Apple's Magic Keyboard With Numeric Keypad Now Ships in 6-7 Weeks as Refresh Possible Alongside iMac Pro

We returned it within 6 hours of use, it's terrible, typical Cook era product a complete downgrade (...) Power lasts if lucky a full month

Makes total, perfect sense.

This is the sign! New mac mini incomiiiing!!!;)

I have a feeling it will offer a TB option.

If it doesn't, developers should assume the TouchBar is dead.



I would also LOVE to see a solar panel on these things. I really like the minimal design, but I've been using solar-powered Logitech keyboards for years now, as I got sick of buying AAs.

You don't have to imagine it anymore...Windows 10 does it already with their Windows Hello Facial recognition. I'm logged in but computer locks due to inactivity, my wife steps up and wakes it, it sees her and logs into her account automatically.

Maybe Apple will catch-up to Windows in that respect, although it will have already lost some shine considering it already exists.

But imagine the crushing disappointment when you suddenly realise that you're using Windows.

You're right. Unlocking my computer by just walking up to it whilst wearing my Apple Watch is so inconvenient.

I hadn't really thought of this till now, but there could be some really great functionality in a FaceID technology on a desktop, especially for those with families. When using the Mac at home I often forget to log out and just let it go to sleep/lock. Then my wife and/or kids often complain.

Imagine if you you implement FaceID and fast user switching such that if you walk up to the computer when it is asleep/locked, it does a FaceID auth attempt. If it detects a face for an account that isn't the current one, it could automatically switch user accounts and log in. Then if that person happens to walk away without logging off, the next person just walks up, wakes the computer, and in seconds are at their desktop. I think in my household that would be a pretty popular feature. It would require the FaceID being able to be configured with multiple faces and each face on a separate account, but on a full blown computer that makes a lot more sense than on a mobile device.

To address your snark, I have an Apple Watch, and that feature is pretty great. But not everyone does, and it isn't for everyone. My wife will never have one, she doesn't care about the technology and hates the way it looks, she wears watches more for the jewelry aspect than the functional, and as far as function only cares about the time. There are a lot of others out there like her in the real world away from tech forums.

The day the macs have face Id is the day I spend too much money on a new Mac.

You're right. Unlocking my computer by just walking up to it whilst wearing my Apple Watch is so inconvenient.