Magic Keyboard

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 6 threads.

People raised many different problems with Magic Keyboard, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

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 6 complaints

Keyboard case mount pushes iPad forward and limits hinge range, making laptop use awkward2026-03-02
Touch ID key sits in an awkward middle-keyboard spot, hard to locate2021-08-03
Arrow key layout is odd and was phased out on laptops2021-02-13
Keyboard doesn't always work when waking the iPad, defeating its purpose2020-04-21
Sometimes the setup won't wake, so the laptop must be opened to get things running2020-01-01
Flat keys and missing arrow-key gaps make touch-typing navigation hard to feel2016-10-31