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Apple keyboards
Raised as a usability problem by 42 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 41 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Key widths differ between keyboards, confusing when switching languagesUnreviewed
20102026- Globe key stops switching keyboard layouts after a few dozen uses, requiring terminal restarts2026-03-10
- Language-switch key moved and Caps Lock behaviour changed; switching delays cause mistyped characters2025-03-29
- Layout mismatch forces awkward Home/End key combos when switching between keyboards2022-03-19
Can't type some languages because autocorrect can't be turned offUnreviewed
20102026- Auto-correct changes words even when the user has disabled it2025-12-19
- Autocorrect ignores selected language and can't be disabled on Apple Watch2025-12-11
- Cannot input text in some languages because autocorrect can't be turned off2023-09-17
Owners can't easily swap out keyboardsUnreviewed
20102026- Commenter says Apple's keyboard and OS are still unusable2022-03-27
- Keyboards were bad, and owners can't easily swap them out2021-04-28
- Keyboards go flat after a long weekend, forcing hunting for a USB keyboard2013-03-02
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 42 complaints
- Mission Control icon is unclear and F5 mic behavior seems unhelpful to users2026-09-20
- Long-pressing keys gives accented letters instead of numbers, making numbers hard to type2026-06-24
- Globe key stops switching keyboard layouts after a few dozen uses, requiring terminal restarts2026-03-10
- Warning dialog about third-party keyboard data access omits the network setting, so users can't tell what's really shared2026-02-13
- Keys sometimes don't register or type the letter the user tapped2026-01-08
- Auto-correct changes words even when the user has disabled it2025-12-19
- Autocorrect ignores selected language and can't be disabled on Apple Watch2025-12-11
- Language-switch key moved and Caps Lock behaviour changed; switching delays cause mistyped characters2025-03-29
- Braces, brackets and tilde moved on German Mac layout, so keys are hidden and hard to find2024-12-19
- Cannot input text in some languages because autocorrect can't be turned off2023-09-17
- Keyboard stops working and presses keys randomly after joining Zoom calls, forcing it to stay wired2023-09-09
- Nearly impossible to use when typing in two languages; terrible dictionaries2022-11-16
- Language switching needs a manual dropdown, and dual-language suggestions barely work2022-10-19
- Commenter says Apple's keyboard and OS are still unusable2022-03-27
- Layout mismatch forces awkward Home/End key combos when switching between keyboards2022-03-19
- Keyboard won't tilt the iPad screen back far enough, and the screen blocks the top keys2021-10-22
- Keyboards were bad, and owners can't easily swap them out2021-04-28
- Square bracket keys need two modifiers and are awkward to reach, hard to type one-handed2021-04-08
- Fn key in the left corner is hit by mistake every time2021-02-13
- Enter key only moves when pressed in one exact spot, feels unresponsive2021-02-13
- Can't feel key edges to center fingers on flat keys2021-02-11
- Autocorrect changes correctly spelled sentences into embarrassing ones and can't be turned off2020-08-06
- Couldn't find a pairing button and spent ages figuring out how to connect the keyboard and mouse2020-05-23
- Sometimes the keyboard has no backspace key, which is frustrating2019-09-24
- Must use hard-to-remember Fn key combinations for Delete, Home and Page Down2019-08-06
- Emoji key sits where a key is expected, and the escape key is missing2019-07-14
- Separated Cmd and Ctrl keys cause awkward finger positioning2019-06-04
- Keyboard becomes unusable when batteries run out, with no wired fallback2019-04-19
- Rubber key texture causes slight wobble and tilt, hard to type on2019-03-17
- Chiclet keyboards feel inferior and make typing frustrating for the commenter2018-11-08
- Force press often fails to enter cursor mode, forcing repeated presses and stray characters2018-09-24
- Key widths differ between keyboards, which is confusing when switching languages2018-01-03
- Keyboard silently reconnects to another Mac, so typed passwords go to the wrong device unseen2017-12-08
- Keyboard silently swaps Norwegian letters like å and a, forcing constant corrections2017-12-02
- Volume keys on replacement wireless keyboard don't work and no key combination works2017-11-24
- Keyboard randomly disconnects and stays unusable until the computer is rebooted2017-06-28
- Numbers and symbols are buried behind layers of menus, hard to reach one-handed2016-03-22
- Symbols missing and shown as images rather than Unicode characters, so they can't be copied or read as text2014-05-15
- Tiny dome keys require too much pressure, painful to use regularly2013-09-16
- Keyboards go flat after a long weekend, forcing hunting for a USB keyboard2013-03-02
- Typing on a 10-inch tablet is inconvenient and almost impossible one-handed2010-01-12
- Small offset keys are hard to hit without looking at them2010-01-03