M3 Keyboard Covers-Recommendations?

wottle

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I'm pretty sure the answer is to "don't do that". I believe the tolerances are so tight keyboard covers can cause issues.

I've never done it so I can't say for or against, just the overwhelming message I've heard on reddit. What are you looking to get out of a keyboard cover?
 
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I'm pretty sure the answer is to "don't do that". I believe the tolerances are so tight keyboard covers can cause issues.

I've never done it so I can't say for or against, just the overwhelming message I've heard on reddit. What are you looking to get out of a keyboard cover?
I just spoke to a teacher friend who uses Macs, and she's used these with her MacBooks. Highly recommended.

 

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Interesting. I generally don't use my laptop when eating or drinking, but it sounds like you may have found a good solution.
 

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Interesting. I generally don't use my laptop when eating or drinking, but it sounds like you may have found a good solution.
Actually, I don't either. 🙃 Heck, I keep food and drink on a totally separate table opposite of the M3, as well as keeping my hands VERY clean. It's mostly going to be for dust. 😎
 

wottle

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Ah, in that case, I think our days of worrying about dust wrecking the fragile butterfly mechanisms in Apple keyboards are over. I've not heard anyone experiencing issues with dust rendering a keyboard unusable since the old butterfly keyboards that were phased out in 2019, I believe. The change back to scissor switches should be fine. If you're worried, maybe give that thin membrane a shot.
 

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I am not a fan of the shallow keyboard tolerances on the M2 keyboard. I used a generic silicone cover to add height to the keys. It has nothing to do with keeping it clean although I ended up setting up my son on it to do his virtual summer reading club classes, so not a bad idea for little kiddos IMO. The last thing any of us needs is sticky juice going all over the top lol.
 

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Here’s the keyboard cover for my M3, recommended by my teacher friend. I think it worked out quite well. 😎

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