The butterfly keyboard defects led to legal action and criticism from users. Apple switched to scissor switch keyboards in 2019, formally apologizing for the butterfly keyboard in the same year.

Apple completely redesigned the MacBook keyboard in a 12-inch model that launched in 2015. The larger keys had less travel, and responded to light taps thanks to each key's fragile "butterfly ...

Apple tried to make their keyboards even thinner with a new type of switch called the "butterfly" switch, but this turned into a bit of a disaster and today's MacBooks have returned to the tried ...

The report, which was obtained by 9to5Mac and MacRumors, indicates Apple will implement a new keyboard design based on a scissor switch instead of the current butterfly mechanism. Its keys will be ...

In the years since Apple launched its butterfly keyboard on the 12-inch MacBook in 2015, customers have reported various issues — some involving keys that register twice when tapped once ...

but to me the reason for optimism is that they're calling these keyboards "third-generation", not just a quieter version of the second-generation butterfly-switch keyboards." But while silence may ...

there appears to be no changes made to the third generation butterfly switch keyboard beyond a quieter typing experience — but there should have been. Vendor OWC has been supplying Mac users ...