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If they had Apple input devices (Magic Keyboard, touchpad, etc) they don't work over the wire.
by ericswpark 3y ago
If they had Apple input devices (Magic Keyboard, touchpad, etc) they don't work over the wire.
- cassianoleal 3y agoIs that so? I have a Magic Trackpad with a Lightning connection and I was under the impression that it did work over the cable. Thinking about it though, I'm not sure I ever validated that.
- ceejayoz 3y agoIt absolutely does work over the wire. I've done it, and a quick Googling shows plenty of others getting it to work. (Example: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/246337/apple-magic-keyboard-connected-in-wired-mode-turn-bluetooth-off https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/246337/apple-magic...)
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- brycewray 3y agoCorrect. When I first converted an old, out-of-support Mac to Linux, I used its equally old Magic Keyboard, connected by Lightning-to-Lightning cable, since I often needed to make entries when `bluez` and other associated Bluetooth s/w weren’t yet running. (Have since replaced it with a regular wired keyboard.)
- acdha 3y agoIt definitely does - that’s even how you can most easily first pair them since plugging it in will automatically pair the Bluetooth device.