Usa Matias Wired Backlit Aluminum Keyboard For Mac
Beautiful aluminum design with numeric keypad. Modeled after Apple’s iconic aluminum keyboards, the Matias Wired Aluminum Keyboard looks & feels just as nice as the Apple originals. Mouse-friendly (2-port) USB 2.0 hub.
The built-in hub is great for connecting your favorite wired mouse (or wireless dongle) with a 2nd port available for plugging in flash drives, or other devices. High precision volume dial. Perfect for users with external speakers, the volume dial gives you MUCH finer volume control than you get from pressing volume keys — though it has those too. Specifically, the dial offers 64 volume levels, vs. 16 levels for the volume keys — 4x more precise. Mac-friendly function keys. Just like an Apple keyboard, the function keys let you control screen brightness, volume, iTunes, and more.
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Usa Matias Wired Backlit Aluminum Keyboard For Mac Review
There’s even an Fn key, that lets you momentarily change the function keys back to their traditional duties, when you need them. Legacy Mac OS support. The Matias Wired Aluminum Keyboard is compatible with Mac OS X all the way back to version 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard). If you’re running legacy software on older systems, this can be a lifesaver.
USA Matias Wired Backlit Aluminum Keyboard for Mac Silver - FK318LS-US Spectrum Color Dial. The Color Dial gives you a continuous spectrum of colors, by simply turning the dial. For White, turn all the way to the left, or all the way to the right - passing through a rainbow of colors in between. It's the ultimate in simplicity & flexibility. Nightly whites.
Too much Blue-light exposure at night is known to negatively impact your melatonin levels. This can shift your body’s natural time clock - leading to poor sleep and various other health issues.
The backlight on this keyboard was SPECIFICALLY designed to address that problem. Turning the Color Dial all the way to the left or right gets you White (which is 100% Red, Green, and Blue). BUT when you turn the Dial back, it preferentially reduces the BLUE component of White, resulting in softer Whites, that are more Yellow (and better at night).
Dial it back a little further, and you have 100% Yellow (0% Blue). Dial it back further still, and you get 100% Red - which is the color that least impacts sleep patterns.
Reducing the backlight brightness is also advisable (see below). Brightness control. You can adjust the brightness of the backlight (in 10% increments) anywhere from 0 to 100%. Hold down the -/+ backlight key, then press + or - to increase/decrease the brightness. You can also select a brightness level directly, by holding down the -/+ backlight key, then pressing a number (1 = 10%, 2 = 20%, etc.)./+ backlight key and Esc turns off the backlight.
Mouse-friendly USB port. The built-in USB 2.0 port is perfect for connecting your favourite wired mouse (or wireless dongle). Mac-friendly function keys. Just like an Apple keyboard, the function keys let you control screen brightness, volume, iTunes, and more.
There's even an Fn key, that lets you momentarily change the function keys back to their traditional duties, when you need them.