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Looking for recommendations for an Apple mechanical
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I don’t think your question is so much about the keycaps - plenty of keycap sets are available that include Mac keys. Your question should be which keyboards are compatible with MacOS, because not all are.
For example, I built a Feker Alice but even though it’s advertised as Mac compatible, the software was for Windows, it didn’t connect correctly and I ended up having to flash it on a Windows PC I was able to borrow. It works now but I’ve been unable to customise the keys as I’d intended, and I’ve learnt my lesson about checking Mac compatibility.
Also a tiny nitpick about the terminology in the OP. An 'Apple Keyboard' is a keyboard made by Apple (who haven't produced a mechanical keyboard in 30+ years; and currently offer nothing other than chiclet-key abominations); there, too, the right term is 'Mac compatible'.
.... an aluminum Apple keyboard is all I have after my Unicomp broke; and I hate it with a passion.
That's pretty pedantic as people generally understand what is meant by an "Apple" keyboard. But I'll concede per the "technically correct is the best correct" rule
By that phrase, people understand 'manufactured by Apple' -- and on Apple forums & such, they point that out pretty rudely, as opposed to pedantically.