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If you are tired of your standard Apple keyboard, then you should get an ergonomic keyboard. These keyboards are great for those who spend most of your time typing. Ergonomic keyboards allow users to type comfortably. But with so many to choose from, it is important that you only get a good keyboard. Here is a look at the top 10 of the best ergonomic keyboards for mac.

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Logitech MK550 Keyboard and Mouse Combo

The integrated palm rest is one of the key features that makes the MK550 the keyboard for users who spend long hours typing. The keyboard also comes with three options for leg height. You can adjust it to a level you feel comfortable. To add to the comfort is the constant curve layout that offers natural typing and reduces stress.

Most people keep off wireless devices because of the battery life. However, the MK550 offers extended battery life for both the keyboard and the mouse. The keyboard lets you enjoy a battery life of up to 3 years and the mouse gives you 2 years.

• Uses Logitech’s Constant Curve layout
• Lower wrist fatigue with the integrated palm rest, three options for leg height
• No additional setup involved when using the MK550 in Windows based PC

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

If you are a Mac owner then you need a keyboard that matches up to your standard. The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard comes in a unique design. It encourages natural forearm, wrist and hand position but looks good on your desk. The keyboard has cushioned palm rest for support and comfort. It also comes with media keys for video and music lovers.

Pros

• Split ergonomic design
• Cushioned palm rest
• Media keys for music and video control

Cons

• Required Intellitype software
• Support only 32 bit

Eagletec KG011 Keyboard

The soft touch keys can sometimes interfere with your work performance. However, Eagletec KG011 mechanical keyboard offers you tactile feedback. Therefore, you will always be informed every time you make a stroke. Durable, it also has a customizable back-lighting and a sturdy design.

• Sturdy Keyboard Base made off Aircraft-grade Aluminium
• Compact space saving design with 104 Full Size keys
• All 104 keys are 100% conflict free, anti-ghosting12 multimedia keys
• WIN key can be disabled for gaming
• WASD and arrow keys are interchangeable

Kinesis Freestyle2

The fact that Kinesis Freestle2 keyboard lets you adjust the board makes it convenient. A mechanical keyboard design, it comes with tactile switches to increase accuracy and typing speed.

• Adjustable split
• Zero-degree slope and available cushioned palm supports accessory
• Compact design

Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Wireless

This is one of the best ergonomic keyboards for Mac. It comes with a mouse and a separate number pad. The Advanced Encryption Standard technology encrypts your keystrokes to protect your information.

The design of the Microsoft Sculpt wireless keyboard and mouse also adds style to this accessory. In fact, the design puts your wrist at a natural and relaxed position.

Pros

• Split keyset design
• Separate number pad
• Natural Arc key layout
• Cushioned palm rest

Cons

• Required Intellitype software
• Support only 32 bit

LexonElec V1 Keyboard

Gamers who own macs will appreciate the technology behind the LexonElec V1 Keyboard. But other than just the gaming experience, this keyboard also helps you perform the daily typing tasks much easier. With a cell phone stand, you will have your mobile phone within your reach.

• 12 multimedia keys
• Subtle ergonomic design, the most subtle touch
• Ultra-wearable laser character
• Full waterproof design

Microsoft 3RA 00022 keyboard

Simplicity is what makes the 3RA 00022 a must-have if you are not into complicated devices. However, Microsoft wanted class and they made the wrist guard from an Italian fabric. The Apple keyboard feeling then the 3RA 00022 mimics the keystroke action of the Apple keyboards.

• Natural arc and slope
• Double-cushioned palm rest covered in stunning Alcantara
• Interface: Bluetooth Low Energy compatible 4.0/4.1

Perixx PERIBOARD 512 Keyboard

If you prefer typing with little effort then you need to consider getting yourself the Perixx Periboard 512. Just like most of the best ergonomic keyboards for mac, this one also comes in a split design and a wrist support. The textured keys that make typing an easy task. The keyboard also has multimedia hot-keys for users.

• Ergonomic full size split-key design
• Integrated palm rest
• Durable laser printing
• 7 multi-media hotkeys

Jestik Kinesis KB600 Advantage2

The outstanding design of the Jestik Kinesis KB600 is the key component that drives buyers to this keyboard. The contoured design may seem sophisticated at first. Once you learn how to type on it, then you will have the best experience. The keyboard also offers a customizable layout and you do not need any extra drivers or software.

• Dual-Layer QWERTY and Dvorak layouts with instant thumb-key configuration for Windows, Mac, and PC modes
• On-the-fly macros with adjustable delays, nine playback speeds, and up to 300 characters long
• Plug-and-play on all USB operating systems

Matias Ergo Pro

If you are looking for the best mechanical keyboard then you should try out Matias Ergo Pro. This keyboard comes with a layout for Mac and lets you enjoy a solid and satisfying feel every time you stroke the keys. You can either tent the halves or tilt them in a way that makes you comfortable.

• Low force Matias Quiet-Linear mechanical switches
• Separation, tenting, and negative tilt adjustments
• Premium padded palm support

Good to Know

With that said, you now have the best ergonomic keyboards for mac that will transform your work experience. Ergonomic keyboards offer comfort and style to match the Apple lifestyle.

By David Röthlisberger. Comments welcome at david@rothlis.net.

Last updated 4 Oct 2011. This article is Creative Commons licensed.

The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 doesn’t feel very “Mac-like”, at least not out-of-the-box. Read on for helpful settings to improve the experience, and a brief review of the keyboard at the end.

If your kernel panics, upgrade the drivers

OS X kernel panic

On Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), the IntelliType Pro 8.0 drivers caused me kernel panics at least once a day.

