#iMac
Why don’t iMac keyboards have backlighting? And why can’t Magic Mouse be used while they’re charging?
MYAT LINN
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Posted on Sep 24, 2026 11:12 PM
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Servant of Cats
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User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Sep 25, 2026 1:37 PM in response to MYAT LINN
MYAT LINN wrote:
And why can’t Magic Mouse be used while they’re charging?
The answer to that one is obvious: because the charging port is on the belly of the mouse, where any plugged-in cable is going to physically interfere with the mouse's operation.
Now if the real question is why Apple put the charging port there, and hasn't released a new design with the port elsewhere, you'd need to ask them that.
Zurarczurx
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User level: Level 6 (8,142 points)Sep 24, 2026 11:34 PM in response to MYAT LINN
We're just users, like you. No one here knows why Apple does things. You can give them feedback.
OldToad
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User level: Level 4 (1,299 points)Sep 25, 2026 10:20 AM in response to MYAT LINN
I use the Matias Backlit Wireless Keyboard.
There's also the Roccat Vulcan II MaxGo, the Corsair K100 RGB and the SteelSeries Apex 5 Hybrid Mechanical keyboard which are gaming keyboards. From the images on Amazon the SteelSeries Apex 5 Hybrid Mechanical looks best to me. When the Matias craps out that's the one I'll probably get. And it's the least expensive.
Just some food for thought.
As far as your questions as Zurarczurx said we're just end users like yourself and have no insight as to why Apple does what it does.
MYAT LINN
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User level: Level 1 (4 points)Sep 26, 2026 10:21 AM in response to Zurarczurx
Thank, its helpful.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256364597