What you need
- An iPad Air (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd or 4th generation), or iPad Pro 11-inch (1st or 2nd generation)
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Connect your Magic Keyboard to your iPad
- Place your Magic Keyboard on a flat surface with the hinge away from you and the Apple logo on top.
- Open the lid. The top portion of the lid will tilt away from you.
- Keep tilting the lid until it's at the angle you want, or until it resists further opening.
- Place your iPad on your Magic Keyboard. The rear lenses should be in the top left corner, so that they'll go through the cutout in your Magic Keyboard.
Learn what to do if you can't connect your Magic Keyboard to your iPad.
How to use your Magic Keyboard
After you've connected your iPad to your Magic Keyboard, you don't need to pair, turn on, or charge your Magic Keyboard. Here's how to open and use your Magic Keyboard.
Open Magic Keyboard with your iPad attached
- Place your Magic Keyboard on a flat surface with the hinge away from you and the Apple logo on top.
- Open the lid until it's at the angle you want, or until it resists further opening.
Wake your iPad with your Magic Keyboard
To wake your iPad, press any key on your Magic Keyboard. Another keypress will bring up the Lock screen. Unlock your iPad with Face ID or Touch ID, or you can enter a passcode with your Magic Keyboard or by tapping on the screen as usual.
Adjust your viewing angle
You can tilt your iPad up or down to find your ideal viewing angle.
Adjust trackpad settings and keyboard brightness
To adjust your trackpad, go to Settings > General > Trackpad. You can change the tracking speed—the speed that the pointer moves—as well as the scrolling direction. And you can turn on or off Tap to Click and Two Finger Secondary Click.
Like an iPad, the brightness of the Magic Keyboard adjusts automatically to match the light in your environment. To manually adjust the brightness of the keys on your Magic Keyboard, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard. Then drag the Keyboard Brightness slider to the right or left to make the keys brighter or dimmer.
Charge your iPad
You can charge your iPad as usual by connecting your USB-C cable to the USB-C port on your iPad. Or you can connect your USB-C cable to the USB-C port on your Magic Keyboard. Your Magic Keyboard doesn't need to be charged.
Find out what to do if your iPad Pro doesn’t charge when it’s connected to your Magic Keyboard.
The USB-C port on Magic Keyboard provides power, but it doesn't transmit data. This means you can't use this port with an input device such as a USB-C mouse. Never connect one end of a USB-C cable to the USB-C port on your iPad and the other end to the USB-C port on your Magic Keyboard.
Switch to the onscreen keyboard
You might need to use your onscreen keyboard instead of the Magic Keyboard to do things like type accented characters or use dictation.
To show the onscreen keyboard, tap a text field, then touch and hold on the lower-right corner of your iPad screen until the onscreen keyboard appears. To hide the keyboard again, tap on your iPad screen.
Learn more
- Learn about keyboard shortcuts that you can use with your Magic Keyboard.
- Learn how to use the trackpad with your Magic Keyboard.
The Magic Keyboard for iPad contains magnets that hold your iPad securely in place. Avoid placing cards that store information on a magnetic strip—such as credit cards or hotel key cards—on the inside of the Magic Keyboard or between your iPad and the Magic Keyboard. Such contact might demagnetize the card.
Description
The tré is designed to be a minimal, elegant Keyboard and Trackpad Tray for Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and Magic Trackpad 2 (NOTE: Apple Keyboard and Trackpad Devices Not Included). The black model designed especially to compliment apple space gray keyboard and trackpad. Also available in white.
A simple yet powerful device that allows you to harness the incredible power of the Apple Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad 2 to bring the comfort, convenience, and efficiency of a laptop keyboard/trackpad configuration to your couch, mobile, or desktop environment. Precisely carved from a premium synthetic material for a lightweight, durable base, and lovingly hand-finished, to bring function and style to any work station. The recess in the in tré accommodates the angled design of the Magic Trackpad and Keyboard to hold the devices completely flat to give you flush, seamless worktop just like the configuration of your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. Apple devices not included. https://purposemade.org/shop
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+ PURPOSE : To bring laptop comfort and efficiency to the Magic Trackpad and Keyboard. To bring a simple minimal design to your workstation to inspire efficiency and good work.
+ ORIGIN: Designed, manufactured, hand-finished, and shipped by PurposeMade in Milwaukee, WI.
+ MATERIAL: CNC routed from premium foam PVC for a finished product that is that is more durable, lightweight, and stable than wood or bamboo.
+ FINISH: Hand finished with care and purpose. Slim cork bumpers on the bottom to keep your work surface sleek and in place.
+ DIMENSIONS: 10.08” (25.6cm) x 17.00” (43.18cm) x .50” (1.27cm)
+WORKS WITH: This product works with the Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and Magic Trackpad 2 These devices can be used with. iMac, Mac Pro, Macbook Pro and MacBook Air, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mobile Devices, PCs
FAQS
Will this work with X device?
The tré just works with Apple Magic Keyboards and Trackpad 2 Tray for now, and connectivity is dependent on compatibility with those devices. The Apple Magic Keyboards work as a bluetooth keyboard with many models of computer, mobile, or tablet. Some features are limited to iOS and MacOS. Magic Trackpad 2 works on both Mac and other desktop operating systems as an alternative to a mouse. Some features only work with MacOS. Contact us if you have any questions. info@purposemade.org
Does the tray interfere with the connectivity of the devices?
No, we’ve tested this extensively and haven’t had issues with the tray interfering with the bluetooth connection of the devices to the computer.
Can I charge the devices while they’re in the tray?
In a word, no, but to the credit of the amazing designers, developers and engineers at Apple, the batteries in the Magic Keyboard and Trackpad have an extremely long life. In our experience, with heavy daily use the keyboard’s charge will last a few months, and the trackpad several weeks. So charging happens so rarely it’s rarely a functional concern. To keep the design of the tré Magic Keyboard and Trackpad 2 Tray as minimal and elegant as we could we haven’t extended the thicknesses to accommodate charging cord access while they’re in the tray. We recommend pulling the devices out of the tray and charging them overnight after they get below 10%.
Do you make this out of wood/bamboo? Why foam PVC?
We don’t, and believe us we tried. The challenges with using natural material like wood or bamboo is that they are not stable when machined to such a minimal profile, and they expand, contract, and warp depending on moisture and temperature in a given environment. Foam PVC is a stable, lightweight, and durable material that can be worked and finished just like wood. We found that with the current method of production this produces the highest quality we can get the tré Magic Keyboard and Trackpad 2 Tray to.
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How do the trackpad and keyboard stay in the tray?
The tré Magic Keyboard and Trackpad 2 Tray is designed to hold the devices in place snugly without clips or latches. To get the devices in place just slide one edge in the pocket and give the device a little tap to get it in place. The tray is designed with a little groove to easily pull the devices back out.
Apple Keyboard With Numeric Keypad
Will my palms interfere with the device or errantly click the trackpad while working?
In short, yes. If you use ‘tap to click’ to click on an object with a soft touch without actually depressing the trackpad button then we have seen errant inputs from the palms while typing. We have created a bumper that helps with this issue. See our store to order or contact us at info@purposemade.org