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Testing Apple's New Standalone Touch ID Keyboard With an M1 Mac

jdb8167 said:
What makes you think it doesn't already do this? It works fine in clamshell on my M1 MacBook Air. But I am on Monterey and haven't tested on Big Sur.
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@jdb8167 or anyone, can you confirm that, with an M1 MBA in clamshell mode, with a wired connection:

1. Single pressing the Touch ID button will start a shutdown machine?
2. Press and hold will bring up the Startup Options?

In other words there is no reason to take it out of clamshell mode except travel.

I wouldn't expect these to work with bluetooth only, no wire, but will ask.

Thanks.
 
Mike Boreham said:
@jdb8167 or anyone, can you confirm that, with an M1 MBA in clamshell mode, with a wired connection:

1. Single pressing the Touch ID button will start a shutdown machine?
2. Press and hold will bring up the Startup Options?

In other words there is no reason to take it out of clamshell mode except travel.

I wouldn't expect these to work with bluetooth only, no wire, but will ask.

Thanks.
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I have had an anwser elsewhere....NO

The new Touch ID button is not also a power button.

So boot operations still require MBA to be taken out of Clamshell.
 
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Does anyone know if it will require to re-do the touch ID? Or will it know the one saved on my macbook already?
 
techno-Zen said:
Huh? I have never needed to enter a password to do this.. it just pulls icloud passwords without needing anything.
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When there is a password/autofill to be entered, it requires either a password to your mac, or fingerprint access.

Like this:

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Now, it could be great, if this action could have been approved by apple watch.
 
Rychiar said:
these are just silly at this point. every Mac aside from the mini should have Face ID
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Face ID would be nice, but I like the option of working on my m2 laptop in clamshell mode connected to a docking station. This keyboard will allow me to more easily access the Touch ID. It makes my experience better. I thought about purchasing a separate finger print reader but I can’t find a decent on that works with usbc, but wait I do have a docking station that accommodates usb 2.0 so maybe that is an option.
 
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Apple please give us a stand-alone Touch ID button. Your keyboards make for the 2nd worst typing experience. (Only freebie rubber dome keyboards are worse.)

 
Just purchased this keyboard… no I don't have an Apple Silicon piece of hardware and am still rolling with a 2013 MBP… so I was aware that the fingerprint sensor wouldn't work. No problem, I thought, a bit of searching and I found something that said it would still function as a bluetooth keyboard which was fine as I intend to get some AS hardware later this year.

But it doesn't, none of the special function keys work (screen brightness, volume etc.) and neither does fn + backspace aka Delete, so… bummer. I don't really understand why, I get why the fingerprint button doesn't (secure enclave thingmibob on the processor blahblah) but the other keys should all work huh?
 
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KeepOnKeepinOn said:
Just purchased this keyboard… no I don't have an Apple Silicon piece of hardware and am still rolling with a 2013 MBP… so I was aware that the fingerprint sensor wouldn't work. No problem, I thought, a bit of searching and I found something that said it would still function as a bluetooth keyboard which was fine as I intend to get some AS hardware later this year.

But it doesn't, none of the special function keys work (screen brightness, volume etc.) and neither does fn + backspace aka Delete, so… bummer. I don't really understand why, I get why the fingerprint button doesn't (secure enclave thingmibob on the processor blahblah) but the other keys should all work huh?
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Apple changed something related to keyboards in either the switch to Apple silicon or Ventura. The special MacOS keys on my old Unicomp Mac keyboard worked on my Intel Mini up to and including Ventura. Now on the M2 Pro, F3 (Mission Control) and F4 (Launchpad) do nothing.

OTOH, on my Keychron K8, the F3 and F4 keys worked right on both Macs.
 
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jdb8167 said:
It uses the same saved Touch ID as the built in. No extra configuration after pairing.
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If this is the case, how will it function in this scenario:

With the Magic Keyboard w/Touch ID connected to Apple Studio Display via USB-C cable, can I plug two different Macs with different Apple IDs into the studio display's single thunderbolt cable then log in via Touch ID on each?

Obviously not at the same time, but say a shared desk where my wife and I plug in our laptops to the display at different times to work.
 
Mactagonist said:
If this is the case, how will it function in this scenario:

With the Magic Keyboard w/Touch ID connected to Apple Studio Display via USB-C cable, can I plug two different Macs with different Apple IDs into the studio display's single thunderbolt cable then log in via Touch ID on each?

Obviously not at the same time, but say a shared desk where my wife and I plug in our laptops to the display at different times to work.
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Seems unlikely, a good question for Apple… 😉
 
Mactagonist said:
If this is the case, how will it function in this scenario:

With the Magic Keyboard w/Touch ID connected to Apple Studio Display via USB-C cable, can I plug two different Macs with different Apple IDs into the studio display's single thunderbolt cable then log in via Touch ID on each?

Obviously not at the same time, but say a shared desk where my wife and I plug in our laptops to the display at different times to work.
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I’ve never tried it but the Touch ID data is stored in the Secure Enclave on the Mac. So a different Mac will have a different Secure Enclave.
 
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