Trackpad support on iPadOS is great, by the way. It’s also smooth, accurate, and there’s zero lag on iPadOS.
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On the 12.9-inch unit I am reviewing, it’s almost exactly the same size as the trackpad on my Surface Pro - so it felt familiar to me, at least.īut the Magic Keyboard’s trackpad is better than the Surface’s because it lets you click anywhere on the trackpad, not just in the middle or at the bottom. It is fairly small, of course, and if you’re used to the capacious trackpads on MacBooks, it will probably feel absolutely tiny. The trackpad on the Magic Keyboard is small by Apple standards, but it works very well. You will still be reaching (or swiping) up to the Control Center to manage essential functions all the time. There are plenty of system-wide buttons that would be useful there! Music controls, volume, screen and keyboard brightness, home, multitasking, search: all things for which it would be convenient to have dedicated buttons.Īfter giving in and providing a clamshell design and a trackpad, leaving both the Esc key and a function row out seems obstinate. While you’re there, you may want to also remap one of your keys to Esc (I use Caps Lock) because there is no Esc key here.īoth of these hassles could have been immediately and instantly solved if Apple had simply put a function row of keys above the number row. To fix that, you have to go to the iPad’s Settings app, then dig into General, then Hardware Keyboard, and only then will you be able to adjust the brightness using a slider.
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However, if you just want to turn them off if you’re watching a movie in the dark or something, then you’re in for a hassle. They adjust automatically based on the ambient lighting conditions, and they were exactly the right brightness most of the time.
In the first of several “finallys” for the iPad, the keys are also backlit. The keyboard’s feel is great, but it lacks a function row I only note it here if you were thinking the branding meant it matched that MacBook Pro exactly. The keys do have just an itty-bitty bit of wobble to them, but not enough to be a concern. This isn’t identical to the new Magic Keyboard on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, however. In fact, I think Apple may have explicitly decided to give up on the cult of thinness on this product in order to improve the keyboard’s feel. There’s good key travel and a relatively satisfying thunk. This isn’t the dreaded butterfly switch keyboard from older MacBook Pros, nor is it the fabric-covered keyboard still found on the Smart Keyboard Folio for the iPad Pro. Apple calls this the Magic Keyboard, which, in part, is meant to let you know that it uses the same scissor-switch mechanism you’ll find on its other Magic Keyboards for the iMac and 16-inch MacBook Pro. The most important part of any keyboard case is the keyboard, and I am happy to report that it is good. The Magic Keyboard has comfortable, backlit keys and a trackpad that supports all of the gestures in iPadOS.
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