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0 pointsneuronic6y ago0 comments

I also really like the butterfly keyboard but Apple has to invest in improving its reliability.

I run a 2017 MBP with the second butterfly iteration and stories online have me worried that any day will be the last day of my keyboard.

So far it works very well and when I went back to my 2012 MBP to find some old files, I noticed I vastly prefer the new keyboard.

TouchBar however is the most useless thing ever. I absolutely never ever use it unless I need a FN key. I mostly forget its there...

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drclau6y ago

You can now set Fn keys to always show. Now, as in since one or two MacOS versions ago. More so, you can actually set Fn to show _only_ for certain apps. For instance, when I remote desktop to a Windows machine, I usually use Visual Studio, and Fn keys are a must. Therefore, I set it up to always show Fn keys when Remote Desktop has focus.

I am honestly surprised how much people complain without actually digging a bit. This is not aimed at you OP, don't take it personally. :)

Edit: granted, Apple doesn't do much to let us know about such improvements. Maybe it's in some release notes, but I found out about this feature while playing with the settings.

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