Apple has refreshed its Magic Keyboards for the Mac, along with the Magic Trackpad and Mouse, with USB-C charging instead of Lightning.
Apple announced USB-C versions of the Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad on Monday, October 28, 2024, alongside the updated iMac family with M4. “Every iMac comes with a color-matched Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse or optional Magic Trackpad, all of which now feature a USB-C port, so users can charge their favorite devices with a single cable,” read the Apple Newsroom announcement.
These are the same accessories as before; the only change is a USB-C port instead of a Lightning one. Yes, the mouse still charges from the bottom. Prices have stayed intact, and the accessories are available today in the usual White and Black color finishes (you can only get them in color when buying an iMac).
Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad gain USB-C charging
With this announcement, Apple has stopped offering Lightning-based Magic Keyboard, Trackpad and Mouse (save for one exception, mentioned later). The following USB-C-enabled Magic accessories are now available:
- $99 Magic Keyboard (USB–C)
- $129 Magic Trackpad (USB‑C)
- $79 Magic Mouse (USB‑C)
- $149 Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Mac models with Apple silicon (USB–C)
- $179 Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac models with Apple silicon (USB–C)
The regular Lightning-based $129 Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad remains on sale for owners of Intel-based Macs who prefer full-size keyboards with numeric keypads. It’ll probably get discontinued at some point, too, to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act.
iMac and Mac Pro are the only Macs that ship with a standalone keyboard and mouse. You can replace the included Magic Mouse with a Magic Trackpad when configuring your order on the online Apple store.
The entry-level $1300 iMac ships with a Touch ID-less Magic Keyboard, with all the other models using an M4 chip with ten CPU and ten GPU cores bundled with the Touch ID version, a $150 value. For an extra $30, you can upgrade to a full-sized version with Touch ID instead, which retails for $179 standalone.