WTB: Apple Mac Keyboard Compact Wired A1242

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PJ48

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#312813 19-May-2024 21:30

Does anyone have one of these floating around that they no longer use and would like to sell?

They are the older style thin USB-A wired Mac keyboard without the numeric keypad, and a USB 2.0 port at each end. I want one to connect to our display hub so we can just swap our different MacBooks around using the USB-C cable connection to the hub on the monitor.

PJ48

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#3235456 27-May-2024 22:03

bump

phrozenpenguin

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#3235459 27-May-2024 22:12

Could you use a bluetooth one, just wired in (given you aren't worried about the cable). Connecting the cable automagically pairs the keyboard with the Mac, so in theory changing Macbooks around it would just pair each time...

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#3243318 31-May-2024 15:00

Thanks for the suggestion but I also occasionally want to use it with a PC. Can you Bluetooth a keyboard and mouse to 2 Macs and a PC that might all happen to be in the house at the same time, and get it to work reliably with the one you want? I just thought it would be simpler to hardwire a Mac keyboard to the hub, and put the mouse dongle in the side keyboard port, and it would just work.