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Magic Keyboard With Touch ID Compatible With All M1 Macs, But Only Sold With iMac For Now
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I imagine a higher-end iMac (30 inches?) or the AS Mac Pro might come in space gray and color matching keyboards with black keys... at any rate, it sure looks wise to wait till Apple finishes the transition to make an investment on new equipment and get the best combination for the money.
It might be a security issue that could allow 3rd parties to somehow use the Intel chip to spoof the touchID signal and gain access to those older Intel macs.
Wait 6 months and you will be able to buy the keyboard standalone.
Not me. I don't do things like spreadsheets so went tenkeyless and reclaimed some desk space.
What is Apple's problem with making keyboards that are backlit? Honestly. It seems one needs to buy an Apple laptop to get a freaking backlight. How much can it possibly cost them to offer all keyboards with backlighting? You don't have to use it if you don't want to, for crying out load. Do they honestly think all desktop Macs are *always* going to be used with office lighting, home or otherwise?
I Think Face ID could be added via software. I really enjoy having Touch ID on my MacBook Air. // agree on the backlighting...that sure would be nice... Mayne the 27+ replacements or Pro lines will have them?
backlight would use more battery. That is probably why Apple didn't include.No key backlight in 2021
I'm very confused why it won't work with Intel Macs that have T2 chips. They had Touch ID in MacBook Airs & Pro's. Was hoping to use it with my 2018 Mac mini. Maybe they will update in future...
Still makes me wonder if they plan to cut support for Intel Macs sooner than we all expect. But then again, they are still selling Intel versions of most alongside M1 versions. Don't know what Apple's endgame is here anymore...
Still makes me wonder if they plan to cut support for Intel Macs sooner than we all expect. But then again, they are still selling Intel versions of most alongside M1 versions. Don't know what Apple's endgame is here anymore...
And to power up the sleeping Touch-ID circuitry (and keyboard). No need to have that on 24/7.
Not to mention the current offerings are already way overpriced as it is.
$100 for a white wireless keyboard that's not even full size and doesn't have a backlit function.
I was also. I have a maxed out 2018 mini, 64gb ram and the Blackmagic RX580 eGPU. It is a pretty beast system, not possible to achieve this on the M1 on offer. (combined gpu and cpu, I mean)
However, I suspect this fall we'll get the drop on the Apple Silicon-based Pro. The existing Mac Pro offers the Mac Pro Expansion Module (MPX). This was intended to be a plug-and-play system for graphics and storage upgrades.
Apple Silicon was nearing release when that was announced, so it would be strange that Apple would not find a way to offer some version 2 of this that is specifically focused on modular, discrete Apple Silicon graphics cards. And, this feels like a stretch, but I don't know how else they could update the Pro: there will have to be Good, Better Best options to allow pricing options.
I'm hoping that some version of these is offered with a new AS-powered Mac Mini. Either as something paired with the SoC internal to the Mini or as an eGPU that could be used with any AS laptop over thunderbolt.
How else will Apple catch up graphics performance of the Mini and portable line to even the long out-dated Vega 56 from their collab with Blackmagic?
I am actually wondering if the company will be ready with these big changes by the fall. The only way I see this as possible is if Apple is much further ahead than what the M1 releases have suggested.
It is confusing. I doubt they'll be cutting support any time soon, but it is obvious that the company does not want new people to buy Intel-based macs.
Presuming an M2 or M-whatever v2 AS Mac Mini drops this fall with GPU compute that outperforms what I've got, I'll probably liquidate the mini and eGPU and move right into Apple Silicon.
I may also sell my 2018 Macbook Air at the same time to recoup as much value as possible before another revision drops the value even further.
It's strange that this keyboard would tip me this direction, though I knew it was inevitable.
An upgrade this year will be costly and earlier than I'd like, but given how quickly this transition is moving, it is only going to get worse for Intel machines.
Probably will release one for the rest of the M1 Macs when they release the next batch of machines (i.e., larger iMac, MacBook Pro).
Can people please explain why they need backlight on a DESKTOP keyboard? I have a Satechi backlit keyboard, and frankly I don't use the backlight at all, it's really distracting in the dark and I never need to look at the keyboard either to type or to find it.
Ugh. That same stupid arrow key configuration on the Magic Keyboard. Hopefully, the full-size keyboard uses the much better inverted T configuration. And no backlight???
it's on the touch barLooking forward to buying one to go with my 16” M1 MBP
But where’s faceid?
Particularly around Pon Farr, which is the same interval as Mac Pro upgrades.
I was legitimately surprised they didn't include Face ID into the Macs as I thought that would be the first computer to get it. Either way I am happy they finally released keyboards with Touch ID and cant wait for them to be purchased separately. This legit makes me wonder though if Apple will bring back Touch ID onto the iPhones now? Dont get me wrong I love Face ID and I hope they still keep it but with everyone wearing masks now its kind of a pain and Touch ID could be nice to have.