{"id":1999,"date":"2020-04-25T12:21:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelrowe01.com\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2022-12-15T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:46:07","slug":"apples-ipad-magic-keyboard-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelrowe01.com\/index.php\/blog\/apples-ipad-magic-keyboard-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iPad Magic Keyboard thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a huge iPad fan since it first game out. I bought the first four versions sight unseen, and with each one I loved it more. I have the original iPad keyboard stand, that plugged into the 30 pin slot and only worked in portrait mode. When the first iPad Pro came out, I immediately picked it up, along with the Keyboard Folio. It was amazing! It showed the promise that was yet to come in the iPad &#8211; a device that not only was great for reading and consuming concept, but a true creation device.<\/p>\n<p>But to do a lot of development for iOS you need the mouse. Yes, you can use text editors and write code, but the ability to run simulators, wasn&#8217;t there yet. And not many apps have added keyboard shortcuts to their code.<\/p>\n<p>When the 11inch iPad Pro was released, and iPadOS was released at WWDC last year, I envisioned that xCode was coming soon.The support of a mouse for accessibility showed that something was coming, and now we see how that vision was fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>So how is the new Magic Keyboard? There are a bunch of great detailed reviews, my favorite is from Federico <span style=\"caret-color: rgb(176, 10, 15); color: rgb(176, 10, 15); font-family: -apple-system,\" helvetica neue sans-serif font-size: font-style: normal font-variant-caps: font-weight: letter-spacing: orphans: auto text-align: start text-indent: text-transform: uppercase white-space: widows: word-spacing: rgba background-color: rgb text-decoration: none display: inline float:>Viticci<\/span> over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/stories\/magic-keyboard-for-ipad-pro-a-new-breed-of-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacStories<\/a>. His level of details in all his reviews is fantastic! I highly recommend you read it, in bringing together your own perspective. Having said that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it worth the money? &#8211; Hate to give a consultant&#8217;s answer to this one, but &#8220;it depends.&#8221; What do you plan to do with it? What are you doing with your iPad today, that would require you to get a keyboard and trackpad? Do you already have a keyboard? (As I mentioned above, I&#8217;ve used the iPad Pro keyboard case from Apple).<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the most annoying thing about the Magic Keyboard? I had to think hard about this one. I am using the 11inch 2018 iPad Pro. I have an 13inch MacBook Pro from my day job, a 16 inch MacBook Pro for my personal development machine, and a 27inch iMac for fun. Each of these devices has a different keyboard. So the annoying part would be moving back and forth between the devices and taking a few seconds to get my finger positioning right. I am a touch typist, so the muscle memory takes a few minutes to kick in. The other thing is, I do touch the trackpad more on the iPad Magic Keyboard, more than I do on any other device. I feel that is because of the keyboard size. If I had the 12.9 inch iPad Pro, I don&#8217;t think I would have this issue.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the most surprising thing? This is easy, how quickly I was able to figure out all the gestures. I was surprised that much of the experience just seemed natural.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am hoping that the rumors that xCode is coming to the iPad are true. I am ok if it is limited functionality. I am used to that as apps come to the iPad, as long as they add functionality overtime. Just look at what Adobe has been doing with PhotoShop, or Microsoft with Office.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think the iPad is a Laptop, even with the keyboard and trackpad. It is a different experience and when I am using it, I do things differently. I feel I am much more focused, and in some cases more productive. Now if I could only have a few more of these Magic Keyboards, I would put them around the house!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a huge iPad fan since it first game out. I bought the first four versions sight unseen, and with each one I loved it more. I have the original iPad keyboard stand, that plugged into the 30 pin slot and only worked in portrait mode. 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