Update 3: AppleInsider's revised their post to say an aluminum mouse is just speculation, so this thing could be plastic after all.
Alongside a new Mac Studio, iPad Air, iPhone SE and more, Apple managed to introduce a new color variant.
The Magic Mouse hasn’t really been updated since 2009 and the wireless keyboard hasn’t received an update since even before that. This is absolutely the fastest we've ever seen the FCC database change, it's rather impressive. Apple's New Two-Toned Magic Keyboard With Touch ID, Trackpad and Mouse Are Now Available. While announcing the new Studio Display, Apple said it’s launching a standalone optional silver-and-black Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Mouse. Apple updates its core products once every year but the company hasn’t been paying that kind of attention to its iconic input devices, the Magic Mouse and the wireless keyboard. Update 2: Revised images have been posted, carefully cropped to show only the relevant FCC labeling - although model numbers remain. If the key types the letter you have been meaning to type, then. When you press a key on the keyboard while using the keyboard tester website, a specific tab will be open to you where you will be required to press the key and check its functionality. Apple's managed to yank the images out of the FCC filings, which is about as fast as we've ever seen that happen. The keyboard tester online gives you a chance to check each and every button on your keyboard. you want to maybe schedule an event to launch all this stuff, Steve? That would certainly explain those multitouch mouse patents we've seen in the past, as well as bring the desktop mousing experience in line with the multitouch action found on the MacBooks - AI says the new mice somehow enable iPhone-style kinetic scrolling, which would definitely be interesting. Is this the new keyboard rumored to accompany an iMac refresh? We'll have to wait to find out - but on a similar note, AppleInsider says Steve Jobs himself is leading the development of this new mouse, featuring some kind of multitouch and potentially housed in an aluminum shell.
That's pretty much all we know for now, but these keyboard dimensions are also smaller than the current model, which rules out a return of the numeric keypad - sorry to dash your hopes, Excel jockeys. If you want a space gray Apple accessory, such as a Magic Mouse, Keyboard, or Trackpad, now is the time to get one.
Apple says each peripheral can last “about a month or more” on a full charge.Well, well, what's this? A new Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse have arrived at the FCC, and they've got new model numbers of A1314 and A1296 - the current wireless keyboard is A1255 and the Mighty Mouse is A1197. A new Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse have arrived at the FCC, and theyve got new model numbers of A1314 and A1296 - the current wireless keyboard is A1255 and the Mighty Mouse is A1197. Apple confirms space gray Magic Keyboards, Trackpads, and Mice are discontinued. On the keyboard and mouse front, the new wireless Apple keyboard has been squeezed into a slightly a smaller package - which it claims takes up 13 per cent less space on your desktop (thanks to factors such as a new “scissor mechanism” for keys, and a lower profile). While the new Magic Mouse 2 is touted as “lighter, sturdier” and has had its base tweaked for “a smoother glide”.Īll the accessories pair automatically with their mother Mac hardware once they are plugged in via the Lightning-to-USB charging cable. The new Trackpad also has an increased surface area (29 per cent large, says Apple). The space-saving Force Touch tech replaces the mechanical click mechanism Apple used in previous trackpads with a software-defined, user-controlled ‘click’ effect designed to mimic a physical and tactile sensation - with haptic feedback and micro-vibrations simulating movement.Īs with Force Touch on other Apple devices, the feature gives iMac users access to a range of new, pressure-sensitive UI interactions, such as the ability to do a quick look up of a word, preview a file or bring up a map from an address.
Earlier Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic. Slide the switch to turn off the device (no green is visible), then slide the switch back to turn on the device (green becomes visible). The Force Touch feature is finally filtering down to iMac users - at least those who are willing to pay Apple’s accessory toll. Magic Mouse has a switch on the bottom of the device, and Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad have a switch on the back edge of the device. (It has also now of course enabled a more fully featured version - which it calls ‘3D Touch’ - on its latest iPhone models.)
The new Magic Trackpad 2 is most notable as it brings Apple’s Force Touch interface mechanism to its desktop hardware for the first time. The company added a Force Touch trackpad to the Retina MacBook Pro back in March.