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Never had the Smart Keyboard. Before the new iPad Pro, I had a first generation iPad Mini which was starting to show it’s age.
The Magic Keyboard is really good, but there are a couple of drawbacks. In use, it makes the iPad Pro as thick as the 13” MBP. And not far off the weight.
The trackpad functionality is good (it’s got most of the multiple finger stuff) but in practice, it behaves differently in different apps. So, in Safari as I write this, I can highlight a line of text with the cursor and cut/copy/paste (with CMD-X/C/V etc). But in MSWord, I’ve got to select a word to highlight and then drag the two little bars to then select the section of text. It would be nicer if it had the same functionality across all apps, not just the Apple ones. The trackpad functionality in MSWord just feels a bit clunky.
However, the physical keyboard bit is great. Typing feels the same as on the new MBP. There’s a decent amount of “give” in the keys and they make a satisfying noise in full flow. I hammered out a weighty document on Tuesday without any issues at all, and I didn’t notice I wasn’t using the MBP.
Screen adjustment with the floaty thing is okay and it’s really stable to type on your lap sitting on the sofa. The connection between the keyboard and the iPad is fantastic, the iPad just snaps in and out of the case really easily. If you use the iPad as a tablet you’ll need to do often, as the case doesn’t flip around for tablet mode. And it doesn’t need pairing, like the Pencil. Which is also great.
Muppetteer-
App functionality will catch up.
Microsoft have already confirmed trackpad support for later this year across all their apps.
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Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro really is great! The way the trackpad and pointer functions is fantastic. It really does turn this into something that feels far less frustrating as a laptop replacement now.
The video you linked @rogan really helped too 👍🏻
I wish they didn’t use the perfect material for preserving the remnants of oily fingerprints, from every single touch, for the outer cover material but I’ve never liked that about their cases. Would have been nice to have the harder plastic that’s used inside on the front at least. But overall I’m very into it.
Hopefully Adobe hurry up and get keyboard shortcuts working in Lightroom.
Soul
Fyoosh
How do you like the Magic Keyboard for the iPad pro? And did you ever try the Smart Keyboard Folio? I had the latter and even though I seem to be in the minority here, I really hated that fabric material they used.