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Muskaan Saxena

Apple Magic Keyboards are at risk from security attacks – update now to protect your Mac or iPad

Lose up of Touch ID element on new Apple Magic keyboard introduced in 2021 alongside new iMac.

Apple has released Magic Keyboard firmware update version 2.0.6, which contains a fix for a nasty Bluetooth-related security vulnerability. The firmware update is available across Magic Keyboard models for the Mac, including the standard Magic Keyboard, the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, Touch ID and Numeric Keypad and Touch ID combined. So far no security issue has been noted for iPad keyboards.

Normally, Magic Keyboard firmware updates are automatically installed when the keyboard is paired to an Apple device, whether the device is running macOS, iPadOS, iOS or tvOS. There’s no real way to manually apply the update, but you can check the firmware version your keyboard is currently on through the Bluetooth section of the System Settings app. 

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