Accidental Tech Podcast · Tuesday, July 7, 2026
The speaker notes that to obtain full-height up and down arrow keys on the new Magic Keyboard, one must purchase the model with a numeric keypad. This is presented as an inconvenience, forcing the use of a feature the speaker doesn't frequently need.
“No, and that's the other thing that was the other lamentation I wanted to talk about. I had to get the one with the numeric keypad, even though I don't really use the numeric keypad that often, but I'm not going to do any stupid half height up down arrows.”
“You have to get the numeric keypad to get the full height up down arrows. And so I'm rocking this numeric keypad like my dad used in Lotus 123 in the 80s.”