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Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13, systemic Issue where keyboard side outer coating bubbles up.

I am on my second Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13, the exact same thing happened to the previous one after only a month of use and Apple replaced that one in July. My current one started to exhibit the same symptoms as this one has, but I haven't had time to follow up with Apple Support for this repeat issue as I don't want another replacement that will fail in the same way.


This seems like a systemic problem with the new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13. Both the top and bottom, especially on the bottom (near the hinge) have bubbled loose with about half the surface free from the substrate. I have done nothing other than hold the iPad hinge down so my fingers lightly grip the keyboard side. Strangely enough the side that holds the iPad (with the angle adjustment hinge) is secured to the substrate and does not have the same issue.


I had the previous Magic Keyboard and used it with 3 iPad Pro 12.9 generations and while there was a little rattiness from the bonding seam wearing, it never had anything like this problem.


I'm not sure I want to get yet a third one until I know whether this manufacturing issue has been resolved, but I don't want to keep using this one as I don't know what will happen if the plastic comes free and causes the iPad to fall and damage it.


This is not the production quality that I expected from Apple and makes me think this current design is a lemon.

iPad Pro (M4, 2024)

Posted on Oct 16, 2024 8:06 PM

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Posted on Oct 22, 2024 1:16 AM

I have the very same problem on the 11 inch. Also had the same issue on 2 of 3 keyboards with my old iPad Pro. They swapped one out. Am thinking of pushing for this again as these keyboards ain’t cheap.


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Nov 16, 2024 12:13 PM in response to Dem0n1

Does anyone know why this happened? I have not gotten mine wet. Even if i had gotten the previous generation wet from … say a coffee table at a cafe, it never once bubbled. This only happened last night and the entire time, the iPad has been on my bed. It’s a $600 product. I am going to the Apple Store to see if I can get it swapped out or at the very least fixed.

Dec 8, 2024 2:45 AM in response to Dem0n1

I'm also having this same problem, which started in the last month or so. I've got the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13-inch, and got mine on launch day in the United Kingdom, so I think I'll be heading to the Apple Store to get this checked out. Never had this problem with the previous generation of Magic Keyboard for my M1 iPad Pro, and also have never had it anywhere near water nor has anything ever been spilled on it. It does just look like an issue with the adhesive, more than anything else.

Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro 13, systemic Issue where keyboard side outer coating bubbles up.

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