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BREAKING (July 13, 2018): Here’s an inflammatory take for you: Apple’s new quieter keyboard is actually a silent scheme to fix their keyboard. We’re in the middle of tearing down the newest MacBook Pro, but we’re too excited to hold this particular bit of news back: Apple has cocooned their butterfly switches in a thin, silicone barrier. The 2018 MacBook Pro features a thin rubberized layer under its keycaps, covering the second-generation butterfly mechanism.
This flexible enclosure is quite obviously an ingress-proofing measure to cover up the mechanism from the daily onslaught of microscopic dust. Not—to our eyes—a silencing measure. In fact, Apple has a designed to “prevent and/or alleviate contaminant ingress.” Here’s the really good part: I can tell you it’s there, but I can’t definitively prove it’s a reliability fix. After all, that “this new third-generation keyboard wasn’t designed to solve those dust issues.” Apple is in the middle of several for the failure of their keyboards, so of course they can’t just come out and say, “Hey, we fixed it!” That says there was a problem to begin with. But you’ve heard that clever analysis from already. I’m just here to posit: the advertised boost in quietude is a side-effect of this rubbery membrane. The quiet angle is, quite literally, a cover up.
Tune in next week as we put this membrane through its dust-proofing paces, tear down the rest of the device, and speculate whether this really is a feature—or a secret bug fix impacting millions of consumers. Here’s our video summary of the story so far. Image Credit:.FIG. 3D from Update 7/19/18: has leaked an internal document from Apple Authorized Service Providers confirming that the purpose of the membrane is to “prevent debris from entering the butterfly mechanism.”. JM Grubers analysis doesn’t pass even the slightest test of logic.
I’m pretty sure putting a 3-year extended repair program in place already says “there was a problem to begin with.” No doubt the legal team for the class action has already had forensic failure analysis done on the first two generations of keyboard, and this third generation will undergo such testing as well. But conspiracy theories are fun! Apple probably thought they could slip fix this by everyone.
Good thing you didn’t fall for Apple’s Jedi mind trick like everyone else. “This isn’t the keyboard fix you’ve been looking for”. JM Gruber’s analysis doesn’t pass even the slightest test of logic. I’m pretty sure putting a 3-year extended repair program in place already says “there was a problem to begin with.” No doubt the legal team for the class action has already had forensic failure analysis done on the first two generations of keyboard, and this third generation will undergo such testing as well.
But conspiracy theories are fun! Apple probably thought they could slip fix this by everyone. Good thing you didn’t fall for Apple’s Jedi mind trick like everyone else. “This isn’t the keyboard fix you’ve been looking for”. Friend of mine got a keyboard replacement under the program earlier this week.
Copy-pasting his description, we have “Observation so far is that they keys are much softer feeling and quieter””It feels much more like their desktop keyboard””which is definitely mushy, but I don’t hate it”. They replaced the top case, keyboard, and battery on his rMBP. Sounds like he got one of the new keyboards. $5 says the keyboard replacement program swaps out the top case, battery, and keyboard for the ones used in the current-gen (announced yesterday) models.
No sense in building a physical part that’s halfway between current- and last-gen. Harmony Man “Here’s the really good part: I can tell you it’s there, but I can’t definitively prove it’s a reliability fix.
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After all, Apple told The Verge that “this new third-generation keyboard wasn’t designed to solve those dust issues.”” Why is that a “really good part”?! Or, was that a lame attempt to be sarcastic?! By the way, that video has a ridiculously irritating electronic muzak sound track. Please re-do it without the needlessly distracting thumpa-thumpa, err, hum, buzz, hiss, thumpa-thumpa background “music”! Torgeir I have a 2017 15″ MBP and have a problem where holding the command key while clicking with the mouse often dont register the command key being held down. I think I have nailed the problem down to that the key deactivates before the up-click happens.
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I’ve tried pressing the key with the keyboard viewer open, and I can sometimes get it do deactivate before the key is released. Am unsure if this is covered by the keyboard replacement program? I am unable to replicate this with the right command key, so assuming it’s dust related. Michael @Doug Laakso “It is my understanding that fresh air intake is through the keyboard.” The keyboard has never been an air intake on a Mac. There’s a sheet underneath that covers the entire backside of the keyboard, between the housing and Logic Board, and sealed with adhesive around the edges. It was also used for backlighting the keyboard in the older models before they switched to individual LEDs under each key. The air intake on current MacBook Pro models is through the side vents, and the rear exhaust also doubled as the air intake on the older (pre-Retina) models, from the side of the vent located furthest away from the fan.