{"id":91057,"date":"1999-12-31T00:30:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:30:00","slug":"touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple&#8217;s upcoming MacBook Pro models could be decked out with a Touch ID power button.<font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">9to5Mac has reported that it has been informed by a source who has provided reliable information in the past that the new MacBook Pros will feature the Touch ID button, along with previously reported OLED touch-sensitive function keys.<\/p>\n<p>Touch ID, Apple&#8217;s fingerprint identity sensor, is a feature of the tech giant&#8217;s recent iPhone and iPad releases, having been introduced a few years back with the iPhone 5s.<\/p>\n<p>A KGI Securities note which had first reported the OLED function key display had also suggested that the new MacBook Pros would offer &#8220;Touch ID support&#8221;, while not containing specifics, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Having previously reported on the note, 9to5Mac had reported that along with upgrading the 13&#8243; and 15&#8243; MacBook Pros, Apple will introduce a new 13&#8243; MacBook, and according to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo plans to make the MacBook Air the entry-level model, the MacBook the mid-tier option, with the MacBook Pro the high-end variant.<\/p>\n<p>9to5Mac had also previously reported that the new models are expected to come with USB-C support and Thunderbolt 3, with launch expected in the fourth quarter.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple&#8217;s upcoming MacBook Pro models could be decked out with a Touch ID power button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple&#039;s upcoming MacBook Pro models could be decked out with a Touch ID power button.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Kovacs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Kovacs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Kovacs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/de002963d791adb7e462001e697af9a9\"},\"headline\":\"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros?\",\"datePublished\":\"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Archive\",\"Hardware\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\",\"name\":\"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"width\":1359,\"height\":477,\"caption\":\"Smart Office\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/de002963d791adb7e462001e697af9a9\",\"name\":\"Martin Kovacs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Martin Kovacs\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/mk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office","og_description":"According to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro models could be decked out with a Touch ID power button.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/","og_site_name":"Smart Office","article_published_time":"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00","author":"Martin Kovacs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Martin Kovacs","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/"},"author":{"name":"Martin Kovacs","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/de002963d791adb7e462001e697af9a9"},"headline":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros?","datePublished":"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/"},"wordCount":213,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Archive","Hardware"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/","name":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros? - Smart Office","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website"},"datePublished":"1999-12-30T13:30:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/touch-id-power-button-for-new-macbook-pros\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Touch ID Power Button For New MacBook Pros?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","name":"Smart Office","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization","name":"Smart Office","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","width":1359,"height":477,"caption":"Smart Office"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/de002963d791adb7e462001e697af9a9","name":"Martin Kovacs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/629a1f963b3fa7b3fb46ff398e377ed636a54dd59b5c5dd618c0976373f12873?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Martin Kovacs"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/mk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}