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I always wanted Apple to make a split keyboard. Then I realized I could just buy two Magic Keyboards and use them at the same time -- typing on the left half o
by crazygringo 2y ago
I always wanted Apple to make a split keyboard.
Then I realized I could just buy two Magic Keyboards and use them at the same time -- typing on the left half of the left one, and the right half of the right one.
After all, the proper ergonomic position is for your forearms to be parallel (not angled inward), which means the keyboard halves you're using should be approximately shoulder-width apart, so there's tons of room to use both without them colliding.
Once I figured it out, I felt like an idiot for not figuring it out a decade earlier. I'm never going back.
- Luc 2y agoCan you use modifier keys spanning the two keyboards? E.g. shift on the left, and a letter on the right to type a capital?
- crazygringo 2y agoYup. Though I think I may have had to install (free) Karabiner to enable that: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ So I'll e.g. page down by holding Fn on the left keyboard and down arrow on the right.
- MarcelOlsz 2y agoI knew I shouldn't have opened HN this morning. I just scraped 3 hours off my morning trying to get this to work but my typing accuracy took an absolute nosedive.
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- ddanieltan 2y agoI don't know the price of a magic keyboard off the top of my head but I'm inclined to think that you could get a really good premium split keyboard for the price of buying 2 magic keyboards.
- crazygringo 2y agoIt's the opposite. Magic keyboards are $100 new. Or $30-40 on eBay used. Split keyboards are more. They're niche so they're more expensive.
- sgraz 2y agoThis is such a chaotic solution, I love it.