J by 90degrees. This, of course, made key rearrangement impossible.

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

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Post by floatingatoll »

rsync wrote: post #43
carl_dr wrote: post #2

Only for Apple silicon Macs. Shame.

"Only for Apple silicon Macs. Shame." You mean the touchID integration, right ? That is, this keyboard would still pair and function with any old bluetooth host, right ? Right ?

Right.

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

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Post by floatingatoll »

carl_dr wrote: post #64
rsync wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Only for Apple silicon Macs. Shame." You mean the touchID integration, right ? That is, this keyboard would still pair and function with any old bluetooth host, right ? Right ?

Maybe? But you would save yourself $50 and get the non-TouchID one surely?

Is the keyboard materially improved over the previous model in various ways? I’ve burned through several of the previous model and I’m wondering if they brought back key switch changes from the laptops.

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

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Post by rvanmil »

greyman wrote: post #54

Do you know if the key switches are the same as before, or if they were improved?

I was wondering about this too and so far haven’t found any reviews addressing this question. The only thing I found was this forum post[0] which implies the old and new magic keyboards feel the same (though the author thinks they feel like the butterfly keyboards, which I do not agree with having used all types of Apple keyboards except for this new one).

[0] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/imac-magic-keyboard-fee...

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

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Post by jacobwilliamroy »

ravenstine wrote: post #13
layoutIfNeeded wrote: post #7

Meh… no touch bar.

I wonder if people have come around to the touchbar. It was almost universally derided on HN when it became a thing. Personally, I haven't, which is one of the reasons I'm glad I switched to the M1 Macbook Air which doesn't have the touchbar. Now I can change the volume and the brightness without having to look down!

I think the touchbar is terrible because I'm constantly fat-fingering it causing the computer to randomly switch fonts or change directories.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

kpsuperplane wrote: post #18
throwanem wrote: post #8

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 lo…

Check out the K3 or K1 from Keychron; you get benefits of low profile with the tactility of a mechanical keyboard

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

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Post by vbezhenar »

ravenstine wrote: post #13
layoutIfNeeded wrote: post #7

Meh… no touch bar.

I wonder if people have come around to the touchbar. It was almost universally derided on HN when it became a thing. Personally, I haven't, which is one of the reasons I'm glad I switched to the M1 Macbook Air which doesn't have the touchbar. Now I can change the volume and the brightness without having to look down!

I never used it, but I'd love to try. I think that it's a great concept, because I rarely use Fx buttons, I can't memorize them. They're useful for debuggers, but every IDE defines them differently, so I just gave up. I think that I'd love this feature and it's sad to see it gone, I'm considering buying M1 Macbook 16" and according to rumors it'll have ordinary keyboard.

Of course Esc must be a separate physical key, but they did it right in the latest revisions.

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

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Post by whitepoplar »

reader_mode wrote: post #77
adolph wrote: post #17

By the numbers, the secure enclave implementation is $50. I wonder if Logitech will get a shot at TouchID like the Crayon did for the Apple Pencil? I'd pay $50 to add it to my K380. $99.00 Magic Keyboard - US English $149.00 Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Mac models with Apple silicon - US English $129.00 Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English $179.00 Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac…

Logitech can't even connect to the laptop via BT before you are logged in, I doubt it will get this integration.

This goes for all non-Apple BT keyboards, and is a security feature (or so Apple says).
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