One other note if you’re considering this split keyboard is that if you have them pretty far apart, you’ll have to reach farther to use your mouse. If I had known about the cable compartment, I might have splurged on the Kinesis Freestyle Pro instead. I’ve seen other split keyboards with coiled cables between the two, or if you buy the more expensive version from Kinesis, it has a compartment to tuck excess cable away. I prefer wired peripherals so I don’t have to worry about batteries, and this one is great, although the cable between the two sides of the keyboard looks messy. I bought the 20″ version to keep my arms perpendicular to my body, but if you don’t mind an inward angle of your forearms, the standard might work for you. The Kinesis Freestyle 2 Keyboard for Mac with the tenting kit is awesome. Winner: Kinesis Freestyle2 Keyboard for Mac with Tenting Kit Photo of Kinesis Freestyle 2 Keyboard for Mac from Amazon Kinesis Freestyle2 vs Goldtouch Go! and Adjustable Ergonomic Keyboards.Keyboards that didn’t work for me (but might for you).Upgrade pick: Moonlander Mark I Mechanical Keyboard.

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This content may contain affiliate links for products I use and believe in. Check with your specific FSA to see what they’ll cover. If you have a flexible spending account (FSA), you may be able to purchase an ergonomic keyboard with those funds. (If you do need a num pad, finding a Mac-friendly ergonomic keyboard will be a lot easier for you than it was for me.) That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but if you’re switching between your keyboard and mouse a lot, it could add up to pain at the end of the day. The num pad adds a lot of extra keyboard to the right of the letters, which then requires more space on my desk and forces me to move my arm that much more to reach my mouse. *I don’t use the number pad that much so I won’t buy a keyboard that has one.

Ergonomic split preferred (also considered curved keyboards).

Here’s what I was looking for in an ergonomic keyboard this time: I have been using some version of an ergonomic keyboard with a split or curve for the last 10+ years.

The Sculpt sort of worked on my Mac, but it often loses connection and won’t work in the middle of typing, which led me to search for a new ergonomic keyboard. I’ve used the wireless Microsoft Sculpt keyboard for years on my Windows computers. Why is it so hard to find a good ergonomic keyboard for a Mac? When I switched from a Windows machine to a Macbook Pro, I did not expect this to be the most difficult part of switching systems, but somehow, it was.

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