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We’ve seen Apple patents covering this, so hopefully the next refresh for the standalone Magic Keyboard debuts with Touch ID. A new Magic Keyboard with Touch ID is definitely a must.

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The tough part for iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, and even MacBook owners who use their notebooks in clamshell mode with a display is you don’t get access to the very convenient Touch ID.

It’s a tried and true experience and makes it easy to authenticate unlocking your Mac, system preferences and other similar requests, Apple Pay, and more.

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Touch ID first landed on the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro and has since arrived on the entire modern MacBook lineup.

I’d be interested to see Apple introduce the same soft feel and travel on an updated external Magic Keyboard.

Feelįor those that are fans of the Magic Keyboard’s feel, it seems a majority have found the newest variation on Apple’s current MacBooks to be a nice improvement.įor me, the new MacBook Magic Keyboards feel a touch softer with a bit more key travel than the standalone Magic Keyboard. This makes it easy to switch between Mac, iPad, and more with a single button. Satechi Compact Backlit Wireless Keyboard for MacĪnother simple one, most modern third-party keyboards feature multi-device pairing and quick switching between them.This has become standard with third-party keyboards at about half the price. I think just basic white backlighting would be fine here. At $99-$150, it seems long-past due that Apple includes backlit keys on its standalone Magic Keyboard. Left: Outdated horizontal arrow key layout, right: modern compact inverted T layout Backlighting

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Design and functionality KeysĪlright, so for the key layout, the standalone Magic Keyboard is outdated compared to the latest Magic Keyboard on the MacBook Air, here’s a look (2020 MacBook Air on top, Mac Magic keyboard on bottom):įor the function keys, the three changes are that the latest Magic Keyboard built into the MacBook Air includes dedicated Siri/dictation and Do Not Disturb keys as well as Touch ID – the standalone Magic Keyboard is missing all of those.Īlso, the standalone Mac Magic Keyboard features the old arrow key layout (horizontal) while the current MacBook Air and Pro notebooks feature the compact inverted T arrow layout (the standalone Magic Keyboard with numpad has a full inverted T arrow layout). Side rant: Space gray and silver for MacBook power bricks/cables as well as for AirPods and AirPods Pro plz and thanks! 😅. With all of Apple’s Macs coming in either silver and black or space gray and black (ok, MacBook Air with gold too : ) it would only make sense to offer the Magic Keyboard in both numpad and non-numpad versions in space gray, as well as silver black – bonus points for a gold and black version.Īnd it’d be nice to see Apple offer multiple colors without a price premium for the newest ones. As it turns out, it’s remained that way until this day (although you can find some on eBay and such). And it wasn’t available to buy on its own. When the Mac Pro launched in 2019, it arrived with a new special silver and black version of the Magic Keyboard. Also, Apple still doesn’t offer space gray for its Magic Keyboard without the numpad. However, the space gray Magic Keyboard came at a $20 premium over the silver and white version. But Apple started selling the space gray option standalone four months later in March 2018. Since the new dark-themed Magic Keyboard and mouse/trackpad were exclusive to the iMac Pro, resellers started selling them at huge markups on eBay. New Mac Magic Keyboards Colors Space grayĪfter a decade of only silver and white with the aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Keyboard, Apple released the first space gray version bundled with the iMac Pro in 2017. When could we see new Mac Magic Keyboards?.