The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID is an external keyboard that allows users to use a Touch ID sensor on any Mac with Apple silicon. It also allows users to use a fingerprint to sign in and make purchases using Apple Pay. To connect the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad to your Mac Pro, follow these steps:
- Turn the keyboard on and open Settings > Bluetooth > Magic Keyboard.
- Set up Touch ID by choosing Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Touch ID.
- Enter your password and follow the onscreen instructions. Click the checkboxes to enable Touch ID.
- Use Touch ID by placing your finger lightly on the Touch ID.
- Enable Touch ID by going to Apple menu > System Preferences > Touch ID.
- Under System Preferences, select Touch ID and add a fingerprint. If your system is compatible, you can add the keyboard fingerprint sensor.
To make Touch ID work temporarily, clear all previously configured fingerprints and turn off all features. Once set up, go to System Preferences and see the Touch ID icon back.
To make Touch ID work permanently, clear all previously configured fingerprints and turn them back on. This guide provides comprehensive information on how to pair, enable Touch ID, and troubleshoot the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID.
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Thank you So so so so much for your detailed article, this is super useful for older Mac owners and helped clarified a lot of things Apple and other you tubers didn’t explain. I do have a question, does the global key (fn key) works as previous fn key? like double hit fn for dictation? and does the function keys (F1-F19) works like customisable shortcut like hitting F12 to turn on reader mode?
Thx. Simple and not a waste of my time like so many tutorials. I tried the MX Master keyboard from Logitech first – bad advice from a young man at COSTCO. Typical headache trying to make a product built for Windows work seamlessly with my new Powerbook. i’m sure it can be done, but I don’t have the time or patience to make it work. This new Apple Magic Keyboard – I purchased the version with the Touch ID, powered-up, sync’d and I clicked on your simple article for the fingerprint option (I already have Touch ID configured on my new Powerbook keyboard) and saw I could just add a 2nd Touch ID for the keyboard and I’m in like flint. This new Powerbook with the X1 processor, hooked-up to a new 27″ LG 4K monitor with HDMI – I purchased a ‘J5 Create’ docking station to get around only having the 2 USB-C ports on the Powerbook, and I am amazed at the performance and display capabilities. This blows away my 3-year old 27′ iMac. Thnks for the article.
I have a mbpro laptop 2017 that has a touch bar with touch id, which works totally fine…. a coffee spill later, I needed a new “external keyboard” to replace my old BT keyboard so I got a magic keyboard with touch ID it works totally fine other than the touch ID. I was looking forward to being able to use the TOUCH id on the more convenient place and can not get it to setup the touch id on the new magic keyboard to even let me set it up, the systems settings only adjust the MBpros keyboard, I have tried everything I can think of… please help. I can’t find anything. Can I not have touch ID on the laptop and the magic keyboard? (one additional piece of information, it seems that best buy gave me a rebox’d item because when my laptop connected it showed up as Matthew’s Magic Keyboard and… I am not a matthew 🤦 )
Useless device for Intel Mac, no better than Command-Ctrl-Q combination to lock the screen. Just wasted 1 hour of life to go to Apple Store, buy, come back, try to find a way to set up Touch ID just to find out that it’s useless. Would be nice of apple to say FOR M CPUs ONLY on the box… Looked all over the box and found a tiiiiiiny text stating that it’s only working with Apple silicon.
I just got the Magic Keyboard with numeric pad and Touch ID. A couple of issues I’m having: I am able to control the sound of my MacBook speakers from the keyboard but I can’t when playing sound from my external monitor. Seems like Apple doesn’t support external monitors’ sound output? Any suggestions? Also, after some time playing around with it, I figured out it’s not backlit.
I just got the new magic keyboard without the touch sensor as I have a 2017 iMac. I love the new F5 (siri), F6 do not disturb control which is fantastic. The lock key means that I can quickly lock my mac when I leave. The lock key combined with my Apple watch for quick unlock is AWESOME. no touch ID required, it works so smoothly.
Not mentioned, buy quite essential: it is super FLIMSY. It is vaporware. It feels like you bought popcorn, baked air. The port is wrong (lightning), cable too short (not everyone wants to showcase the computer on the desk), but worst of all, it DOES NOT COMPLY to standards. Open Emu gaming: forget it, this is NOT a generic compatible USB/BT-HID device, but some weird Apple specialty device only recognised by OSX.
