Logitech Expands 'Designed for Mac' Range With New Accessories

[theluggage]

Btw., one thing to note especially for Mac users is that I'm not sure if the Bluetooth connection will work during boot on a FileVault-enabled system. At least if I remember correctly this was an issue on Intel system - you only had a Bluetooth connection once booted up.

It won't - logitech have a warning on their website, which makes excluding the Bolt receiver particularly silly. For mice, just get the PC version. For keyboards, there's the key markings issue.

I guess USB A is still quite common in things like docking stations etc., where you would typically use such a receiver.

Yes - they'd probably still have to offer both USB-A and C versions or include a USB-C dongle plus C to A adapter. As I mentioned a "feature" of USB-C is that wireless dongles end up with a bigger protruding part than their USB-A counterparts.

The Number Pad and the Command / Alt, Option / Start buttons are really the only difference.

In the US. In the UK, there are more differences between UK PC and UK Mac keyboards - like the '"' symbol being on the 2 button on PC keyboards and things like '|' and '~' that come up in coding are moved around. That said, looking at the UK site, the Logi UK PC keyboard layout now looks like neither Mac nor standard PC, so... yuk.

So no one here has interference problems with Logitech devices?

Not with the old unifying receivers. I don't trust Bluetooth. That's why I'm hanging on to my old Apple wired keyboard which uses this grounbreaking "bit of wire" technology and has a USB-A hub in it so the dongle for the mouse is line-of-sight to the mouse...

 

[Stella]

Does apple have the multitouch surface of the Magic Mouse so pateneed that no one can copy them? I get angry when i have to use anything else now cus i can’t scroll sideways. Wheel mouses feel prehistoric

Logitech used to have a multi touch Mouse years back "Touch Mouse".

It was discontinued so probably not much demand for it.

 

[Rychiar]

Logitech used to have a multi touch Mouse years back "Touch Mouse".

It was discontinued so probably not much demand for it.

I just can’t even imagine transitioning away from a magic mouse as a Mac user. Anytime I’m forced to use a PC i get mad about being able to scroll sideways in adobe. Touch should be mainstream right now in the same way laser mice killed ball mice

 

[Harry Haller]

Logitech's "for Mac" accessories have always been more expensive for basically no reason.

The country club golf shop doesn't offer cheap accessories.

 

[Manzanito]

They weren't hanging around here. Nine years after the first Space Grey Mac shipped.

I’ve had the mc keys in space gray for three years now.

 

[brofkand]

The country club golf shop doesn't offer cheap accessories.

LOL, Apple hasn't been a country club brand in years. They're a discount computer company like all the rest, they just use more aluminum than their competition.

 

[biziclop]

And these overpriced craps use exactly what types of key switches? Cheap rubber domes?…

Edit:
Ergo Series Wave Keys for Mac Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard:
“Quiet typing”: yep, 99% rubber dome.

MX Keys Mini for Mac, MX Keys S, Ergo K860, Signature Slim Keyboard K950, Signature K650, K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard, Craft, K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac:
not a single reference to the switch type. If it had scissor switches, they would've stated it explicitely.

And now, something (uni)completely different.

Unicomp GA LLC: macOS®

You don't even need backlights.

https://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/1/UWM0U5A.jpg

 

[Ilde]

So no one here has interference problems with Logitech devices? I consistently have a laggy mouse when using a Logitech on Mac but not on Windows. Even had issues with their MX keyboard going to sleep prematurely but only when used on a Mac.

Yes, also with the MX keys. I forgot to mention it in my previous post.
If you have been way from your Mac for a while, when back, typing your password means to do it twice because the first three or four characters are not written on screen. There is a "one second or two" wake up time until fully responsive.

 

[mansplains]

I got MX Keys and MX Master 2 a while back and liked them initially, but the texture of the mouse feels greasy always now, no matter what I do to remedy. It's not like I'm not sweating in mp games with this thing. Retired it based on this and have been mouse-free on my MBP. I do use Wacom sometimes however.

From my experience with Logitech's 'instal-ware' that constantly kept popping and was hard to get rid of, I'm not particularly excited about PC'ing my Mac.

I went through the uninstall process for Logi Options multiple times and finally thought it was gone. I still have my peripherals above, and the wife wanted to use one. Sure enough, Options resurrected itself. Can't get rid of it, almost as bad as Nahimic on PC.

 

[chrono1081]

Amen (I went through a few of my own)...But the MX is the closest to it. And in fact, I now find the MX superior in feel (and functionality). It is SUCH a great keyboard. If they added TouchID, it would be so perfect that Apple would have to license it.

I also have the Apple keyboard with TouchID (for second Studio Mac) and the Logitech MX is superior in every other way.

Hm...I wonder if I can get use to it. I tried an MX in Best Buy and wanted to like it but I didn't care for it. Maybe it's one of those things that you just need to type on for a bit.

I've been hunting around for a non-chiclet style keyboard because I'm just not as fast on them typing despite using them for the past who knows how long. (I've been also eyeing the Lofree low profile keyboards but have no clue how they feel).

