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prov14

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Bought one the other day. So far so good! Just know the basics though. Might be missing out on a few things to fully utilize the MK - what’s your top or top 3 favorite features of the MK? TIA. Sorry, newbie here.
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If there’s nothing really to see here but just scroll/browse/use away then fully understood :) been checking out YouTube vids about it too :)
 
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Edited: did you mean what we do to configure it in settings?

My top three four things about the Magic Keyboard?
1. Extra USB-c port
2. Trackpad + gestures
3. Keyboard responsiveness and feel (12.9 size)
4. Backlight
 
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Bought one the other day. So far so good! Just know the basics though. Might be missing out on a few things to fully utilize the MK - what’s your top or top 3 favorite features of the MK? TIA. Sorry, newbie here.
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If there’s nothing really to see here but just scroll/browse/use away then fully understood :) been checking out YouTube vids about it too :)
The shortcuts are definitely my favorite thing about the Magic Keyboard. :)
 
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Will look into shortcuts, gestures etc more. Been using the trackpad mainly (only the basics) for now. I guess this is pretty much it. Great piece nonetheless :)
 
Other suggestions:

1. To modify the pointer, go to Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control. There you can change the color of the pointer border and its size.

2. While in Pointer Control, you can disable Inertia Control if you don't like how scrolling behaves.

3. I like the Pointer Animations, particularly for tapping to open Control Center.

4. Under Settings > General > Keyboards > Hardware Keyboard, change your default language from Automatic to country-specific. Example: for US English, change it to US. This will help with certain characters like the apostrophe (and others I can't recall) behaving the way they should.
 
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Other suggestions:

1. To modify the pointer, go to Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control. There you can change the color of the pointer border and its size.

2. While in Pointer Control, you can disable Inertia Control if you don't like how scrolling behaves.

3. I like the Pointer Animations, particularly for tapping to open Control Center.

4. Under Settings > General > Keyboards > Hardware Keyboard, change your default language from Automatic to country-specific. Example: for US English, change it to US. This will help with certain characters like the apostrophe (and others I can't recall) behaving the way they should.

Thanks buddy. Will check these things out now
 
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