If you read this, I’m gonna save you money and time. DO NOT buy cheap Magic Keyboard lookalikes. I tried like 3 different types, and with each one there was always SOMETHING. And it’s usually the “little” things that become really annoying. Like the stiffness of the click, or the shape of the buttons… where it seems okay at first, but the more you use it’s like I HATE THIS. If you’e an Apple user, stick to Apple. They know what they’re doing.
Hey, you’re really good at this! Subscribed! I just started using my older Gen Magic Keyboard with a VERY old iPad, Gen 6, but with fully updated software. Can’t figure out how to check the keyboard’s battery level on the iPad. Can you easily do this on the later model pads and I just can’t? Or am I looking in the wrong place?
It is really crazy that hey aren’t backlit. C’mon APPLE. Other manufacturers have used it for a looong time. So what if the design is 3 mm larger and wider for a bit bigger battery. The defecit of not having backlit when it’s dark is huge. It should be a standar feature. Using the MX keayboard and it has it. However I prefer the Apple keys board to write on…
Bought the one with the number pad last week. I just bought both of the previous keyboards about two months ago. Debating on getting the smaller one without the number pad but I only use the other keyboards while the one with the new keyboard is charging. I like hope I can quickly lock the computer. Was trying to configure a shortcut with the other keyboards.
No USB-C? Slow unlock? Logitech MX Keys is expensive at $100 but it seems like a super value compared to the new Apple keyboards. Pressing the unlock in my laptop is just fine. I do it really only to wake my Mac up anyway. This just seems like a miss. Similar to the mouse work the lightning charging port remaining on the bottom. 🙁
Cheaply made trash. Take one apart and be shocked at the identical features to $10 keyboards from random Chinese companies. My company has had no problems with Logitech or Microsoft keyboards for decades, but Magic keyboards have given us a lot of headaches after just 1-2 years of use. The only keyboards I’ve had more problems with are Matias keyboards, which, coincidentally, are grotesquely overpriced garbage primarily targeted at Mac users.
Does anyone know if the new Magic keyboards work with multiple devices? E.g. I have a MacBook Pro and a work PC that I use at my desk interchangeably. I really like the new Magic keyboards with Touch ID but I’d like to only have one keyboard that I use with both devices. If this doesn’t work, I’m pretty sure I’m going with the Logi MX Keys. Thanks!
What is the multi button which surrounds the touch sensor ID button? I just bought one of these keyboards with my new Mac Mini 2023, but it just logs me out if I press anywhere on that surrounding square multi button, so it doesn’t appear to have any functionality… other than the above logging me out, unless I’m missing something there?
I just got the magic keyboard no touch ID brand new but the shortcut buttons dont work, like the f3, volume buttons, etc… is this because my macbook is not the most updated software? But it isn’t that old it is one version behind and should work… also can the magic keyboard switch between devices easily??
The reason why the magic k with Touch ID is not avail to buy separately is because Touch ID only works for M1 chip. (From what I read). So non technical people would probably buy this keyboard for their Intel IMac, Mac mini or Mac and realize Touch ID does not work. The other solution is to login using your iwatch
No product shows how Apple has lot the plot with pricing more than their keyboards. My first Apple keyboard was $29 brand new back in 2006 or so. It was called, simply, the Apple Keyboard (the one they shipped with the eMac. I used it with my Mac mini G4). They had a Bluetooth version of the same keyboard and I believe it was $69. Look at the prices today. Incredible.
My keyboard can connect to 3 devices wirelessly. Since I got it my magic keyboard has lived in it’s box. If my Mac reboots, it’s annoying to have to open the lid to either enter the password (for some reason the external keyboard doesn’t connect until after I log in after a reboot). I still use my magic mouse, if they had a new mouse that had touch ID that would mean I didn’t need to open the lid, then I would definitely upgrade my mouse.
A good general review. Why is there no mention of the cursor keys layout? I thought all reviewers despised the rectangular layout and preferred the inverted ‘T’ shape layout. The change to an inverted ‘T’ layout was highly praised when implemented on all the laptops, but the iMac and Magic keyboards still retain the rectangular layout.
They can try any combination they want, the best KB was the 2007 aluminum KB. F keys were thin and easily recognizable, space/alt/cmd were higher too. No rounded keys, excellent pressure sensation and noise but so well designed that repairability suffered. All that for 49$, without battery (so no surprise in 5y). Now with Cook adding a BT chip(2$) and a tiny battery (4$) and poof, 130-150$ MSRP. Nicely done.