I don’t know about that Mister Believer, it might have been a help to any number of people. It’s not just about you after all. Yes, it was your initial question, but lots of us read these messages and glean other useful information from them. Some people might not have known about the USB option.
Maybe you should have mentioned your familiarity with all the USB and other options out there right up front. That way you wouldn’t have been subjected to such extraneous and personally unhelpful information. We’re all bound to get a little chaff with the wheat when we ask for help on these free forums, Sometimes our questions even go completely unanswered which is frustrating for some. so maybe overlooking would serve us better than complaining. For myself, I will continue to ask and answer any and all Mac related questions on this forum as I see fit. > On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:52 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > It does not help any when people make suggestions that were not asked for. > In this case, I was asking about Bluetooth keypads for a good reason. > > I have both of Apple's keyboards, wired and wireless. At the moment, I am > using the wired one with my Macbook so I have access to a keypad when I need > it. I am short of desk space so its rather messy. > > Bluetooth devices cna be put anywhere or even on a shelf if its not needed. > USB connections can be problematic what with all the cables and the need to > move items around. > > Cheryl, that keypad looks nice. I had skimmed over it earlier today. Maybe > I do not really need an equals key but if remapping can solve that, its a > possibility. > > Interesting that Apple males a wired full size keyboard but not a wireless > one. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 1/8/2015 6:23 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> Yes, I actually have the usb keyboard. It is a nice keyboard but (1) it is >> usb not bluetooth) an (2) it is significantly longer than a regular Apple >> keyboard and of course much longer than a numeric keypad. Especially if you >> are using a computer that already has a built-in keyboard, you may want >> something with a much smaller footprint rather than the full usb one. But >> most definitely, if the usb Apple keyboard does meet your needs, there's no >> particular need to buy a separate numeric keypad. I think the issue is that >> a lot of people are using a bluetooth keyboard, not just with iMacs and >> minis, but also with macbooks, and often don't want to carry around the >> longer usb keyboard and have to plug it into the computer on top of that. >> Apple used to put out a bluetooth keyboard that was full, including numeric >> keypad; one of mine died and the other was given to a friend but they never >> worked with iOS devices and I don't know for sure if they still work with >> newer Macs though they might > . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.