Apple has ended free repairs for butterfly keyboard issues on MacBooks from 2015-2019. The butterfly keyboard defects led to legal action and criticism from users. Apple switched to scissor switch ...

(1) A laptop keyboard from IBM that was known for its ergonomics. See TrackWrite. See also Butterfly computer. (2) An ultra-thin keyboard from Apple for its MacBook laptops starting in 2015.

On a typical keyboard, keys are attached using two pieces of plastic that cross each other and close like a pair of scissors when pressed. The butterfly-keyboard keys instead used a wing-like hinge.

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The new keyboard also has 0.5 millimeters of additional key travel compared to the butterfly keyboard, and the individual keys are 0.2 millimeters thicker, the teardown also found. Apple's ...