This seems...Really dumb? What if you just want to replace your older peripheral or just join USB C land, not replace your mac?
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PSA: Apple's New USB-C Accessories Require macOS Sequoia, Don't Work Properly With macOS 15.2 Beta
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The latest Magic Mouse requires a Mac with M3 or above to scroll.
It requires Apple Scroll (2nd gen), introduced with macOS Sequoia.
Hmmm.... both backward and forward incompatibility.... the pinnacle of planned obsolescence.
Thats it, I've decided its a feature, two of each please.
Thats it, I've decided its a feature, two of each please.
I have never heard of something like this in my life.
And once you use it, it’s assigned to yourself and yourself only. No resale value. But it can be traded back in to Apple Store for a keyboard that supports the next version of Mac OS 😂
After Apple almost bricked my brand-new M4 iPad Pro by updating it with the iPadOS 18, it’s hard for them to surprise me easily with a new absurdity and yet they are trying hard.
Meaning I'll need to wait for someone to release a compatible Windows trackpad driver. Cancelled my order.
I still rip occasional CDs because I'd prefer the higher quality audio vs non-high res audio from streaming services.
This is good to know though. I have an external Blu ray drive I use to rip movies. I'm curious to know if i will have trouble as well.
Somebody screwed up, and bad. I can see how TouchID would be Mac specific but everything else should be supported via USB. The keyboard should work with any computer that supports bluetooth peripherals including Windoze.
I've been singing Apple praise of late; product and software has been great.
But USB non-functionality? This is really, really, really dumb. And flat-out lazy.
But USB non-functionality? This is really, really, really dumb. And flat-out lazy.
It is called firmware. It usually silently fixes that stuff. What's the buzz?
Marketing department geniuses. By excluding the ability to scroll, you can boast about a broader set of OS compatibility. It technically still works 😉
Following up on this. My Apple Magic Keyboard USB-C arrived and it functions the same as my old one did under Windows, including the same behavior for the function row and the ability to press Command+F15 for PrintScrn. I don't use any Apple specific drivers.
And yes, both this and the old one were the full keyboard with numpad. I probably should have specified that at the start.
I also got a new Magic Mouse and Trackpad but only the trackpad is actually connected to the KVM so only it can be seen by Windows. It doesn't scroll or function for anything except moving the cursor and left-clicking but that's the same behavior as the old one. I never bothered to see if there was a way to fix it.
What version of macOS do you have?
This has created an infuriating problem for me. I use a work managed device (M1 MacBook Air on 15.0.1). The new USB-C peripherals do not work properly. macOS recognises them as generic devices and therefore I can't use any of the touch functionality on the mouse or even the function keys on the keyboard. I am unable to upgrade macOS until the organisation I works for approves and releases it. Who knows how long that will be.
Apparently the packaging explicitly says that it requires the latest version of macOS. (Though the online product pages say something different.)
