GoKawiilApple’s new M5 MacBook Air and M5 MacBook Pro models are pretty light on new features beyond the chips. But it turns out, both MacBooks also change the keyboard to remove text labels in favor of glyphs.
Apple’s new MacBooks drop text labels on several common keys, including tab, caps lock, and more
Three new MacBooks arrive in users’ hands this week, but outside of the MacBook Neo, Apple’s latest products don’t look very new. Neither the M5 MacBook Air nor MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max appear different on the outside.
They pack new chips internally, but otherwise the basic design is identical to their predecessors.
Except in one way.
As highlighted by Dan Moren in his MacBook Air review at Six Colors, the new models make a noteworthy change to keyboard labels.
Gone, in this generation (including the new MacBook Pros), are several keys’ text labels: tab, caps lock, return, shift, and delete. In each case, they’ve been replaced by glyphs, of the same kind long used for keyboard shortcuts in drop-down menus.
Here’s a close-up look at the new keyboard glyphs, which can be found on the MacBook Neo as well.
Some readers might be screaming at their device right now: “Those glyphs aren’t new!”
But Moren explains further:
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