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I've tried wireless and for me it didn't stick. I never need my keyboard more than 1m away from my monitor anyway, so the upside is limited. And I had a succe
by michaelt 3y ago
I've tried wireless and for me it didn't stick.
I never need my keyboard more than 1m away from my monitor anyway, so the upside is limited.
And I had a succession of mysterious, intermittent, difficult to diagnose problems. OK, so I think I'm getting lag and dropped keystrokes. Is it RF interference on a crowded 2.4GHz band? Is plugging the dongle into the back of my PC's metal case just too challenging? Are the batteries low? Is everything fine, and I was just miskeying my password? Oh, for some reason the problem's gone away... for a few hours.
Switching back to my wired keyboard made the problems disappear.
- yakubin 3y agoSame here. My magic keyboard sometimes disconnects from my Mac for mysterious reasons, despite the battery being almost full. And then the idea of needing to periodically charge a stationary object which is never used without another device which gets electricity through a wire is ridiculous.
- lukeholder 3y agoOn the other hand I’ve never had an issue with Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad connectivity for over 10 years.
- edvinbesic 3y agoI’ve had a similar experience of weird intermittent jankyness with what seem like missed keystrokes but are just connection issues. In addition, I also feel a big benefit of wireless keyboards got diminished with usb-c & thunderbolt. I now plug one cable for power/display/keyboard and whatever other peripherals are connected and it’s hassle free. (Still use wireless mouse though)