Macally Backlit Mac Keyboard - Quiet, Sleek, and Functional - 3 Brightness Levels, 107 Keys, 5ft USB Wired - Apple Keyboard - Backlit Wired for Mac, iMac, MacBook Pro/Air - Space Gray

Just got this today. At first blush I love it. Very nice key action with good key travel and a good feel. Layout is excellent, much better than the keyboard it is replacing. (The old one went haywire.) Backlighting was very annoying, but easy to turn off. I am sick of wireless keyboards that keep losing connection intermittently. This keyboard is wired, so that's not an issue. Be aware that it has a USB A cable, so if your computer has any other kind of USB connectors you'll need an adapter. Worked right out of the box. (As soon as I figured out how to turn off the backlighting: F5 key.) Edited to add: As the room got dark, and it started to get hard to read the keys, I turned on the backlighting and it's great. In a bright room, it's best with the backlighting off. In a dark room, it's best with it on. Reconfirming five stars.

Most manufacturers, including Apple, now only offer Bluetooth keyboards, which, in my opinion, is a real issue. Latency issues when connecting and the occasional inability to recognize the keyboard during an emergency restart can sometimes make the user experience frustrating. Another problem with Bluetooth keyboards is their battery life. For heavy users such as journalists and academics, these keyboards often have a relatively short lifespan—around three to four years at best. This Macally keyboard is designed for those who write long texts and will appreciate its comfortable typing experience. It also features a sufficiently long cable to be used with a Mac Pro. My only minor complaint is that the Caps Lock indicator is located to the right of the keyboard rather than on the key itself—I personally prefer a small LED directly on the key to indicate when it's activated. Another great feature of this keyboard is the ability to adjust, disable, or fine-tune the brightness of the backlit keys. Many other manufacturers make their backlighting too bright without offering a way to modify it. Overall, having tested numerous keyboards, including Apple’s, this one is by far among the best I’ve ever used. I also appreciate its reasonable price given its quality, and the construction feels solid and durable.

Searched high and low for a keyboard that I could use with my iMac that wasn’t $100-200 and this is the one. Pros: It’s relatively inexpensive. It’s backlit so it makes using this keyboard easy in low light situations. It’s got a similar look and feel to the older original MacBook keyboards which I always liked. Lighting evenness isn’t perfect below the keys but the letters on the keys light up very clearly. I find it comfortable to type on. For me, the bigger point is that this is a wired keyboard so, no constant charging, no dropped Bluetooth connections, no usb receivers or dongles to interfere with startup and security. I can live with a single black USB cable going across a few inches of my desk when the trade off is that it is ALWAYS on and ready to go plus it’s got every Mac shortcut a Mac keyboard has plus a few extras. So far it’s been 110% reliable. Believe it or not, this has replaced my Logitech MX Master keyboard which gave me nothing but trouble in almost every way. A great full sized illuminated keyboard for fifty bucks.

Keyboard is quiet, responsive, effective. I needed a keyboard which allows me to utilize the many established keyboard shortcuts I've used for decades on the mac keyboard layout while backlit and with a lower price point. This keyboard almost entirely meets my needs. The "Fn" key and "save" key are not re-mappable, which is unfortunately costing me functionality, and time. I had an issue where this keyboard's Fn lock sequence was continually unlocking itself, and the manufacturer was willing to perform an exchange to remedy that defect.

I'm not a "keyboard connoisseur" by any means lol and traditionally whenever a keyboard began to feel a bit less than optimal I'd invest in a new Amazon Basics model (which are excellent low-cost keyboards I should add) BUT this time I decided to invest a little bit more and am very glad I did. I absolutely love the backllight, I didn't think it would make that much of a difference (I'm in a brightly lighted room) but it does just make the keyboard that much nicer to use, I can't really explain it better lol. Point of fact, I bought one of this model for my home and a few days later bought one for my office because it was so nice to type on. To be clear, my home computer is a Windows 11 machine BUT the keyboard works perfectly, you just have to remember the command key behaves as the Windows key, etc. I use a Mac at my office and have always used an app called "Sharpkeys" to allow me to remap the control key and the windows key on my keyboards so my "finger memory" from my Mac remains the same. To explain that last sentence for those who don't know, on a Mac most keyboard combinations are the same **but** you hit the key just beside the space bar as the modifier rather than the control key.

I love the feel of the keys. It works as expected. It arrived on time as promised.

Awesome Keyboard. Nice and quiet and the backlight is a bonus.

Somebody said Macally makes the best keyboards. Then I decided to try them. and YES.....This is a rock solid keyboard. Use it on Windows 11, as I do IT support many hours a day. The keys are phenominal, soft, solid and remarkable good quality. Keys can easily be remapped. The white LED backlight is useful, yet not disturbing.

使用していた無線キーボードが打ち始め反応しないことがあり買い替え ストレス無く使えて満足 デザインも良い

パックライトも調整できますし、普段からローマ字入力なのでUS配列でもそんなに困りませんし、半角/全角の切替も工夫は必要ですが、ESCキーで切替操作可能に設定出来ました。 MACALLYは原則Mac用キーボードなのですが、Win11でも大丈夫でした。 取説は英語なので、Google翻訳に助けてもらいました。

フルサイズでバックライト付きが好みの方はどうぞ。