Looking for a keyboard for MacBook

I have a logitech k380 and I love it but fn not working for sirtain things sucks. Although I'm wundering if that behavior could be changed with the app? Last time I tried though the app wasn't accessible, not natively, anyway, although this was maybe 2 years ago so things might have changed since then but, yeah wundering the same thing about the fn key not working for sirtain shortcuts that involve fn.

Could it work via vo ocr, maybe? Again, I don't know if the app could even fix it but, maybe?

If you really need the fn key to work one to one likw on the MacBook keyboard, unfortunately there is no way to replicate this on other keyboards.
As far as I can tell no manufacturers have managed to do this so far.
Best stick with Apple Original once.

That’s honestly what I have been thinking of doing myself, the problem? Well, usually I use the keyboard with my mac but sometimes I use it with my phone, or when having my two max nearby, I sometimes when I’m using the keyboard, I switch from my personal Mac to my work Mac via keyboard, and that's from my understanding, not as fast of a switch as the say, pressing f1 on logictech 380 to switch to device 1 f2 to switch to device 2 etc. So, for those who own magic keyboards... How do you deal with this? Any quick way to switch between devices?

I have experience with Keychron keyboards. https://www.keychron.com

They have a range of options from budget to expensive depending on what you're willing to spend. Fair warning that they have a bunch of series, and it's okay to feel overwhelmed. I recommend the VMax series if you want something under $100. The different numbers within the series is for different size keyboards. Q and QMax will be the high end keyboards. K and KMax is somewhere in between.

You can connect up to 3 devices. Switch between them by pressing fn + 1, 2, or 3. There is 1 switch that toggles between wired, bluetooth, and wireless receiver modes. Note that older models don't have the wireless receiver option, but the tri-mode boards have been out for a while now. A second switch toggles between Windows and Mac, so you can easily switch. And yes, the fn key works as expected with Mac devices in Mac mode.

You could also look into other mechanical keyboard brands. I think the ability to work with both Windows and Mac is more and more common, but I think a lot of keyboards require you to press some combination of keys to toggle the modes. That's one thing I like about Keychron.

Hope you find something that works for you.

these sound neet, but I have a couple of questions. I did research and from the research I did the k3pro 75% has the function keys row and its basically the size of say the logitech k380 more or less. From the research that I did, the k3pro outputs the battery status to mac os menubar so one could potenciall read it with voiceover, is this correct? Would the fn key still work like it does on mac?

I am a macos user. Wondering what you doing with external keyboard that is not achievable using the built in keyboard. I may need to order one soon for using my mac on my couch or cold evenings.

I also use keychron keyboard extensively with my Mac.
No the fn key on those keyboards don't have the same functionality as Mac fn keys. The fn key on those keyboard are used to turn on an off function lock and adjust the firmware in the keyboard.

My knowledge of the 75% keyboard is from the first Keychron keyboard I ever tried. I give that caveat because I know different brands might choose to take out certain keys for a 75%, and Keychron may have adjusted their layouts and such over the years. That being said, I believe their 75% has all the keys minus the numpad. Maybe no insert, but I don't remember. The keys have also been compressed together, so no gap between the function row and the number row. The 6 cluster nav keys will be vertical, like how it's done with some laptops.

The battery status is not reported in the status menu unless that's a new thing within the last few years. The only way to know the status as far as I know is a light indicator on the keyboard.

FN keys. I reiterate that the function row, along with the fn key next to CTRL, works as intended on a Mac. For example, if I press F1 and F2 right now, it changes the display brightness. If I press VO + FN + F1, it announces the current applications and the number of running applications. You do have to be sure you're in Mac mode, if you use your keyboard for both operating systems, so watch out for that.

The FN key is indeed also used to do things like change RGB lighting and other things specific to the keyboard.

So for the fn key say if you go press vo k for keyboard help then press the fn key voiceover says fn. If you do this on keycron does voicorvoiceover still say fn? Just want to make sure before I commit.