Typing
RTINGS tested the earlier Lightning version and found a very stiff aluminum chassis, standard key spacing, stable keys and responsive tactile switches. RTINGS has not tested the USB-C version.
Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (USB-C)
Apple's full-size Mac keyboard with a numeric keypad and a Touch ID button. Apple lists it for Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 15.1 or later, and it pairs with one computer at a time.
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US English with white keys, part MJM64LL/A, the August 2026 revision that uses symbols instead of words on keys such as Tab, Shift and Return. Black keys are MJM74LL/A. The October 2024 USB-C version with word labels has the same tech specs page. Includes a USB-C charge cable.
US English with white keys, part MJM64LL/A, the August 2026 revision that uses symbols instead of words on keys such as Tab, Shift and Return. Black keys are MJM74LL/A. The October 2024 USB-C version with word labels has the same tech specs page. Includes a USB-C charge cable.
What works. What doesn't.
Connections
Apple lists a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 15.1 or later as the system requirement, and its compatibility list names no Intel Mac. It pairs and charges through the USB-C cable, and Apple rates the battery at about a month or more. RTINGS says it pairs with one device at a time.
Layout
9to5Mac reports that the August 2026 models replace the words on keys such as Tab, Caps Lock, Return, Shift and Delete with symbols, with new symbols for Home, Page Up and Page Down on the numeric keypad model, and otherwise appear the same as before.
Customization
Apple publishes no remapping software for it. Key remapping beyond what macOS settings offer was not researched.
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