 

[JordanCautious]

I thought they updated the mouse. I LOVE MY MX MASTER 3S!!! This is the greatest mouse that humanity has ever made. I'm using it right now. I haven't tried their keyboard yet since I actually like typing on my MacBook keyboard. I don't even know if they can improve the MX Master mouse any further since it already seems like a perfect product honestly

 

[Haiku_Oezu]

Aw man I KNEW the new Keychron looked familiar! The totally ripped Logitech off lol

I mean they both look really close to the Apple Magic Keyboard so not really but the design of the back really makes me wonder

 

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

And these overpriced craps use exactly what types of key switches? Cheap rubber domes?…

Edit:
Ergo Series Wave Keys for Mac Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard:
“Quiet typing”: yep, 99% rubber dome.

MX Keys Mini for Mac, MX Keys S, Ergo K860, Signature Slim Keyboard K950, Signature K650, K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard, Craft, K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac:
not a single reference to the switch type. If it had scissor switches, they would've stated it explicitely.

And now, something (uni)completely different.

Unicomp GA LLC: macOS®

You don't even need backlights.

https://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/1/UWM0U5A.jpg

Every time I try out an MX Keys, I gratefully scamper back to first-party—the Magic Keyboard scissor keys are just the right mix of soft-touch and clickiness for me, not to mention Touch ID and the layout being identical to MacBooks. (One of my stupid nits is that manufacturers—including Apple itself!—don't include the Fn key on keyboards with dedicated page up/down keys, and I worry that I'd start developing muscle memory to go all the way to the lower left corner for Control.)

 

[jonnysods]

I'd love it if they could pull off Touch ID - I use the MX Master 3S and the keyboard for a windows machine and I love it.

 

[miniyou64]

Straight garbage. Need to install Logitech spyware to use any of these

 

[Feek]

Please Logitech, sort your sodding steering wheels and pedals out with proper Apple Silicon support.

 

[Future Dwight]

No Touch ID = no thx. Too practical when using MacBooks in clamshell mode.

And Logitech does not offer as many keyboard layouts as Apple.

 

[Chancha]

And these overpriced craps use exactly what types of key switches? Cheap rubber domes?…

Edit:
Ergo Series Wave Keys for Mac Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard:
“Quiet typing”: yep, 99% rubber dome.

MX Keys Mini for Mac, MX Keys S, Ergo K860, Signature Slim Keyboard K950, Signature K650, K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard, Craft, K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac:
not a single reference to the switch type. If it had scissor switches, they would've stated it explicitely.

And now, something (uni)completely different.

Unicomp GA LLC: macOS®

You don't even need backlights.

https://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/1/UWM0U5A.jpg

Logitech does have low profile mechanical keyboard in the MX series, they are called - drum-roll - MX Mechanical, lol. They use the basic Cherry MX type red / brown / blue switches, but are either solder or proprietary. The keycaps can be removed and swapped but the layout is very uncommon so it is not easy to find a full set replacement. I think these are nice middle ground between the “real mechanical keyboards” out there in terms of feel, while you still get to use the Logitech GUI settings app which is much easier than like having to use QMK etc.

They also have more mechanical offerings in their gaming lineup, but those are mostly ripoffs (as with anything “Gaming”).

 

[Future Dwight]

They're a discount computer company like all the rest, they just use more aluminum than their competition.

In USA yes. Don't know elsewhere but in Canada there aren't that many discount.

 

[rembert]

I’m trying to get rid of my Logitech MX gear as I don’t like the LogiOptions software at all. I already switched to the Nuphy Air keyboard, but I haven’t found an alternative for my MX Master series mouse yet.

 

[lazyrighteye]

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Take the 13" MacBoook Pro out of that shot, and there is literally nothing that indicates those devices were "designed for Mac."

 

[CptnJustc]

Straight garbage. Need to install Logitech spyware to use any of these

You absolutely don't, at least to just use them as typical mice and keyboards. You do if you want to do things like use their 'Flow' tech to switch seamlessly between computers, or assign them to different Logitech multi-device dongles to cut down on the number of them you need. Of course, the 'for Mac' versions (at least, previous ones) don't come with the dongles that the universal ones do anyway, which is reason enough not to get them.

The real reason not to use their software isn't so much spyware as that it (as of the last version I tried) will occasionally go rogue and swallow all your system's RAM.

 

[orpheus1120]

Logi Options+ sucks. Resource hog.

Use BetterMouse or SteerMouse instead.

 

[jakey rolling]

Take the 13" MacBoook Pro out of that shot, and there is literally nothing that indicates those devices were "designed for Mac."

I agree. The image needs to be more "mac-user-centric."

All it really needs is a guy with a man-bun wearing an apron from an independent coffee shop reading a magazine article about what kind of tube amplifier would make his Ben Folds Five LP sound the best.

 

[kc9hzn]

It's so weird to me that Logitech keeps doing Mac-specific options without a silver and black color scheme that would go with the silver MacBook Pro, the silver MacBook Air, the Studio Display, the silver iPads, etc. If you want a silver MX keys to go with your MBP, for example, you have to get one with white keys.

But seriously. My black HHKB is probably a better fit for Space Black Macs, and it’s not a “for Mac” product (it works just fine on a Mac and even has a dip switch mode for Macs, but it’s designed as a cross platform keyboard). If my cross platform keyboard has a closer black color than a Logitech “made for Mac” range, then Logitech’s got a problem.