Apple working on Magic Keyboard with MacOS built in

[Deleted member 215]

I would buy this if the freakin' keyboard is backlit for once...

 

[Yoused]

I would buy this if the freakin' keyboard is backlit for once...

Lighted is one the thing, but if the keyboard is that dinky-ass Apple thing with the annoying FN key way over on the wrong corner and no keypad, FTN, I will look at a different model.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I was hoping this was going to be about Apple bringing the touch strip of the MPB to their external keyboard. In the spirit of full disclosure I have never actually used it on the MBP because I don't have one with it, but as somebody who works with music and video production software I think it would be great to have quick access to graphic based shortcuts that you can program the layout and which ones.

 

[Cmaier]

I was hoping this was going to be about Apple bringing the touch strip of the MPB to their external keyboard. In the spirit of full disclosure I have never actually used it on the MBP because I don't have one with it, but as somebody who works with music and video production software I think it would be great to have quick access to graphic based shortcuts that you can program the layout and which ones.

Thank god they will never do that. The touch strip makes the keyboard worse as an actual keyboard. It’s terrible, and I am super glad it is gone. If apple wants to bring it back, I would gladly pay more to not have it.

If you want similar functionality, but done well, you may want to look into something like the Stream Deck.

 

[User.45]

In the spirit of full disclosure I have never actually used it on the MBP because I don't have one with it

it was awful. 10% useful, 90% annoying

 

[Deleted member 215]

The only thing I became accustomed to doing on the Touch Bar was pressing Shut Down or Empty Trash. Even now I sometimes reach toward the top of the keyboard when shutting down my MBP before I’m like “oh, right, that’s gone”.

 

[Yoused]

A keyboard/processor/ssd unit could be big enough to have an F-row and a touchbar, perhaps put together in a more ergonomic way that makes the bar not s spurious-touch magnet. They would have a little more room to work with there, since it would not be meant to be portable in the manner of a notebook.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

Looks like some are not waiting for Apple to implement this.