Editing Apple Magic Keyboard (section)

==History==
The "Magic Keyboard" is the third product line with the "Magic" moniker.
The convention originates with the "Magic Mouse", selected to one-up the name "Mighty Mouse" — which Apple could not use after receiving a lawsuit for [[Apple A1152#Name|trademark infringement]].

The first in the line was the compact desktop "Magic Keyboard" in white/silver made as a successor to the aluminium [[Apple Aluminium Keyboard#A1314 MC184LL/B|"Apple Wireless Keyboard"]].
It was released in 2015 simultaneously with the Magic Mouse 2 and the Magic Trackpad 2, with the trackpad made to match the lower profile of the Magic Keyboard.

Partly because of this numbering, users sometimes erroneously call the keyboard "Magic Keyboard 2" and the [[Apple Aluminium Keyboard]] range "Magic Keyboard 1", whereas Apple itself has never used that convention for the older keyboards.
Peculiarly though, the models from the 2021 redesign have model numbers starting with "MK2" whereas earlier Magic Keyboards don't.

In June 2017, the "Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad" was introduced.
At that time, legends on modifier keys were updated to a more consistent scheme of symbol and text. This including removing the last additional legends for non-Apple operating systems, which had been a convention since the [[Apple Extended Keyboard]] in 1987, including the "[[Alt key|alt]]" text on [[Option key]]s.

In late 2019, Apple started to replace the problem-ridden [[Apple butterfly mechanism|"Butterfly" mechanism]] on Apple's laptops with a more traditional scissor/rubber-dome mechanism, also called "Magic Keyboard". The key mechanism is similar to the desktop's but with shorter key travel.

And in early 2020, Apple released a stand/cover with keyboard for the iPad Pro with a similar portable "Magic Keyboard" inside.

In April 2021, Apple announced a revised design for the desktop keyboards, matching a new range of ARM-based iMac desktop computers.
They come anodised in six different colours of the anodised aluminium enclosures, matching the colours of the computers (including silver-grey).
The keyboards also have more rounded corners, with the corner keys being rounded.
The [[Fn key]] functions as a "World key" ([[Emoji key]]) when tapped.
The [[Eject key]] has been replaced by a [[Screen lock key]] or a finger-print reader on different models.
From August 2021 these are also sold separately, but only with silver-grey enclosure. The fingerprint reader will also work only with newer ARM-based Macintosh computers.