The recent 8.2 driversdon’t cause kernel panics on Lion (OS X 10.7). I haven’t tested them on Snow Leopard, but I assume it is the new drivers, rather than the new Operating System, that contain the fix. Readers have reported that the older 7.1 drivers work well with Snow Leopard (note that the 7.1 drivers say they are for the older Natural Keyboard Pro, but they also work for this newer keyboard). Let me know if you have tested other combinations of driver/OS versions.

Or don't use the Microsoft drivers at all

Ironically, the Microsoft drivers stop OS X from recognising the keyboard for what it is! Without the drivers, OS X reports “Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000”; with the IntelliType drivers, it’s a mere “Keyboard”.

With IntelliType drivers

As the last straw, if you remap your Caps Lock key to Control via Apple’s Keyboard preference pane, with the Microsoft drivers installed the remapping will be lost every time you restart.

The following table should help you decide whether you want the Microsoft drivers. More detailed explanations follow.

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With Microsoft IntelliType drivers	Without Microsoft drivers
Kernel panics with 8.0 drivers on Snow Leopard; fine with 8.2 drivers on Lion.	No kernel panics.
Modifier key mappings...
lost every time you restart.	aren't lost.
You can swap the Alt and Windows keys...
with the IntelliType software.	with KeyRemap4MacBook.
You can use the Application key as a Command or Option key...
with the IntelliType software.	with KeyRemap4MacBook.
Media keys all work correctly.	Only mute, volume and play/pause keys work. Web, search, mail, calculator, favourites 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, back and forward, and the zoom slider don’t work.

How to uninstall the Microsoft drivers

The IntelliType UnInstaller is in the Utilities sub-folder of your Applications folder. (If you installed the IntelliPoint mouse drivers, which were bundled in the same installer, the corresponding UnInstaller is in the same location.)

If you don’t want to run the uninstallers, you can remove the following manually:

• /System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftKeyboard.kext

• /System/Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext (if you also installed the IntelliPoint drivers)

• /Library/Keyboard Layouts/Microsoft Keyboards.bundle

• and the Microsoft Keyboard preference pane (open System Preferences, and right-click the Microsoft Keyboard icon, or drag it off the window in a puff of smoke).

Swap the Alt and Windows keys

Microsoft Natural modifier keys

The Windows key is automatically treated as Command (⌘), but on Apple keyboards the Command key is next to the spacebar, with Option (Alt) the next key out. On the Microsoft keyboard this is reversed, and the IntelliType drivers helpfully have a setting to reverse these two keys; luckily OS X also has this functionality built in.

It’s under the Modifier Keys button of the Keyboard System Preferences pane.

Simply map Option to Command, and vice-versa. These settings are per-keyboard, so you won’t mess up your MacBook’s built-in keyboard.

While you’re here you can also map your Caps Lock to Control, if you so wish.

Use the Application key as a Command or Option key

Application key

To the right of the spacebar, this keyboard has an “Application” (or Context Menu) key instead of a Windows key. The IntelliType drivers include a setting to treat this key as Command, but OS X has no such setting.

Apple’s customizable XML keylayouts only allow mapping key codes to output characters, but not changing or adding modifier keys. Graphical interfaces built on top of this mechanism, such as Ukelele, have the same limitations. You’ll need the open-source KeyRemap4MacBook.

In spite of its name, KeyRemap4MacBook works on any Mac (with OS X 10.4 or later). It doesn’t allow arbitrary key mappings, but, in the best open-source tradition, it does have zillions of settings. The one you want is under “For PC Users” » “Change PC Application Key” » “Application Key to Option_L” (i.e. left-option, not option+“L”). What you set here doesn’t seem to be affected by OS X’s own modifier keys remapping.

Media keys

The keyboard’s mute, volume and play/pause keys all work out of the box, no IntelliType required. There are no keys for previous/next song.

(Without the Microsoft drivers) None of the remaining media keys work (web/home, search, mail, calculator, “favorites” 1 through 5, back and forward, and the zoom slider).

Function keys

The Function keys (F1, etc) behave as such (as opposed to brightness, volume, etc), regardless of what you set in the Keyboard preference pane. If you press “F Lock” the F keys simply do nothing. Luckily the F Lock remembers its setting across reboots.

There is no Fn modifier key as on the Mac keyboards.

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KeyRemap4MacBook allows you to map the F keys to the usual brightness, volume, etc. but then you’d lose the normal F keys.

Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down

On the Mac OS there is no such thing as an Insert/Overwrite toggle (even on Apple’s extended keyboard there is no Insert key). So unsurprisingly, the Insert key does nothing.

Delete works. Page-Up and -Down work. Home and End scroll to the top and bottom of the window instead of moving the cursor to the beginning or end of the line (but this is consistent with the behaviour of Apple keyboards) except in Microsoft Office, where Home and End behave as on the PC.

Numeric keypad

Num Lock doesn’t work, but fortunately it is stuck in the numeric mode.

Final thoughts

I initially liked this keyboard: The split and tenting angles provide a comfortable resting position, it has Command, Option and Control keys for both hands, and the price is quite reasonable.

But after several months, I have stopped using this keyboard. It’s just too large! Keys like Return, Backspace, and Escape are quite far away from the home position. I don’t really need a numeric keypad (it forces the mouse that much further away). The keys are loud (especially the clunky spacebar) and the key travel distance (and the force required to press them) is more than I’d like.

These are of course quite personal opinions, and this keyboard could be just perfect for someone else. As a computer programmer I do a lot of typing, so I try to optimise for ergonomics.

Kinesis Freestyle for Mac:
No right-hand Control key

I really like having all three modifiers (Command, Option and Control) available to my left and right hands, though this may not be so important for non-programmers. I don’t think I’d buy an ergonomic keyboard without this feature. The Kinesis keyboards, and Apple’s own keyboards (except the Apple external keyboard with numeric keypad), lack the right-hand Control.