The exact cause behind these issues is unclear, but they could be the result of dirt or debris getting underneath the keyboard. Apple introduced its butterfly mechanism in 2015, signaling a major ...

The 12-inch MacBook featured a low-profile keyboard that used a Butterfly switch mechanism. Before this, for much of the 2000s, Apple used a scissor-switch mechanism in its MacBook keyboards.

Apple introduced a redesigned MacBook Pro in late 2016 featuring a "butterfly" keyboard mechanism, which aims to provide "more responsive and comfortable typing," Apple said at the time.

However, the keyboard will still use the "butterfly" mechanism that has prompted complaints and lawsuits—as well as a keyboard service program from Apple—due to the difficulty of repairing the ...

The 2016 and 2017 models suffered from a pretty bad flaw: dirt or dust could get stuck inside the keyboard's "butterfly" mechanisms and make them unreliable and "sticky." As Kyle Weins ...

like a traditional keyboard. It’s like night and day, honestly. The butterfly mechanisms were a clear misstep for the company. In addition to lacking the tactile feedback, the fact that they ...

Apple says that this new keyboard mechanism composition will substantially reduce the ... Though Apple believes that this change will greatly reduce the issue, it is also including all butterfly ...

Apple has also returned to a scissor mechanism for the new MacBook Pro’s keyboard. It remains to be seen whether the updated design is an improvement over the butterfly mechanism used for the past few ...

The exact cause behind these issues is unclear, but they could be the result of dirt or debris getting underneath the keyboard. Apple introduced its butterfly mechanism in 2015, signalling a major ...