{"id":53022,"date":"2026-08-27T19:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=53022"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:16:07","slug":"magic-keyboard-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/27\/magic-keyboard-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Keyboard 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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On the new keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps are labeled with glyphs rather than edge text. On the full-size models with a numeric keypad, the change goes further, with the home, page up, page down, end, clear, and enter keys also swapping their text labels for symbols.<\/p>\n

Four models have been updated: the Magic Keyboard<\/a>, the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID<\/a>, and the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad in both white keys<\/a> and black keys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

David Deller<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Why, why, WHY won’t they fix the arrow keys? I use the version without numpad (for RSI reasons) and the L\/R keys are full height, with half-height up\/down keys. This is TERRIBLE and it causes me problems on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

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They fixed this problem with the laptops years ago. But refresh after refresh, they refuse to fix it with the external. WHY?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The left and right arrow keys should be half-height when there’s no numeric keypad, so that you can find them by feeling for the inverted T.<\/p>\n\n

Daniel Luz<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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My impression is that they’re limited by the self-imposed problem of making the corners so rounded that they can no longer fit a half-height right arrow key.<\/p>\n

This is literally the only reason I haven’t bought one! Just return to the previous radius, dammit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n